▁on ▁an ▁agreed ▁split ▁of ▁the ▁roy alt ies . ▁The ▁song writer ▁assign s ▁an ▁agreed ▁percentage ▁to ▁the ▁publish er , ▁usually ▁( but ▁not ▁always ), ▁a ▁ 5 0 / 5 0 ▁split . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁writer ▁con ve ys ▁_ ▁of ▁the ▁publish er ' s ▁share ▁to ▁the ▁publish er , ▁but ▁retain s ▁all ▁of ▁writer ' s ▁share . ▁In ▁a ▁typical ▁" 7 5 / 2 5 ▁co - pub ▁deal ," ▁the ▁writer ▁gets ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁song writer ' s ▁share , ▁and ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁publish er ' s ▁share , ▁or ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁copy right s , ▁with ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 2 5 % ▁going ▁to ▁the ▁publish er . ▁Thus , ▁when ▁roy alt ies ▁are ▁due ▁and ▁pay able , ▁the ▁writer / co - publish er ▁will ▁receive ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁income , ▁while ▁the ▁publish er ▁will ▁retain ▁ 2 5 %. ▁ ▁- To ▁Under stand ▁De eper ▁" In ▁royal ty ▁pay ments , ▁there ’ s ▁a ▁writers ▁share ▁and ▁a ▁publish er ’ s ▁share . ▁To ▁make ▁things ▁easy , ▁let ’ s ▁say ▁each ▁share ▁is ▁worth ▁ 1 0 0 %. ▁So ▁the ▁writer ▁has ▁a ▁pie ▁chart ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁and ▁the ▁publish er ▁has ▁a ▁pie ▁chart ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 %. ▁If ▁there ▁are ▁multiple ▁writers