RIGHTS 20/20 (formerly That’s Rights! +EasyRoyalties) is a comprehensive royalty management and rights solution for book publishers, with Author Royalties at its core. Designed to meet the operational requirements and business culture of North American publishers, it streamlines the entire royalty lifecycle — from managing titles and contracts to importing sales, calculating royalties, and distributing statements via email or portal. The system supports both simple and complex royalty structures, sales aggregation, mutli-author contracts and multi-title contracts, complex tiered rates, reserves, recovery, cross-collateralization, multi-currency transactions and extensive analytics & reports.

Publishers can manage complete title and product metadata, including importing from ONIX, maintain detailed author, beneficiary, and agent records, and consolidate sales data from multiple sources. RIGHTS 20/20 enables flexible royalty runs across imprints, periods, or projects, while offering customizable statements and automated distribution. In addition to email delivery, RIGHTS 20/20 distributes royalty reports, raw data, and supporting documentation through a comprehensive Author Portal, giving authors secure, real-time access to their financial information and historical records.

Built-in analytics, dashboards, alerts, and reporting tools provide actionable insights and audit readiness. Seamless integration with Microsoft Word™ and Outlook™, along with robust import and export capabilities, ensures efficient document generation and data exchange with other systems.

By prioritizing Author Royalties while incorporating mature structured rights management tools, RIGHTS 20/20 reflects our commitment to delivering “A Wide Range of Solutions for a Wide Range of Publishers.” It is scalable, adaptable, and ideal for independent presses, from start-up to mid-size.

Plans for Small and Start-up Publishers

For smaller publishers, That’s4Starts! and Easy ROL provide specially-priced cost-effective configurations with the same powerful functionalities as larger packages.

RIGHTS 20/20 Agents (formerly That’s Rights! Agents) provides specialized rights and license management tools that help new and established rights and literary agencies in North America maintain full control over their IP portfolios. It supports client and title management, prospect and publisher databases, submission tracking, structured follow-up workflows, and comprehensive incoming revenue functionality to ensure that opportunities are captured efficiently and IP revenues reach their beneficiaries swiftly and transparently.

The system simplifies interest and submissions, license negotiations, tracks contractual terms and renewals, manages co-editions from negotiation through delivery, and enables invoice generation for licensees. It also records incoming payments, advances, and associated royalty receipts, including multi-currency processing for international rights transactions.

RIGHTS 20/20 Agents distributes client statements, raw data, and important documentation related to publishing and licensing deals via a dedicated Agents Portal. This secure portal ensures transparent communication with clients while centralizing access to financial and contractual information.

Advanced reporting, analytics, advance information sheets, and rights catalogs provide clear visibility into rights performance and revenue streams, enabling publishers and agents to maximize the value of their rights business while maintaining the operational rigor and financial transparency required in the North American publishing market.