Reducing the Royalty Resource Drain Through Automation


Tuesday, September 9, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
This webinar will be held via Zoom.
Category: Webinars

Ditch the spreadsheets. Ditch the stress!
Royalty management doesn’t have to be a headache. Gone are the days of wrestling with endless spreadsheets, tangled calculations, and late nights triple-checking your math. Affordable, reliable, and surprisingly easy to implement, automated royalty management systems can transform what was once a dreaded chore into a streamlined, stress-free process.

In this interactive webinar, we’ll pull back the curtain on exactly how automation works—walking you through real-world royalty processing scenarios. You’ll see step-by-step how to:

  • Capture and manage contract terms
  • Process sales data from multiple sources
  • Perform lightning-fast, error-free calculations
  • Generate and send royalty statements, reports, and payment files

We’ll also break down the implementation process, share insider tips for a smooth transition, and reveal best practices that can help you avoid common pitfalls.

Automation can save up to 90% of the time you currently spend on royalty management—and almost all the stress. Bring your toughest royalty challenges, and let’s explore together how automation could solve them for good.

If you’ve ever wished royalty season could be faster, easier, and less painful… this is your chance to make it happen.


Featured Speaker

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 Reporting Committee (discontinued).

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.

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Liz Bartek

Liz Bartek

Marketing & Communications Manager, Book Industry Study Group