A Revenue Watch Index released on Wednesday, which measures disclosure about oil industry payments in 41 countries, may soon have access to a vast amount of data about what...
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Booksellers at the New England Independent Bookseller Association fall conference, held last week in Rhode Island, were given some long-awaited hints about Google Editions, including hints on how competition...
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At the Publishing Business Conference’s “Rethinking Author Contracts for the Digital World” panel last month, a major dilemma regarding e-book rights management and author contracts was revisited: Despite the...
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Last week Publisher’s Weekly kicked off it’s Fall discussion series with a panel called “Know Your E-book Rights.” The panel featured four panelists: Neil de Young, Executive Director, Hachette...
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Barnes and Noble launched an independent e-book publishing platform of it’s own today. Pubit! is aimed at attracting independent and do-it-yourself publishers to the Nook e-reader, much as Amazon...
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The Frankfurt Book Fair is hosting three days of events focusing on the future of the book in the digital age, beginning on October 6th.  Among other topics, the...
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Publishers Weekly’s fall discussion series begins on September 28 at Random House’s headquarters in New York City with a discussion on the current state, and the future of, e-book...
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The Summer’s biggest news story in e-book rights, and probably in book rights in general, was the feud and subsequent settlement between Random House and powerful agent Andrew Wylie. ...
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Generally speaking, primary rights include only those rights the publisher specifically intends to use, normally including the book publication rights for the original hard or soft cover edition and...
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As reported by copyright lawyer Lloyd J. Jassin: In a decision with implications for royalty accounting, and the publishing industry in general, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently...
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As I mentioned in Part 1, publishing is a deceptively complex business.  I touched on a few of the general considerations in choosing a royalty software solution for your...
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This is a brief primer on how royalty tracking software can facilitate compliance with The Sarbanes Oxley Act.  Please note that your firm’s compliance may involve additional considerations; this...
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Publishing is a deceptively complex business, requiring the ability to track book production, royalties, returns, multiple warehouses, multiple sales channels, etc.  With so many time-consuming administrative tasks, the day-to-day...
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The Week in News Affecting Rights, Royalties, Royalty Software, or Rights Management for September 10, 2010: A good deal of book-related news this week, some of it even concerning...
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