Best-in-Breed Publishing solution providers MetaComet® Systems and Firebrand Technologies are proud to introduce a partnership that will help your operations maintain accurate and consistent data, from project conception through royalty payments.

MetaComet’s® Royalty Tracker® system reduces effort by automating the process. Managing contracts, creating statements and distributing payments has always been a labor intensive process fraught with risk. With MetaComet’s powerful, easy-to-use royalty management tools you will

• Save time
• Enhance author relations
• Reduce risks

Firebrand Technologies is dedicated to providing leading software and services to help publishers achieve success, and presents steadfast leadership and seamless information flow throughout the publishing process.  Their services include:

• Title Management Enterprise offers publishers one version of the truth – software based on a centralized database with the capabilities to manage publishing from Pre-Acquisition through Reprints, with Marketing and Sales in between.
• Eloquence metadata services are the most accurate and cost-effective way to manage, store and distribute final print and eBook metadata and digital assets for discovery and sales.
• FlightDeck delivers clear, actionable information to get your EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 files ready for sale. From validation and best practices to retailer-specific information and metadata editing, FlightDeck reduces your Quality Assurance workload.
• NetGalley provides secure, digital galleys to a vibrant and growing community of professional readers. Small and large publishers; PR/marketing firms; and hundreds of indie authors in the US, Canada, UK and Australia are using NetGalley to generate early buzz about their titles.

MetaComet Systems and Firebrand Technologies are excited to offer our existing and new clients a standard integration of our Title Management and Royalty Tracker® applications. Most basic integration’s are available for no additional charge (some setup fees may be incurred).

David Marlin, President, MetaComet Systems
Contact David
(413) 536-5989 x111

David Marlin

David Marlin is the President and Co-Founder of MetaComet® Systems, a prominent provider of royalty automation tools. Since founding the company in 2000, David has spearheaded the development of a suite of best-in-class systems that effectively facilitate royalty processes for nearly 200 publishers. David has also served as the chair for The Book Industry Study Group’s Rights Committee and Digital Sales Committee.

Before establishing MetaComet Systems, David served as a technology consultant for renowned publishers, collaborating with notable companies such as Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck, Macmillan, Scholastic, Time Warner, and many others. David holds both an MBA and a BA from Columbia University in New York.