thatsrights.com

What It Is

RIGHTS 20/20 / That’s Rights! is a rights and royalty management software suite built specifically for the book publishing industry. It serves publishers, rights managers, packagers, literary agents, and rights agencies. Rather than being a generic finance or CRM system, it is a vertical solution designed around publishing workflows such as foreign/subsidiary rights, licensing contracts, royalty calculations, and distribution of statements to authors and rights holders.

Core Features and Integrations

The product line includes rights-only, Full Suite, Agents, and ROL Royalty Portal / Agents Portal. Core features cover titles, authors, clients, submissions, negotiations, licenses, co-editions, invoices, receivables, payments, multi-currency support, compliance and renewal reminders, analytics charts, and reporting. On the royalty side, it supports importing and consolidating sales data, complex royalty rules, royalty runs, custom statements, and distribution via email or portal.

For integrations, it explicitly supports Microsoft Word, MS Outlook, Gmail, ROL Portal, ONIX, and spreadsheet imports. However, it does not disclose API, webhook, or developer documentation, and states that it does not provide a developer licence.

Pricing, Trial, and Deployment

All configurations are sold as annual subscriptions. The entry-level That’s4Starts! starts from £700/year +VAT, while EASY ROL starts from £1,180/year +VAT. Full Suite with ROL Portal starts from £3,100/year +VAT, and Agents Mix-and-Match starts from £480/user/year +VAT. There is no free plan, but demos can be scheduled, and a 15-day trial is available after requirements are matched.

Deployment is relatively flexible: it can be installed locally on a Windows PC/Windows Server environment, or used via a hosted remote Windows cloud desktop.

Pros, Cons, and Who It Is For

Its strengths lie in deep coverage of publishing-specific scenarios, support for multiple currencies and complex royalty rules, full rights lifecycle management, and portal-based statement distribution. Local deployment is suitable for organizations that prioritize data control, and smaller publishers have access to lower-entry packages.

The downsides are its reliance on the Windows ecosystem, while its cloud option feels more like a hosted desktop than a pure browser-based SaaS. Information on APIs, compliance certifications, and China-friendly payment methods is also limited. It is best suited to small and midsize publishers and agencies with foreign rights licensing, co-edition, agency business, or complex royalty accounting needs.

Access from China and Alternatives

The main site mentions customers in China and Taiwan RoC, but does not clarify direct network accessibility from mainland China, payment options, contracting, or localization support. As a result, access from China should be considered unknown.

If your team needs a Chinese interface, local invoices, RMB payments, or compliance with domestic cloud requirements, you should arrange a trial before purchase and verify network access, email delivery, portal access, and payment workflows. No alternatives are provided in the source text; these would need to be evaluated separately against publishing ERP systems, rights management platforms, or in-house finance workflows.