Individual investors typically acquire royalty rights through dedicated online marketplaces that facilitate auctions or direct sales between authors/rightsholders and buyers.

: Usually 10–15% for hardcovers and 5–8% for paperbacks.

Buying book royalties—the process of acquiring the rights to future earnings from a book—is a specialized form of alternative investing. Rather than writing a book, you are purchasing an existing income stream.

: You acquire the income for a set period (e.g., 10 years), after which the rights revert to the original owner. Expected Royalty Rates (Standard Benchmarks)