A tool ecosystem that is reaching its limits

Many Canadian publishers currently use tools such as Excel, in-house software or legacy systems to manage their royalties. As publishing practices continue to evolve, these tools are being put under increasing pressure by growing volumes of data and increasingly complex rights and royalty structures. This context is further shaped by the emergence of new sales channels, such as audio.

Processes become increasingly complex, heavily reliant on manual input, and more prone to errors, with a high risk of overload and malfunctions as soon as data volumes increase – sometimes making exchanges around royalty data less fluid between publishers and authors.

Challenges shared across markets

These challenges strongly resonate with the realities faced by publishers across Europe, who are experiencing the same need for greater automation and centralized data management. In response, many players have turned to dedicated tools to automate royalty reporting, in order to ensure accurate calculations, support growth, and maintain a relationship of trust with their authors.

An expertise built on shared market challenges

This is the context in which Crealo operates. Designed and developed in France, Crealo is a royalty management software built by a team of engineers and experts from the cultural and creative industries. For over six years, the platform has been shaped by publishers’ operational needs and developed in close collaboration with them, drawing on challenges shared with Canadian publishers.

Already well established in Europe, Crealo is used today by more than 200 publishers across France, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg, Switzerland.

Publishers such as Groupe Auzou and Rosie & Wolfe (Joël Dicker) already rely on Crealo to simplify and secure the management of their contracts and royalties.

Already adopted by Canadian Publishers

Editorial exchanges between Europe and Canada further reinforce this alignment of needs. Building on its strong European base, Crealo already works with several English- and French-speaking Canadian publishers such as:

• Monster House Publishing, a children’s book publisher based in Fredericton.
• Éditions ADA, a major general-interest publisher based in Quebec.
• Running the Goat Books & Broadside, a micro-press in Newfoundland specializing in high-quality children’s literature.
• Les Éditions du Noroît, a Montreal-based publisher specializing in poetry and essays.

Key capabilities in practice.

Crealo is a royalty management system built with and for modern publishers

A platform designed to support the evolution of publishing with five complementary modules to automate royalties from A to Z.

Crealo is structured around five complementary modules, allowing publishers to reduce manual work, secure the entire royalty lifecycle and enhance relationships with authors and rights holders.

Royalty Accounting Manager

The royalty accounting manager module enables publishers to automatically import sales data, apply contractual terms, and generate accurate, reliable royalty reports, while seamlessly connecting with the rest of their tool stack, including accounting systems.

Contract Lifecycle Manager

The contract lifecycle management module allows publishers to manage all their contracts in one place. Contracts can be created, stored, followed throughout their lifecycle, and signed directly within a single, secure workspace.

Rights Transfers Manager

This module gives publishers a clear, consolidated view of all their foreign rights contracts. It helps them to keep track of their key deadlines, follow incoming payments, and issue invoices, all from a single workspace.

Analytics

This module provides publishers with a clear and comprehensive view of their revenues. Sales and income can be analyzed across multiple dimensions, such as country, format, author, or exploitation channel, enabling teams to gain deeper insights and make informed, data-driven decisions.

Author Portal

The author portal provides authors and rights holders with a secure personal space where they can access their royalty statements and contracts, fostering clearer, more fluid exchanges and strengthening the relationship between publishers and their authors, while reducing unnecessary back-and-forth.

With its multi-currency and bilingual interface, the platform fits naturally into the Canadian publishing landscape, where working across languages and markets is often part of day-to-day operations.

For Canadian publishers looking to modernize their processes, Crealo represents a scalable royalty management system, already trusted by publishing houses on both sides of the Atlantic.

Designed to adapt to different editorial models and levels of complexity, the platform supports publishers with both small and large catalogs.

Go further with Crealo

This experience offers insights that Canadian publishers can draw on to continue modernizing their royalty management, support sustainable growth, and strengthen relationships with authors.

To learn more about Crealo or start the conversation, the team would be happy to connect. Contact us at [email protected] or visit crealo.app/en