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Spotlight on Éditions Ulmer
Founded in 1993, Éditions Ulmer specializes in practical books on gardening, nature, biodiversity, and ecology. Their catalog features educational, beautifully illustrated, and accessible works focused on sustainable, environmentally respectful practices.
Ulmer’s books stand out for their visual quality — rich in illustrations and photography — and for their pedagogical approach, which makes complex topics approachable for everyone, from beginners to experts.
The limits of an in-house tool when faced with royalty complexity
The team had developed a custom database, but it struggled to accommodate specific cases, especially when new sales channels needed to be integrated. This meant they had to manually prepare separate royalty statements for each unique scenario, a time-consuming and repetitive task.
Worse yet, there was no consolidated view per author. Each calculation had to be done and added manually, making the entire process unnecessarily complex.
These challenges led Éditions Ulmer to adopt Crealo, a solution that not only saves them valuable time but also ensures accuracy and peace of mind in every royalty calculation.
The benefits of Crealo, according to Éditions Ulmer
We spoke with Anthony Gachet, Administrative Manager at Éditions Ulmer, who shared the key advantages his team has found using Crealo:
Features tailored to our needs
“ The batch integration of URSSAF declarations is particularly valuable, it saves us a tremendous amount of time.
Another major advantage is the ability to generate withholding tax certificates automatically, at the same time as royalty statements. Before, each certificate had to be processed individually, which was a heavy workload.”
" Sending royalty statements to authors by email is now simple and seamless, which greatly improves our communication. ”
“We also use the advance management feature, which makes it easy to generate associated payment summaries. We appreciate how flexible the platform is when it comes to handling price changes.”
" The Contracts module is very well-designed and perfectly suited to the publishing industry’s specific needs. It makes contract management smoother and more efficient. "
Streamlined interface that saves time
“From a usability perspective, the platform is very fluid. We can quickly move between modules, for example, jumping straight from a title to its contract — which saves us a great deal of time.”
A smooth migration process
“The Crealo team handled the full import of our titles, authors, and contracts from the files we provided, sparing us a tedious manual entry process. Everything went smoothly.”
" Migration was something we were concerned about, but it turned out to be a non-issue. The Crealo team managed most of the integration, and we felt very well supported. "
Optimized royalty management
“We’re saving a lot of time with Crealo. We now work twice as fast thanks to all the features integrated into the platform, like generating royalty statements for advances directly from the Contracts module.”
“What’s more, the Crealo team really listens to publishers’ needs, which we greatly appreciate.”
" I recommend Crealo without hesitation, the tool is well-designed and constantly evolving. You can tell it was built with input from publishers to meet real-world needs. "
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