How to get started
How to get started
A friendly, no‑pressure introduction to a better publishing workflow
Getting started with Schilling Publishing is simple, guided, and completely obligation‑free. Our goal is to help you understand whether Schilling is the right fit for your publishing needs – not to sell you something you don’t need.
The best first step is a free, no‑commitment demo, where we walk you through the platform and your use case at your pace.
What you’ll get from the demo
In a short, focused session, you will:
- See how Schilling Publishing works in practice
- Understand how it fits into your current workflows
- Get answers to your specific questions
- Receive honest advice – even if Schilling isn’t the right solution for you
- No sales pitch. No pressure. No obligation to continue.
Practical details:
Duration: ~30 minutes
Format: Online meeting
Cost: Free
Step 1: Book your free demo
Book a time that suits you, and meet one of our product specialists.
During the demo, we’ll guide you through the platform and focus on what matters most to you – whether that’s editorial workflows, multi‑channel publishing, governance, or scalability.
This step is purely exploratory.
What happens after the demo? We believe in transparency, so here’s what could happen next – but only if you choose to continue.
Optional Step 2: Follow‑up conversation
If the demo is useful and you’d like to go deeper, we can schedule a follow‑up to:
- Explore your requirements in more detail
- Discuss potential configurations
- Answer any remaining questions
There is still no commitment at this stage.
Optional Step 3: Proposal
If Schilling Publishing looks like a strong match, we’ll prepare a clear and tailored proposal. This includes:
- Scope and setup
- Pricing
- Timeline
You are free to review it at your own pace.
Optional Step 4: Agreement & onboarding
Only once everything feels right do we move forward with an agreement and onboarding plan.
Our onboarding is structured, calm, and hands‑on – ensuring your team feels confident from day one.
Book your personalised demo
What you’ll get from the demo
In a short, focused session, you will:
- See how Schilling Publishing works in practice
- Understand how it fits into your current workflows
- Get answers to your specific questions
- Receive honest advice — even if Schilling isn’t the right solution for you
- No sales pitch. No pressure. No obligation to continue.
Success beyond technology starts with collaboration
At Schilling, we believe that the right solution for you is created with you.
We make sure that our journey together begins with a solid foundation that is based on your needs and built on mutually aligned expectations.
Schilling supports your IT requirements and your broader business objectives, and we are committed to helping you engage your business stakeholders, keeping the load on your IT staff as light as possible.
We’ve implemented solutions successfully hundreds of times, using a finely tuned and standardised implementation process that ensures a smooth and effective transition.
Together we ensure that expectations are fully aligned.
Schilling Royalty Professional
It’s simple to get started. It’s simple to manage.
Solution with one or multiple applications
Seamlessly integrated into a broader system landscape.
It’s simple to get started. It’s simple to manage.
Schilling Royalty Professional
Explore how easy royalty management can be. Our personalised demo covers the overall solution and dives into features like simple calculation, easy tracking, and settlement of royalties. Your needs and questions determine the demo.
You have had time to think about our demo of Schilling Royalty Professional, and we will continue the dialogue to align expectations, based on your specific needs.
If you choose Schilling and go with Royalty Professional, we will draft a contract based on our follow-up meeting, dialogues, and aligned expectations (your needs regarding the solution set-up, ongoing support, and system updates).
Our quick set-up is designed so that you can immediately start benefiting from the solution (including online learning materials for easy onboarding and usage of Schilling Royalty Professional).
We understand the importance of avoiding disruptions during peak periods and will plan the set-up in close collaboration with you to ensure the best timing for your publishing house.
Needless to say, we provide ongoing support and updates to keep your solution running seamlessly.
Seamlessly integrated into a broader system landscape
Solution with one or multiple applications
The first step is to collaborate on an initial needs assessment, ensuring it aligns with your demo booking and the solution that interests you the most.
We will tailor your demo to address all your questions and present a solution based on the specific needs of your publishing house.
Let’s agree that a software solution to manage rights, royalties, and critical business activities is much more than just a technology investment. It’s about human relationships, clear expectations, and trust – not only during the initial phase and implementation process but also in the subsequent operation, support, and ongoing updates of the solution. That is why we dedicate significant resources to organising pre-workshops.
At these pre-workshops, we will work together to create an overview of the following:
- Identifying gaps in the current set-up (gap analysis).
- Scoping business processes for optimisation.
- Identifying needs for system integrations (both internal and external).
- The number of relevant Schilling applications.
The outcome of the pre-workshops will be a business case (including a cost-benefit analysis) that will form the basis for our presentation of the solution and contract (step 3).
If you choose Schilling based on our discussions, workshops, and business case, we will prepare a contract that includes the implementation project and business scope.
Once we’re aligned on the contract, we will hold a range of implementation workshops (based on the inputs from the pre-workshop) to fine-tune the final scope.
Step 5: Implementation and go live
We can implement as quickly as you need – depending on your chosen solution, scope of requirements, and capabilities.
We understand the importance of avoiding disruptions during peak periods and will plan the implementation in close collaboration with you to ensure the best timing for your publishing house.
Our support does not end once your publishing software goes live. We’ll assist you in evaluating your business case (return on investment) to ensure that you get the maximum value from your solution.
Needless to say, we provide ongoing support and system updates to keep your solution running seamlessly.
Did you know that...
At Schilling, we go beyond delivering advanced software solutions; we also provide consultancy services and offer different collaboration models, ranging from automated plug-and-play solutions to tailored integrated set-ups.
We even facilitate Special Interest Groups (SIG) where co-creation relies on iterative feedback loops from publishers with shared interests and needs.
Explore why publishers like you has chosen Schilling and discover more about the value of gaining access to co-creation, accumulated knowledge, and best practices.