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Foreign Edition Readiness Review
A decision memo covering rights readiness, target-market fit, material gaps, scope risks, and the recommended production route.
$450.00
Five business days
Request a readiness review
Fee-based foreign edition production
Maquine Foreign Edition Studio
Create your foreign edition. Keep your rights.
Transform your manuscript into a professionally localized, publication-ready foreign edition without giving up your publishing rights, royalties, or creative control.
Eligible books receive an exact automatic price from USD 0.08 to USD 0.12 per declared source word. No manuscript is required to calculate, lock, or sign.
Existing client sign inNo rights transfer
Human-led by default
No upload required to price
Clearly priced publication tiers
Proof of process
Inspect the structure of a real Studio handoff.
The demonstration delivery pack shows how source scope, localized text, editorial decisions, terminology, QA, and final files are documented. It uses original demonstration material and is clearly separated from client work.
Demonstration material, not a testimonial, commissioned title, or representation of a completed client engagement.
Start at the right depth
Three ways to make the next foreign-edition decision.
Begin with a decision memo, test the editorial working relationship, or calculate a complete edition. Each engagement has its own scope, fee, and commercial purpose.
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Localization Pilot
Up to 2,500 source words localized and reviewed, with an editorial note, terminology sample, and QA summary. Fifty percent is credited to a full Studio project commissioned within 30 days.
$950.00
Five to seven business days
Request a paid pilot03
Full Foreign Edition
Complete human-led localization at USD 0.08-0.12 per approved source word, with optional publication-production tiers.
USD 0.08-0.12 / word
Capacity confirmed before deposit
Calculate the full editionReadiness Reviews and Localization Pilots are paid in full before work begins. Fifty percent of the Pilot fee is credited when the same rightsholder commissions the corresponding full Studio project within 30 days. Full projects retain the 50/50 payment structure.
Automatic declared-scope quote
Know the exact localization price before sharing a manuscript.
No upload is required to calculate, lock, or sign an eligible declared-scope project.
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Describe the edition
The automatic rate combines the language direction, editorial character of the genre, source length, target-market variant, and material scope. Eligible rates remain between USD 0.08 and USD 0.12 per source word.
Exact eligible-project price
Rule v3$7,200.00
80,000 source words at USD 0.09 per word.
Edition variant: Brazilian Portuguese
- Localization
- $7,200.00
- Publication tier
- Not selected
Language pairUSD 0.085
Genre+USD 0.005
LengthUSD 0
50% deposit$3,600.00
50% before delivery$3,600.00
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Choose localization only or one publication tier
No publication tier is preselected. Each higher tier is cumulative, and the complete deliverables remain visible before agreement.
Ready when the scope is right
Lock this calculation for 14 days. Upload after agreement and deposit.
Email verification and rights-holder declarations are required. The uploaded file is compared with the signed declared scope before production begins.
The browser cannot set the contractual price. Maquine recalculates every locked proposal from the active server rule version.
Eligible declared-scope projects are calculated automatically from the approved language pair, target-market variant, genre, source-word count, and material-scope answers. The browser preview is recalculated by Maquine before a proposal is locked. Poetry, specialist or layout-dependent formats, projects above 200,000 words, and material post-upload discrepancies move to manual review.
Core language corridors
Target-market decisions for the pairs Maquine works with most closely.
Each corridor explains the edition choices that sit behind the calculator: variant, register, editorial risk, metadata, rights boundary, and publication route.
Base localization scope
The per-word fee includes an editorial production system.
The base service is more than a translated manuscript. It establishes voice, terminology, review ownership, and a traceable final handoff for one contracted target-market edition.
Human-led standard
Qualified language professionals make and review the editorial decisions. A manuscript is not sent to a generative-AI provider by default. Any approved assistive processing must be disclosed and agreed in writing for that project.
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Human-led manuscript localization for the contracted language and target market
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Bilingual editorial revision and target-language reading pass
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Project terminology and voice record
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Document-level linguistic and consistency QA
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Consolidated rightsholder review round
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Final clean manuscript, approval log, and delivery manifest
Included review
One consolidated rightsholder review round within the agreed editorial brief.
Separately scoped
Cover art, new illustrations, legal clearance, distribution, and publication files unless selected as a package.
Your rights stay yours
A professional foreign edition without an implied rights deal.
Maquine's standard Studio service does not require you to sell, assign, or license publishing rights to Maquine. You pay a transparent project fee and receive the contracted localized deliverables after final payment.
No royalty participation
No mandatory distribution agreement
No long-term exclusivity
No forced publishing-rights transfer
One accountable workflow
From exact calculation to secure delivery.
Standard books can reach proposal and agreement without an upload. The manuscript enters the private workflow only after the commercial scope, rights declarations, and production path are clear.
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Calculate
Receive an exact eligible-project price from language pair, target market, genre, source words, and material scope.
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Choose the edition
Keep localization on its own or add one clearly priced publication tier.
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Verify your identity
Open the private Studio with a one-time email link and confirm rights authority.
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Lock and sign
Lock the declared scope for 14 days, review the exact proposal, and sign the agreement.
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Fund and upload
After capacity confirmation, pay the deposit and upload the manuscript privately.
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Produce and receive
Follow milestones, settle the balance, and securely receive the contracted edition.
