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Why choose Literary Queens?

We care about our authors like we care about our kids or pets – we want you to grow and we won’t stop until your literary work is getting the recognition and voice it deserves in your new target market. From foreign translations to audiobooks and marketing, we’ve got you covered as one of the only agencies who handles it all (at an affordable price, too!).

Literary Queens is more than just an agency.

Literary Queens exists because of every single member's love for books.

We take pride in the carefully crafted stories we are entrusted with. Pairing up with authors for translations means co-parenting their book baby, and we always make sure to treat it like our own.

At Literary Queens, we help authors with everything publishing related, from translations to editing, proofreading, beta reading, ARC management, and more. In fact, we love books so much, we even started publishing ourselves!

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LQ In a Nutshell

Full Service Translations

Over 70 experienced Queens to find the right match for your voice and style All you need to do is publish.

Audio Narration

Thanks to our large partner network, we've got a pool of around 1,000 narrators at your disposal.

Co-Publishing

Translations are a big investment, but AI should really be your last option. If you have a strict budget, Co-Publishing might be for you: We split the translation cost, until the remaining half is recouped through royalties.

LQ Publishing

We offer publishing deals to select authors. While we're small, we know the market and how to translate for it, at no cost for you whatsover.

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EU AI Act and Claude Watermarking: How Translation Watermarks Work And Why It's Important For Your Translations

Claude now embeds an invisible, machine‑readable watermark in the text it generates. This isn’t a stylistic choice; it’s a compliance move driven by the EU AI Act, which requires providers of generative AI systems to make their outputs detectable as AI‑generated. Anthropic has stated that all Claude models launched on or after 2 August 2026 support this marking at launch, and that older models are being retrofitted. The watermark is applied globally, not just for EU users,

Amazon Germany Faces Backlash Over AI Translated Movie Deadly Patient

Image of the website Stern.de Amazon Prime Video Germany recently removed the movie Deadly Patient from its platform after German viewers heavily criticized the film’s dialogue, which was translated using AI technology. The backlash highlights growing concerns about the quality of AI translation in media and raises important questions for authors and creators considering AI tools for their work. The Rise of AI Translation in Media AI translation has become a popular tool for

The Unraveling of Copyright: Insights from the Coconut the Dragon Case Against OpenAI

On March 28, 2026, a significant legal battle began that could reshape how authors and publishers protect their work in the age of artificial intelligence. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, the German publishing division of Bertelsmann, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI Ireland Ltd. at the Munich Regional Court. The dispute centers on Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss (The Little Coconut Dragon), a beloved German children’s book series by Ingo Siegner.

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