From manuscript to royalty payout in one connected pipeline
Book Publishing Management tracks every title from author inquiry through acquisition, production, contracts, editions, and royalties — plus newsstand and subscription sales for periodicals — all inside Odoo 19.
The problem
Publishing houses run acquisition, production, contracts, ISBNs, and royalties across spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected tools. Nobody can say where a title actually stands, royalty payments get missed, and format-specific ISBNs get mixed up across paperback, e-book, and audiobook editions.
The solution
Book Publishing Management gives every title a single record that moves through commissioning, a live production pipeline, editions and ISBNs, e-contracts, and royalty accrual — connected to CRM and the rest of Odoo, with periodical newsstand and subscription sales tracked alongside.
Everything a publisher needs, in one app
Every capability below is implemented in the module.
Live Production Pipeline Board
See every title's exact production stage — Writing, Editing, Review, Design, Completed — on a single kanban board grouped by stage, with author tags, genre, and a live progress bar per card.
Commissioning & Approval Workflow
Titles move through Draft, To Approve, Approved, Refused, and Published with a manager-only approval gate, so no title enters production without editorial sign-off.
Author & Acquisition CRM
One record per author holds contact details, prospect/active status, and full chatter history. A public website form captures manuscript submissions and automatically creates a CRM lead and author record.
Chapter-Level Production Tracking
Track each chapter through Writing, Editing, Review, Design, and Completed independently, with the title's overall progress computed automatically from chapter completion.
Multi-Format ISBN Editions
Register paperback, hardcover, e-book, and audiobook editions per title, each with its own validated 13-digit ISBN — duplicates and malformed numbers are rejected automatically.
E-Contracts & Digital Signature
Generate contracts from a centralized, reusable template library, then send, sign, and countersign in a single workflow with an in-record signature capture — no external e-signature service required.
Royalty Accrual & Payout
Set a royalty rate per title and author, let the royalty amount compute automatically from sales, and move each line through Draft, Accrued, and Paid.
Publication Planning & Forecasting
Generate a forward publishing schedule for any date range from approved and published titles, with forecasted revenue rolled up automatically from their editions.
Periodical Newsstand & Subscription Sales
Manage magazine and newspaper titles alongside books: record single-copy newsstand sales with automatic returns and totals, and track subscriptions through start, renewal, and expiry.
How it works
Acquire & Commission
Capture inbound manuscripts via the public website form, which auto-creates a CRM lead and author record, then move the title through commissioning approval.
Produce
Move the title and its chapters through Writing, Editing, Review, Design, and Completed on a live kanban board, with progress rolling up automatically.
Publish & Contract
Register format editions with validated ISBNs, generate a contract from a template, and capture the author's signature through send, sign, and countersign.
Track Revenue
Accrue and pay royalties, build a forecasted publication plan, and log newsstand and subscription sales for periodicals.
Frequently asked
No sales fog. If your question isn't here, email us and we'll answer it the same way.
No. It connects to Odoo's CRM for author intake and coexists with your existing accounting setup — royalties and periodical sales are tracked as their own monetary records inside this app, not as invoices.
Buy it on the Odoo App Store
Purchase, download and install directly from the official Odoo Apps Store — you'll always get the latest supported build.
Book Publishing Management
Acquisition, chapter-level production, format-specific ISBNs, e-signed contracts and royalty accrual on one pipeline board — from commissioning approval through payout and newsstand subscription sales.
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