Royalty
Software
The stand alone royalty software solutions in this section
are designed to handle the financial and reporting obligations
of complex licensing operations for book, film, music and
software companies. This capability is also integrated into
many book publishing
software packages. You can find more information
at royalty software .net,
and royalty software . These web sites have informatin on accounting for royalties,
tax reporting requirements in the United States and a survey
of royalty rates that publishers pay authors.
| Software |
Relative Price |
Hosted Service Price |
| Alliant |
High |
|
| Bradbury Phillips |
Medium |
Medium |
| Counter Point |
Medium |
|
| Easy Royalties |
Low |
|
| Elan |
Medium |
Medium |
| Klopotek |
High |
Medium |
| Musicalc |
Low |
|
| Publishing Technology |
High |
Medium |
| Right Track |
High |
|
| Royalty Tracker |
High |
Medium |
Tip: When implementing a new royalty system
allow plenty of time for entering and importing royalty contracts,
royalty recipients, sales history, and earnings.
Alliant
Royalties
Alliant Royalties software automates the process of calculating
royalties for publishers in the book, cable, film, and television
industries. This royalty software package is perfect for publishers
that want to complement, not replace, their existing software.
Clients:
Allergan, Inc. , Alliance Atlantis, BBC Worldwide Americas,
Cox Communications,
Getty Images, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Company, IBM, International
Thomson Publishing, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Inc., Studios USA,
The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Universal Studios,
Inc. and Walt Disney Pictures and Television
Website: www.realsoftwaresystems.com
Bradbury
Phillips
Their main products are the Rights Management System and
the Authors' Royalties System. These systems have been installed
at over 250 sites around the world. Widely used by publishers,
large and small.
Clients range from one-person businesses to multinational
publishing houses.
Clients:
Bertelsman, Blackwell, Bloomberg, Kensington, Mayo Clinic,
Random House, Shambhala, Simon & Schuster, World Bank,
Yale University Press
Website: www.bradburyphillips.com
30 Day Trial Version: Available upon request
Counter
Point Systems
The Maestro range of rights and royalty management software
offers solutions for the book, film, music, and record industry.
Clients:
BMG Music Publishing, Jive Records, MGM Studios Inc., Push
Record, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Virgin Music, Virgin Records,
Zomba Music and many more.
Easy Royalties
An affordable standalone windows based royalty solution with prices ranging from $500 for 50 titles to $10,000 for an unlimited number of titles. No required maintenance contracts. Designed to meet the needs of small to mid-sized publishers with complex royalty contracts. Optional rights management module.
Clients: 50+
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New Growth Press
Website: www.easyroyaltiesusa.com
30 Day Trial Version: www.easyroyaltiesus.com
Elan Rights and Royalties
A powerful and easy to use hosted royalty solution. Can integrate with most major accounting software systems. Modern .NET application. With their hosted solution all that you need to get started is internet access.
At any time your can expand the software's functionality to include production management with their optional product life cycle management module.
Website: www.msgl.com
Klopotek
A leading royalty, rights and editorial management solution for large publishers. Software allows you to manage the process from the initial negotiations through the automated generation of author contracts in MS Word (using boiler plate paragraphs), the calculation of royalties and the generation of statements. Used by over 300 companies in Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Available as a stand-alone and hosted royalty solution.
Website: www.klopotek.com
Musicalc
PC based Musicalc enables your company to carry out royalty
accounting processes accurately and swiftly. As well as providing
facilities to produce royalty statements, the system also
gives you myriad reports and utilities that make running a
Music Business company that much easier. A hosted royalty solution with title based pricing.
Clients
Bad Boy Records, Champion Music, DMC, Illegal Songs, Stress
Records and many more.
Website: www.musicalc.com
Right
Track
Right Track rights management software, successfully automates
over 200 music publishers, video distributors, software publishers,
and record companies administration operations.
Clients
BMG Distribution, Pioneer Entertainment, Rogers & Hammerstein,
Time Life and TVT Records and many more.
Royalty Tracker
Royalty Tracker® is a team player. It integrates seamlessly with your fulfillment and general ledger systems. Using cutting-edge data management technology, Royalty Tracker® can extract information from virtually any internal or external system. Highly scalable. Handles royalties for companies that generate 100,000+ royalty statements.
Available in hosted and standalone versions.
Website: www.metacomet.com
RoyaltySoftware.net
A site with information on royalty software packages
along with tips on good royalty management systems.
Royalty Software Directory
This directory of royalty software solutions includes solutions for gas, oil, mineral, and timber owners. This sites's blog has a section devoted to royalty rates paid by book publishers.
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