Small Press Royalty Software

September 30, 2008

JDC Software has just released Easy Royalties. Easy Royalties is an affordable and easy to use royalty software solution. Prices start range from $500 for 500 titles to $10,000 for an unlimited number of titles. Read more

That’s Rights Royalty Software

September 6, 2008

That’s Rights by JDC Software offers publishers an affordable royalty software alternative to more expensive publisher specific royalty management solutions. Read more

Royalty Rates for Professional Books

May 30, 2008

What are the usual royalty rates for professional titles?

Based on our experience, the most common rate schedule for a professional title is:

10% on net receipts for sales of printed & ebooks to 2,499 copies

12.5% on net receipts for sales of 2500 to 4999 copies

15% on on net receipts for sales of 5000 and above

50% of the above royalty rate for sales of printed books made at a discount of 60% or higher

50% on net receipts for rights sales; permissions, bookclubs, television, etc.

No royalty on sales of printed books sold at less than cost

No reserve for future returns