Meet Business Central: an ERP designed for modern publishing operations
Publishers need structured processes, accurate financials and connected workflows to deliver content reliably and profitably.
Unified publishing operations
Business Central connects finance, editorial planning, production scheduling, rights contracts, royalties, subscriptions and distribution into one central system. This reduces duplicate data and supports smoother collaboration between departments. knkPublishing, built on Business Central, demonstrates how integrated rights management, editorial, production and metadata tools can streamline publishing workflows.
Better decision making
Scalable for publishers of any size
Whether you publish a small catalogue or manage a multi‑imprint portfolio, Business Central scales with your operations. It supports multiple business models including trade publishing, academic, journal publishing, digital‑first and hybrid distribution. Business Central is widely adopted across industries for its flexibility and partner‑led industry extensions.
Cost efficiency
Automated workflows help streamline approvals, production ordering, rights transactions, royalty processing and financial reporting. This reduces manual admin and helps teams focus on content development and distribution. ERP systems for publishing centralise manuscripts, production tasks and version control to improve collaboration and reduce errors.
Compliance, rights and revenue control
Publishers must maintain accurate records for rights, royalties, licensing, tax reporting and author payments. Specialised modules built on Business Central support rights and permissions, royalty calculations and contract terms.
Why publishers choose Business Central
Streamline editorial and production workflows
Centralise manuscript tracking, approvals and production activity to reduce delays and improve communication. ERP systems ensure all team members have access to the latest versions of manuscripts.
Improve title profitability
Gain insight into cost‑to‑produce, revenue by channel, royalty obligations and inventory trends. Dashboards in publishing ERP software offer clear visibility of digital and print KPIs.
Automate royalties and rights administration
Reduce errors and administrative overhead by automating royalty calculations, payment cycles and rights tracking. Business Central extensions offer rights, permissions and royalty‑management functionality.
Enhance subscription and customer management
Coordinate subscription billing, renewals, fulfilment and customer enquiries from one platform. Publishing ERPs support subscription management with integrated workflows.
Support multi‑format and multi‑imprint operations
Manage print, digital, audio and syndicated content across imprints with centralised metadata, scheduling and financial tracking. ERP systems support title setup, editorial workflows and content distribution across multiple channels.
