The Arcane Linguist
Chapter 68

The first royalty payment arrived (please bookmark and keep reading!)

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Roland read on.

"The greatest selling point of these spell scrolls is that they successfully slash transcription costs without sacrificing effectiveness.

Under the current Intellectual Property Protection Decree, this reporter will analyze the royalty distribution everyone is so eager to hear about.

To prevent manufacturers from being generous at someone else's expense, effectively pocketing an arcanist's earnings through steep discounts, promotional concessions, bonus currency, and similar means, royalties are calculated using historical average prices or reasonable market prices, regardless of the actual selling price.

As a subsequent developer, Mr. Pano must also calculate the royalty base payable to Mr. Roland, the rights holder for Oracle, according to the theoretical maximum, regardless of the percentage he actually collects from the manufacturer.

The Oracle Spell Scroll Company has reportedly announced royalty rates ranging from 1% to 15%. Taking an ordinary level 1 spell scroll with a market price of 25 gold coins per copy as an example, Mr. Roland's earnings would therefore be 0.075 to 1.125 gold coins (75 to 1,125 copper coins).

Unfortunately, Mr. Roland has yet to accept an interview with this newspaper, and a representative of the Hilt Company also stated that commercial secrets could not be disclosed. This reporter can therefore only draw conclusions based on standard practices. Agency fees account for roughly 30%, leaving Mr. Roland with final earnings of 52.5 to 787.5 copper coins per copy from this indirect result."

What a gossip!

Roland could not help laughing and sighing as he read.

As for whether the calculations were correct, even he was not entirely sure.

That was no joke. For an arcanist like him, his wealth would grow to the point where he needed professionals to handle the detailed accounting. Without devoting time and effort specifically to the calculations, there was no way to get

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