Built for accountable rightsholders
A production route for books with a real market decision ahead.
The Studio serves rightsholders who want a controlled foreign edition, not speculative translation volume or an implied rights transfer.
Independent authors
Established authors with clear rights, source files, and a defined foreign-market objective.
Publishers and imprints
Backlist or frontlist teams testing one title, a language corridor, or a repeatable series program.
Agents and estates
Authorized representatives preparing a title for direct edition production or a stronger licensing conversation.
Specialist presses
Academic and professional publishers that need scope, citation, terminology, and layout risks reviewed before pricing.
Paid localization pilot
Test the editorial working relationship before commissioning the full book.
The USD 950 Pilot covers up to 10 source pages or 2,500 source words, an edited target-language sample, a terminology and voice note, and a concise QA summary. Delivery is normally five to seven business days after scope approval, payment, and successful file verification.
Fifty percent of the Pilot fee is credited to the corresponding full Studio project when commissioned within 30 days. This is a paid editorial engagement with a defined scope, delivery record, and approval point.
Standard deadline
Five to seven business days after scope, payment, and the source file are cleared.
Build only the edition you need
Localization stands on its own. Publication assets remain optional.
Each cumulative tier has a published USD price and complete deliverable list. Nothing is preselected, and localization remains available on its own.
Publication tier 1
Metadata Essentials
A complete target-market identity for retailer, catalog, and distributor systems.
+ $495.00
- Three localized title and subtitle directions
- One-line hook and short back-cover blurb
- Long retailer description
- Seven search-keyword phrases
- BISAC and Thema category recommendations
- Author, series, contributor, and edition metadata
- Copyright-page checklist
- Structured metadata delivery sheet
Publication tier 2
Publication-Ready Edition
Everything in Metadata Essentials plus a finished digital and print interior.
+ $1,295.00
- Everything in Metadata Essentials
- Validated reflowable EPUB 3
- Print-ready interior PDF for one trim size
- Table of contents, front matter, and back matter
- Digital and print preflight QA
- One consolidated proof cycle
Publication tier 3
Market Launch
Everything in Publication-Ready Edition plus a guided retailer and launch handoff.
+ $2,195.00
- Everything in Publication-Ready Edition
- Retail listing and Amazon A+ copy
- Launch email and social copy kit
- KDP and IngramSpark setup assistance
- Territory and list-price recommendation
- Post-upload listing QA
- Thirty days of launch support
Commercial clarity
No invoice before the work is defined and capacity is real.
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Automatic calculation
Language pair, genre, and source length resolve to one versioned USD 0.08-0.12 rate.
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Declared scope
The rights holder locks the exact words, languages, genre, tier, total, and 50/50 split.
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Agreement
The agreement references the immutable declared-scope fingerprint and accepted proposal.
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Capacity and upload
Maquine confirms the production window before deposit; the private manuscript is required before work begins.
Choose the right Maquine relationship
A service project, a rights mandate, and a Maquine edition are different transactions.
Each path has its own agreement, economics, authority, and approval structure. Entering the Studio never opts a rightsholder into representation or publishing.
Fee-based service
Foreign Edition Studio
You commission localization and selected production assets. Rights and royalties remain yours.
Calculate the serviceSeparate representation mandate
Rights Partnerships
Maquine may represent defined rights only through a separate written mandate with territory, format, term, and reporting rules.
Review partnership pathsSelective publishing agreement
Maquine Editions
A Maquine-published edition requires a distinct license and publishing agreement. Current public covers are edition studies, not claimed client titles.
See edition studiesStudio FAQ
The practical questions, answered before you upload.
The Studio is designed to make confidential, commercial, and rights decisions explicit rather than burying them inside a generic inquiry form.
Do I give Maquine my publishing rights?
No. The standard Studio service is a project-fee engagement. You retain the original copyright, publishing rights, royalties, and creative control. Maquine receives only the limited authorization needed to review, localize, process, and deliver the contracted edition.
Is the online calculation an exact quote?
For an eligible project, yes. The Studio calculates the exact localization fee from the supported language pair, target-market variant, declared source-word count, genre, and material-scope answers, then adds only the publication tier you select. After email verification, the server recalculates and locks those terms into a versioned proposal. Poetry, specialist or layout-dependent formats, and projects above 200,000 words require a manual scope review.
How does the paid Localization Pilot work?
The USD 950 Pilot covers up to 10 source pages or 2,500 source words, whichever limit is reached first, with an edited localization, terminology and voice note, and QA summary. Fifty percent is credited to the corresponding full Studio project commissioned within 30 days. The Pilot is a paid editorial engagement with defined review and delivery records.
Do I need to upload my manuscript to receive a quote?
No. Eligible projects can calculate, verify, lock, and accept a proposal using declared scope only. The manuscript is required after agreement and deposit, before production begins. Maquine compares the uploaded file with the declared language, target market, genre, source-word count, and material-scope answers; a material variance requires an agreed change order.
Can I purchase localization without publication packages?
Yes. Manuscript localization is available on its own. Metadata, publication-ready files, retailer copy, distribution support, and add-ons are optional and are never preselected.
Automatic declared-scope quote
Price the edition before sharing the manuscript.
Calculate the exact eligible-project price, choose one optional publication tier, and lock the proposal after email verification. The private manuscript enters only after agreement and deposit.