Babelcube has stopped taking on new work. It has not shut down: everything already published or under way continues, and we continue to pay royalties. This page sets out exactly what that means, first for authors and rights holders, then for translators.

• No new accounts can be created.
• Existing accounts still work. Sign in as you always have.
• No new books, no new translation offers, no new translating teams.
• The public site — the book pages, author and translator profiles, and the marketing pages — has been retired.
• Translations already in progress can still be completed and published.
• Books already published stay on sale and keep earning.
• Royalties continue to be collected and paid on the same schedule and the same terms.

Your published translations

They stay on sale at the retailers that carry them and continue to earn royalties, which we continue to pay you as before. Nothing about your existing agreements changes, and we are not taking your books down.

Your translation agreements

Each agreement runs for five years and renews after that unless you request its cancellation. For translations that were published, that renewal continues as it always has.

Where a translation was never published, the agreement will not be renewed. It ends at the end of its term and the translation rights return to you, free of any obligation to us. We will email everybody involved when this happens.

Translations still in progress

Work can continue and can still be published. The publishing tools in your account are unchanged. A translation that reaches publication before its agreement ends keeps that agreement, and is treated like any other published book from then on.

Your book and profile pages

Book pages and author profile pages are no longer published on the public site. Your books, your translations and your profile information are all still in your account, and your published books remain listed at the retailers that sell them.

What you can no longer do

• Add a new book to the catalogue.
• Search for translators, or ask a translator to translate one of your books.
• Accept a new offer from a translator.

You can still cancel or decline anything that is already outstanding, and you can still manage the books and translations you have.

Your published translations

They stay on sale and continue to earn you your share of the royalties, paid as before. Your existing agreements are unaffected.

Translations you are working on now

You can finish them and deliver them as before, and we would encourage you to complete work you have started. Publishing is done by the author, so once you have delivered your translation it is up to them to publish it. A translation that is published before its agreement ends keeps that agreement — and keeps earning you royalties for as long as it sells.

If an agreement reaches the end of its five-year term with the translation still unpublished, it will not be renewed and will end. We will email you when that happens.

Your public profile

Translator profile pages are no longer published on the public site. Your profile information is still in your account, and still visible to the authors you are working with.

What you can no longer do

• Browse or search the catalogue for books to translate.
• Offer to translate a book.
• Create a new translating team, or join one.

You can still leave a team you are in, and still cancel or decline anything already outstanding.

We pass royalties on to you on the usual schedule. Our terms pay out a balance once it reaches the minimum of $10; balances below that continue to accumulate as royalties come in, exactly as they did before.

Your royalty statements, your ledger and your payment and tax details all remain available in your account.

Thank you for everything you built with us.