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Private foreign-edition workspace
Create your foreign edition. Keep your rights.
One accountable workspace for the manuscript, verified quote, milestones, files, payments, agreements, and project messages.
Eligible books use one of three exact rates—USD 0.06, USD 0.08, or USD 0.10 per verified source word—with a USD 699 minimum project price and a 50% + 50% payment schedule.
Private Studio Sign In
Manuscripts are shared only after sign-in, inside the private book workspace.
No rights transfer
Human-led localization
Private manuscript upload
Three exact public rates
Proof of Process
The demonstration pack shows how source scope, localized text, editorial decisions, terminology, QA, and final files stay connected. It uses original demonstration material and is clearly separated from client work.
Demonstration PDF · fictional source material · no client data
Canonical Studio pricing
Choose the closest editorial category and enter the source-word count. The private workspace verifies the manuscript and count; Checkout opens only after MAQUINE review and a signed agreement are on file.
Private upload happens only after you create the book workspace.
Estimated project total
Server-verified before paymentUSD 699.00
English → Spanish. 10,000 source words at USD 0.06 per word.
USD 699 minimum project price appliedThe calculated word-rate total is below the minimum project price.
The payable quote is recalculated on the server from the verified source-word count. Optional production packages are separate.
Human-led by Default
The workflow connects localization, bilingual revision, terminology, target-language reading, quality assurance, rightsholder review, and final delivery instead of treating the manuscript as an anonymous file in a queue.
The Private Workflow
Book records remain distinct while the author and founder share the same operational truth.
Name the source work and define the language direction, target market, and closest supported book type.
Add the manuscript only inside the owner-scoped book workspace.
MAQUINE verifies source words and the applicable Standard, Editorial, or Specialist rate.
See the canonical total, minimum-price explanation, due-now amount, and remaining balance.
Pay 50% to begin and follow milestones, files, messages, and delivery inside Studio.
Optional Production Packages
The three packages are cumulative scopes for metadata, finished files, or market launch—not alternative localization rates and not publishing agreements.
Optional Package 1
A complete target-market identity for retailer, catalog, and distributor systems.
+ USD 495.00
Optional Package 2
Everything in Metadata Essentials plus a finished digital and print interior.
+ USD 1,295.00
Optional Package 3
Everything in Publication-Ready Edition plus a guided retailer and launch handoff.
+ USD 2,195.00
Your Rights Stay Yours
A Studio project is a fee-based localization service. Any rights representation or MAQUINE-published edition requires its own separately reviewed written agreement.
No royalty participation in the Studio fee
No mandatory distribution agreement
No automatic exclusivity
No implied publishing-rights transfer
Choose the Right Relationship
Each path keeps its own economics, authority, agreement, and approval structure.
Fee-based localization
Commission localization and selected production deliverables while keeping rights and royalties.
Start a BookSeparate written mandate
MAQUINE may represent defined rights only under a separate agreement covering authority, territory, format, term, and reporting.
Visit the Rights DeskSelective publishing agreement
A MAQUINE-published edition requires a distinct license and publishing agreement. Public concept covers are not claimed client titles.
Review Submission CriteriaStudio FAQ
Pricing, ownership, manuscript privacy, verified source counts, and payment boundaries stay explicit.
No. MAQUINE Studio 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.
No. The public preview demonstrates the canonical formula but creates no payable amount. Inside the private Studio, MAQUINE verifies the source-word count and service category before the server creates the exact quote. Eligible books use USD 0.06, USD 0.08, or USD 0.10 per verified source word, subject to the USD 699 minimum.
The USD 950 Pilot is a separate editorial engagement covering 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. It is not a Studio localization rate or production package.
You can preview the formula without uploading. The payable Studio quote requires a private manuscript upload because the source-word count must be verified. Do not send manuscripts through the public website or ordinary email.
Yes. Manuscript localization is available on its own. Metadata, publication-ready files, retailer copy, launch support, and individual add-ons are optional, separately scoped, and never preselected.
Private MAQUINE Studio
Create the private workspace without uploading a manuscript. Upload only inside the book record, then review the verified source count, canonical price, and 50% + 50% schedule before Checkout.