Rate 01
Standard
USD 0.06 / word
Romance, thriller, crime, commercial fiction, and straightforward nonfiction with clean editable source files.
MAQUINE Studio pricing
One transparent formula for every eligible book.
Choose the closest service category to review the current planning formula: USD 0.06, USD 0.08, or USD 0.10 per verified source word, with a USD 299 minimum. Account registration is free; project review and paid work remain separate.
Three service categories
The book’s editorial demands determine the rate.
The payable localization total is the greater of USD 299.00 or verified source words multiplied by the applicable rate.
Rate 02
Editorial
USD 0.08 / source word
Literary fiction, fantasy or romantasy, children’s and YA, memoir, biography, history, narrative nonfiction, business, or professional books.
Rate 03
Specialist
USD 0.10 / source word
Technical, academic, scientific, legal, medical, verse-heavy, citation-heavy, table-heavy, dialect-heavy, or structurally complex work.
Specialist work and projects above 90,000 verified source words keep the published planning rate but require MAQUINE review before an approved proposal.
MAQUINE StudioCanonical Studio pricing
Model the current planning price.
Choose the closest editorial category and enter the source-word count. This calculation is planning information only: the current public artifact cannot create a project, accept a manuscript, issue an agreement, or open payment.
No manuscript accepted here
This public planning page has no upload or submission path.
One published pricing model. The rate does not change by offered language direction. MAQUINE confirms corridor availability before any project begins.
Illustrative project total
No quote or payment is createdUSD 600.00
10,000 source words at USD 0.06 per word.
Illustrative 50% to startUSD 300.00
Illustrative 50% before final releaseUSD 300.00
No self-service intake, agreement, Checkout, payment, or upload is active in this public artifact. Optional production packages remain separate planning items.
Optional production packages
Keep localization on its own, or add one cumulative production package.
These are planning scopes for deliverables—not competing localization prices, volume discounts, or publishing agreements. A package remains separate and cannot be selected, accepted, or paid for in this public artifact.
Optional package 01
Metadata Essentials
A complete target-market identity for retailer, catalog, and distributor systems.
+ USD 495.00
- Three localized title and subtitle directions
- One-line hook and short back-cover blurb
- Long retailer description
- Seven search-keyword phrases
Optional package 02
Publication-Ready Edition
Everything in Metadata Essentials plus a finished digital and print interior.
+ USD 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
Optional package 03
Market Launch
Everything in Publication-Ready Edition plus a guided retailer and launch handoff.
+ USD 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
The commercial sequence
No quote, agreement, or payable amount exists in the current public artifact.
- 01Model the BookChoose the title, book type, and source-word count without creating a project. MAQUINE confirms the language corridor and target market separately.
- 02Keep Files PrivateCreate a free Studio account, confirm your email and choose optional authenticator protection. Manuscripts are uploaded only through the authorized private Studio workspace; account creation does not order services.
- 03Verify the SourceStudio verifies source words and the service category before a payable amount can exist.
- 04Bind an Approved ProposalA planning result is not a quote. The approved private proposal applies the rate or USD 299 minimum and binds both installments.
- 05Preserve 50% + 50%The approved total is split 50/50, rounded to cents, with any odd cent in the first installment. The public site takes no payment.
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