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Exact source record
Declared words and target market at proposal, followed by the verified manuscript version and file hash before production.
Your rights stay yours
Localization support is not an implied publishing-rights transfer.
The standard Foreign Edition Studio engagement is a defined services relationship. You retain the original copyright, publishing rights, royalties, and creative control unless a separate written agreement explicitly says otherwise.
You retain
Ownership and publishing control.
- The original copyright and underlying work.
- Publishing rights and territorial decisions.
- Royalties and book-sale proceeds.
- Creative approvals defined in the agreement.
- The choice of where and how the finished edition is published.
- The choice to decline optional distribution, publishing, or representation services.
Maquine receives
Only the authorization needed to perform the work.
- Permission to securely analyze the submitted manuscript.
- Permission to localize, edit, quality-check, and process the contracted edition.
- Permission to share confidential material only with authorized project specialists under the agreed safeguards.
- Permission to retain project records for the approved operational and legal period.
No implied license
Separate opportunities require separate agreements.
Publishing under a Maquine imprint
Territorial or language-rights licensing
Distribution services
Rights representation
Royalty sharing
Long-term exclusivity
The agreement record
The contract must point to the exact work being purchased.
A complete agreement is not a checkbox. The Studio is designed to bind the correct parties, declared scope or verified manuscript, accepted quote, service scope, payment schedule, and rights statement into a versioned record.
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Exact scope
Localization, selected packages, add-ons, revisions, and delivery.
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Exact commercial terms
Currency, total, payment split, schedule, and change-order rule.
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Exact rights boundary
Limited processing authorization and no implied publishing, distribution, or royalty rights.
Final legal language remains subject to counsel approval. The production contract workflow stays disabled until the contracting entity and lawyer-approved agreement are configured.
Calculate and lock an eligible project before sharing a confidential file.
Open the exact calculatorAutomatic 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.