In return for a small share of the songs' royalty earnings, the larger company takes over the day-to-day business of administering the musicians' song catalogues while the musicians retain all copyright and control of their material (see the 'self-publishing' section below).

Since 1981, Lapierre has dedicated half of his royalty earnings from his books to sustain a humanitarian crusade in the slums of Kolkata and the deprived areas of rural Bengal.

It was decided that the chapter could stand on its own as a short novel, and Michener donated the Canadian royalty earnings from the novel to endow the Journey Prize, an annual Canadian literary award for the best short story published by an emerging writer.

Mr. Prichard, who is chairman of Agatha Christie Ltd., which controls the rights to almost all of her works, says that royalty earnings this year are expected to be about $5 million.

With his royalty earnings, Nakamura purchased a PC-8801 and decided to become a professional Video game developer, entering the 1st Annual Hobby Program Contest held by Enix during his 3rd year of high school in 1982.

He was quick to dispense with his royalty earnings to charitable institutions, and espoused the cause of charity as a living example, giving to the needy through regular contributions.

Last year, he reported royalty earnings of $39,092.

The award was endowed by James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel Journey.

Beatrix inquires with the bank about her royalty earnings, wondering if she would perhaps someday be able to buy a house in the country.

He was honoured with the Top Local Artiste of the Year award, which is given out to Singaporean artistes who generated the highest royalty earnings for the year.