For publishers & literary agencies
Foreign rights management software
Selling translation and subsidiary rights into international markets means tracking who holds what, where, until when — across dozens of territories, languages and co-agents. RightsRoom keeps all of it in one place: rights by market, deals and deadlines, contracts, and the royalties and invoicing that follow.
What is foreign rights management software?
It is the system a rights team uses to track and sell the foreign rights to its titles — translation rights, territory and language licences, and subsidiary rights — and to manage the deals, contracts, option deadlines and royalties attached to each. Done well, it replaces a stack of spreadsheets, a separate contract drafter and manual accounting work with one place that always knows the current state of every right.
What good foreign rights software should do
A practical checklist if you are comparing tools.
Track rights by territory and language
Every title broken down by market — which translation and subsidiary rights are sold, available or under option, and to whom. No more cross-referencing spreadsheets to answer 'is this free in Germany?'
Never miss an option or renewal deadline
Option periods, licence terms and renewal dates tracked automatically, with alerts before they lapse. A missed deadline is lost revenue or a lost right.
Handle the whole contract lifecycle
Draft, review, store and chase deal contracts in one place — not a print-sign-rescan loop and a separate drafting bill.
Connect to royalties and invoicing
Advances and royalty income should flow into the accounting tool you already use, rather than being re-keyed by hand each time.
Take your data in any format
Your history lives in spreadsheets, emails and PDFs. Good software reads what you already have instead of forcing a rigid import template.
Be built for this decade
A modern, secure web app you can open on any device — not dated desktop software you log into once a quarter.
How RightsRoom handles it
Foreign rights live or die on follow-up — who holds what, where, until when. Send your existing records in any format and our AI builds your rights database for you, then runs it day to day: a live rights register by territory and language, deal and submission tracking, automatic option and renewal alerts, end-to-end contract management, and royalty tracking with invoicing into the accounting tool you already use. No rigid import template, no re-keying, and nothing you have to keep straight by hand.
Frequently asked questions
What is foreign rights management software?
It is software that helps publishers and literary agencies track and sell the foreign rights to their titles — translation rights, territory and language licences, and subsidiary rights — and manage the deals, contracts, deadlines and royalties that come with them, in one place rather than across spreadsheets and email.
Who uses it?
Independent publishers, literary agencies and rights agencies that license titles into international markets — anyone selling translation or subsidiary rights across multiple territories and co-agents.
Does RightsRoom handle translation and subsidiary rights?
Yes. RightsRoom tracks rights title by title across territories and languages, showing what is sold, available or under option, alongside the deals, contacts and co-agents attached to each.
Can it draft contracts and manage royalties?
Yes. RightsRoom drafts and manages deal contracts end to end, tracks option and renewal deadlines, and records royalty income — with advance and royalty invoicing flowing into your accounting system.
Does it work with my accounting software?
RightsRoom raises invoices into the accounting tool you already use — Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or FreeAgent — so you do not change your finance workflow.
Can I import my existing spreadsheets and documents?
Yes. You can send your existing records in whatever format they are in — spreadsheets, PDFs, Word documents or emails — and RightsRoom reads them and builds your rights database around your data, with no rigid template to reformat to.
See your rights in one place
Bring your spreadsheets, we build the rest — free to start, no card.