The trouble is that most authors do not understand the royalty statements they receive.

But, "it is in the nature of the beast for royalty statements to be complicated," he said.

Ms. Choron said that for 20 years she had tried to understand why royalty statements were so obscure.

I used royalty statements to keep score: how many minds had I reached?

Counting the cash with shaky hands, the inventor kept looking at the royalty statements.

He knew the names from the royalty statements, and he didn't like any of them.

The company cultivated careers, but Blades says he never saw a royalty statement.

Publishing companies had always fudged a little on their royalty statements.

He could produce the royalty statements; they were there in his briefcase, though they would not stand up.

The first drawer was devoted to contracts and royalty statements.