Welcome to Pen Pinery ("we", "us", "our", or "Pen Pinery"). These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of the website and services provided by Pen Pinery at https://penpinery.com ("Website"). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Website.
1. User Conduct and Content
1.1. Acceptable Use: Users of Pen Pinery are allowed to upload information about their books, author names (or aliases), write blog posts, and leave reviews for other users' content.
1.2. Content Guidelines: Users are required to keep their content civil and respectful. Content that violates our guidelines, including but not limited to content that promotes hate, discrimination, violence, or is offensive in nature, will be removed.
1.3. Amazon Kindle Rule: Users must adhere to the principle that content posted on Pen Pinery, including book covers, book descriptions, book titles, tags, and promotional material, should be suitable for sale on Amazon Kindle. If your content is not suitable for sale on Amazon Kindle, please refrain from posting it on Pen Pinery.
2. User Accounts
2.1. Account Creation: To access certain features of the Website, you may need to create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account.
2.2. Accuracy of Information: You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the account creation process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
3. Intellectual Property
3.1. Ownership: You retain ownership of the content you post on Pen Pinery. By posting content, you grant Pen Pinery a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, modify, and distribute your content solely for the purposes of operating, promoting, and improving the Website.
3.2. Prohibition of Pirated Content: Users are strictly prohibited from posting, sharing, or promoting any content that infringes upon the intellectual property rights of others, including pirated or unauthorized copies of books, articles, images, or any other copyrighted material. If you are not the copyright holder of the content you intend to share, you are required to obtain explicit written permission from the copyright holder before posting it on Pen Pinery. We take copyright infringement seriously and will promptly remove any content that violates this prohibition.
4. Termination
4.1. Termination by Pen Pinery: We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account and access to the Website at our sole discretion, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including but not limited to a breach of these Terms.
4.2. Termination by User: You may discontinue your use of the Website at any time.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
5.1. No Warranty: The Website is provided 'as is' and 'as available,' with no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
6. Limitation of Liability
6.1. Limitation: Pen Pinery shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising from your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Website.
7. Changes to the Terms
7.1. Modification: Pen Pinery reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of any significant changes on the Website or via email.
8. Governing Law
8.1. Jurisdiction: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
By using Pen Pinery, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [[email protected]].
Last updated: Aug 13th, 2023