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CONDITIONS OF USE 

Welcome to 1stbook-publishing.com. 1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit or website at 1stbook-publishing.com, you accept these conditions. In addition, when you use any current or future 1stbook-publishing.com services or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with 1stbook-publishing.com, whether or not included in the 1stbook-publishing.com web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. 

PRIVACY 

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to 1stbook-publishing.com, to understand our practices. 

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit 1stbook-publishing.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. 

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of 1stbook-publishing.com or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of 1stbook-publishing.com and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. 

TRADEMARKS 

1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM; 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM – COST-EFFICIENT PUBLISHING SERVICES FOR PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS; and other marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of 1stbook-publishing.com, or its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries. Other 1stbook-publishing.com graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of 1stbook-publishing.com, Inc. or its subsidiaries. 1stbook-publishing.com's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not 1stbook-publishing.com's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits 1stbook-publishing.com. All other trademarks not owned by 1stbook-publishing.com or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by 1stbook-publishing.com or its subsidiaries. 

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS 

1stbook-publishing.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of 1stbook-publishing.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of 1stbook-publishing.com. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of 1stbook-publishing.com and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing 1stbook-publishing.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of 1stbook-publishing.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by 1stbook-publishing.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of 1stbook- publishing.com so long as the link does not portray 1stbook-publishing.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any 1stbook-publishing.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission. 

CUSTOMERS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE 

1stbook-publishing.com may sell products for children in the future, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may use 1stbook-publishing.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian. 1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT 

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content; send e-cards and other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. 1stbook-publishing.com reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant 1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant 1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates and sub-licensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify 1stbook-publishing.com or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. 1stbook-publishing.com has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. 1stbook-publishing.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party. 

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS 

1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

RISK OF LOSS 

All items purchased from 1stbook-publishing.com are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier. 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS 

1stbook-publishing.com and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, 1stbook-publishing.com does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by 1stbook-publishing.com itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

FEES/REVISIONS AND COUNT BE HIGHER THAN 300 PAGES 

1stbook-publishing.com charges according to the published rates. However, should the page count be higher, the additional charge is $50 for increments of 50 pages. *Prerequisites: The manuscript and ALL editorial content including graphs, images, photos etc. is print ready, absolutely final and requires no further work from 1st Book Publishing. All changes requested after submitting the manuscript for the first time, or after the layout commenced, are deemed revisions and are subject to revision charges, which depend on the complexity of the work. Revision charges will be quoted separately. 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. 1STBOOK-PUBLISHING.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. 

APPLICABLE LAW 

By visiting 1stbook-publishing.com, you agree that the laws of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and 1stbook-publishing.com or its affiliates. 

DISPUTES 

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to 1stbook-publishing.com or to products you purchase through 1stbook-publishing.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in California, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate 1stbook-publishing.com's intellectual property rights, 1stbook-publishing.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any court in California, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules prevailing in California. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. 

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY 

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severe and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition. 



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Download the document in its entirety, print it, fill out the required fields and sign it (only the author is entitled to sign!). Send the signed document by mail together with other materials, like CD, cover design artwork, manuscript, pictures etc