Revenue Opportunities
3 Strategies for Content Monetization: Part 3 of 3
In my previous post, I wrote about a technology platform that allows reference book publishers to transact in backlist content. Today, I present yet another strategy publishers can use to monetize...
RightsTracker Module Offers Greater Productivity in Selling and Managing Subrights
Do you manage rights and want to be more productive? Do you feel like you're leaving money on the table by missing opportunities and the challenges of tracking royalties? MetaComet's® Subrights...
3 Strategies for Content Monetization: Part 2 of 3
In my last post about content monetization for book publishers, I introduced the strategy of "chunking" in which a publisher takes its licensed content and breaks it up into resellable, reusable...
3 Strategies for Content Monetization: Part 1 of 3
In digital rights circles, we hear more and more about publishers who are monetizing their content by reusing and repackaging it creatively. To us, this signifies a shift: publishers are getting...
Rights Standards: The Road to Profits
Publishers today face a seldom-discussed digital dilemma that directly impacts their profitability: the lack of standards for communicating rights information about content. What rights are...
Licensing 101
For those who are new to rights licensing, we like this video from InLiquid called Licensing 101. The site also has some great basic information about capturing profit from licensing and rights...
Venturing Into the World of Music? Here’s What You Need to Know About Royalties
MetaComet® Systems’ Royalty Tracker® Solution helps music publishers manage royalties, but you need not focus exclusively on music to add such licenses to your revenue stream. If you are a book...
Crafting the Right Contract: How to Plan for Multiple Revenue Streams and Reach the Widest Audience
More is better in crafting publishing rights contracts: The more rights that a contract covers the more revenue streams it makes available for publishers. In order to maximize the value of the...
Is Your Rights Management System Speaking the Same Language as Your Customers? Embracing the Growing Global Demand for English-Language e-Books
Opportunities exist for English-language publishers to expand into profitable and growing markets around the world. While this certainly includes the European Union and its large English-speaking...
Are You Leaving Money on the Table? Discovering New Audiences and Licensing Opportunities, and the Importance of Royalty Management
As you may have heard and experienced, selling books is tougher than ever these days. But it’s not all grim news. The silver lining is that this challenging atmosphere is also creating new...