Professional Author Path

Treat a foreign-language edition as a publishing decision, not a document translation.

For rights-controlling authors and author-led publishing businesses with finished books, reliable source files, publication history, and a concrete expansion objective.

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Qualification signals

You control the relevant publishing rights and accounts or can document any publisher, co-author, image, or contributor permissions.
You have a published title or coherent backlist with metadata, source files, readership context, and a target language or market in mind.
You are prepared to approve editorial scope, metadata, production decisions, timing, and a written commercial agreement.

Decisions to structure

Whether a paid declared-scope Studio project, a smaller planning step, or no project is appropriate.
Which target-market variant, editorial depth, publication assets, and approval sequence the edition requires.
Whether any MAQUINE publishing role is worth separate evaluation after the service or submission path is understood.

Requests that do not fit

Unfinished manuscripts, unclear ownership, generic document translation, or requests to bypass rights and identity checks.
Expectations of guaranteed sales, reviews, distribution, rights deals, or automatic acceptance into MAQUINE Editions.

Applicable MAQUINE Paths

Each path keeps its own commercial and rights boundary.

MAQUINE Foreign Edition Studio

No rights transfer, representation authority, or MAQUINE publishing role is created by an estimate, inquiry, or standard Studio engagement.

A Studio proposal and services agreement govern the approved scope.

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MAQUINE Rights Partnerships

An inquiry, review, introduction, or planning document does not appoint MAQUINE as an agent or license any right.

Any representation, licensing, royalty, exclusivity, territory, format, term, or approval role requires a separate written agreement.

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MAQUINE Editions

MAQUINE receives only the rights expressly described in a fully executed agreement; no public catalog entry itself grants or confirms availability.

A separate publishing or license agreement defines rights, territory, format, term, approvals, reporting, and reversion.

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Existing Specialist Routes

Continue into the route that matches the actual work.

Indie Author LocalizationKeep the existing author-focused localization route and its publishing-control boundary.Publication-Ready LocalizationUnderstand the editorial and production package beyond translation.Foreign Edition StudioCalculate or submit a defined edition scope without uploading a manuscript first.

Next Decision

Send authority, materials, market, and the decision you need.

The inquiry starts a review only. It does not promise eligibility, capacity, rights availability, representation, or a publishing agreement.

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