Terms of Use
Amazon
Author Terms of Use
Last Updated at: April 30, 2021
These terms of use (the “Terms”) are
a binding agreement between you and any party who uses Amazon Author under or in connection with your account including, if applicable, the author, company or
other legal entity you represent (collectively, "you") and Amazon Services LLC and/or its affiliates ("Amazon," "we" or "us"). If you are accepting these Terms on
behalf of an author, a company or another legal entity, you represent that you
have the legal authority to bind the author, company or legal entity to the
Terms.
The Terms govern your use of and access to Amazon’s tools and resources for authors (collectively, “Amazon Author”), and consist of (i) the terms set forth below; (ii) all rules, guidelines and policies related to Amazon Author, including any rules or usage provisions specified on the Amazon Author website at author.amazon.com; (iii) the Amazon.com Privacy Notice; and (iv) the Amazon.com Conditions of Use. Any version of the Terms in a language other than English is provided for convenience, and the English language version will control if there is any conflict.
For individuals located in the European Union only: The Amazon.com Privacy Notice is not part of your Agreement. The Amazon Privacy Notice applicable to you is based on your location and available for your review here.
By signing up for or using Amazon Author, you accept the Terms. If you don't accept the Terms, you may not use Amazon Author.
1. General Description of Amazon Author. Amazon Author includes a variety of resources and tools for authors. Authors can access information about their books and connect with readers through the submission of photographs, images, written communications and other materials (all materials submitted by you through Amazon Author, the "Submitted Materials") for use on or distribution through sites, services or applications that are owned or operated by Amazon or under any Amazon-owned brand (Amazon Author and these sites, services and applications collectively, the "Services"). You grant to us a license to use the Submitted Materials on the terms provided below, but you otherwise retain all of your rights in your Submitted Materials. Submission to Amazon Author does not change your ownership of your Submitted Materials.
2. Eligibility. You must have an active Amazon Author account in order to use Amazon Author. Any Submitted Materials are associated with the author identified in the Amazon Author account through which they were submitted and must be submitted by that individual author or a representative of the author with the legal right to act on behalf of that author. If you are not the author, or a representative with the legal right to act on behalf of that author, you may not use Amazon Author on behalf of, or submit any materials for, that author. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you reside, whichever is older) to use Amazon Author.
3. Permitted Materials. You may use Amazon Author to submit only materials that you own or otherwise have the right to submit. You may not submit materials that are illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, or otherwise contain any objectionable or inappropriate content, nor may you submit materials that injure or violate the rights of any third party, including privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights.
4. License Grant. You grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, transmit, perform, modify and display all Submitted Materials in any media formats solely in connection with the Services and the marketing, promotion and distribution of the Services. The rights you grant to us in this paragraph extend to us and to any person or entity designated or engaged by us or acting on our behalf and are in addition to any rights we may otherwise have.
5. Identity. You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise provide any false or misleading information, including any information provided in establishing an account or provided as to the origin of any Submitted Materials. You are fully responsible for all communications and activities that occur in relation to Amazon Author which come from your computer or computer facilities, including your e-mail account and password, and are fully responsible for the actions of any agent, manager or other representative you authorize to act on your behalf with respect to Amazon Author, as if such actions were made by you.
6. Representations, Warranties and Indemnities. You represent and warrant that: (a) you have all the rights necessary to grant us the rights granted in the Terms; (b) the materials you submit and our use of them as authorized by the Terms will not violate or infringe the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights or other rights of any person or entity and are not defamatory; and (c) all factual statements that you submit are accurate and not misleading. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Amazon and its directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns from all claims, liabilities, damages and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of or in connection with the Submitted Materials or from your breach of the Terms or your representations or warranties.
7. Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties. Amazon Author, and its features, tools, functionality and other facets, are made available on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws, we disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, with respect to Amazon Author, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will we be liable for any damages of any kind arising from your use of Amazon Author, including any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages. The limitations, exclusions and disclaimers in these terms apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any materials submitted under your account.
8.
Disputes.
Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to the Terms or your
use of Amazon Author is subject to the disputes, governing law, and
all other terms in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use.
9.
Author Central. You may be re-directed from the
Amazon Author site to “Author Central” to access certain tools and resources. If you choose to use Author Central,
your use is subject to the following terms and conditions:
- https://authorcentral.amazon.com: Terms of Use.
- https://authorcentral.amazon.co.uk: Terms of Use.
- https://authorcentral.amazon.de: Terms of Use.
- https://authorcentral.amazon.fr: Terms of Use.
- https://authorcentral.amazon.co.jp: Terms of Use.
10. Beta Programs. From time to time we may offer access to confidential, preview, beta, or similarly designated pre-release versions of features, products, or services for evaluation and testing purposes (collectively, "Beta Programs"). If you participate in a Beta Program that we designate as confidential, you will keep all information about that Beta Program and your participation confidential until we give you authorization that you may disclose this information. You also agree that: (i) any beta features and materials are works in progress and may contain bugs, errors, or other defects; (ii) participating in Beta Programs is at your own risk and we are not liable for loss of data or other damage caused by Beta Programs; (iii) you will comply with all policies and guidelines related to Beta Programs made available to you; (iv) we may add or modify restrictions related to access to or use of the beta features and materials, or suspend or terminate participation in Beta Programs, at any time; (v) if you provide us with any feedback related to Beta Programs, we will be entitled to use that feedback without restriction; (vi) you will not provide your Beta Program access to any other person; and (vii) we have no obligation to make beta features and materials generally available.
11. Changes to the Terms. We may modify the Terms at any time in our sole discretion without notice to you. If any change to the Terms is found invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that change is severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining changes. Your continued use of Amazon Author after we change the Terms will constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to any changes, you may not continue to use Amazon Author.
12. Termination. We may terminate any account at any time in our discretion and modify Amazon Author or discontinue or suspend offering Amazon Author, in whole or in part, at any time. Similarly, you may discontinue your use of Amazon Author at any time. We also have no obligation to use, post or distribute your Submitted Materials. We may monitor and, in our discretion, remove your Submitted Materials at any time.
13. Communication. We may communicate with you in connection with your use of Amazon Author electronically and in other media.
14. Miscellaneous. If we do not insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with the terms of the Terms, this will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights. The Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and Amazon related to Amazon Author. If any provision of the Terms is found to be invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provision. If there are any conflicts between the Terms and the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, the Terms will control. Neither the Terms nor your use of Amazon Author will create or imply any relationship of agency, franchise, partnership or joint venture between you and Amazon.