Produktivitätsverlust durch manuelle Tantiemenabrechnung

Definition

In Australia, authors typically receive around 10% of RRP for traditionally published print books, while ebook royalties often sit around 25% of net receipts.[1][3][6] Self‑publishing channels such as Amazon KDP and IngramSpark have their own royalty structures (e.g. KDP 60% of list price minus print cost, or 40% through expanded distribution; IngramSpark 70% of list price minus printing and shipping).[2][3][7][9] Publishers and service providers must aggregate sales and royalty reports from multiple distributors and retailers, apply the correct royalty logic per channel and format, and then produce statements for authors. Without dedicated royalty software, this is typically done in spreadsheets, requiring repeated manual imports, lookups and checks. Logic evidence: where a royalties/finance team member spends 20–40 hours per semi‑annual cycle reconciling data from major channels and resolving discrepancies, a small–mid publisher with two cycles per year incurs 40–80 hours of work; larger lists or quarterly statement cycles can reach 120+ hours annually. At an effective loaded cost of AUD 60–90 per hour for skilled staff, this equates to AUD 2,400–10,800 per year, and for larger houses with multiple FTEs partially dedicated to this, AUD 20,000–40,000+ in avoidable manual effort.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Australian 🇦🇺 publishers waste 40–120 finance and royalties hours per royalty cycle on spreadsheet work and manual checks. Automation of data ingestion, rate application and statement generation frees up AUD 5,000–30,000 of capacity annually and enables faster profitability insights.

Affected Stakeholders

Royalties Manager, Finance/Accounts staff, Rights & Contracts Manager, CFO

Related Business Risks