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Draft2Digital updates our Terms of Service from time to time to reflect policy changes, remove redundancies, and improve clarity.
Below is a summary of the most recent updates. This summary is provided as a convenience to readers and users to help note some changes that may interest them. The reader is advised, however, to review the full Terms of Service for complete details as the full Terms of Service – not this summary – governs your use of Draft2Digital’s site and program.
Stylistic and terminology updates: Several stylistic and verbiage changes throughout to improve clarity and reflect updated terminology. Examples include replacing references of “bookstores” with “sales channels,” an umbrella term comprising online and physical retailers, subscription services, library platforms, and other potential sales channels yet to be invented.
Section 8(f): Abandoned accounts. At Draft2Digital’s discretion, accounts for which the user has not logged in at least once in the prior 12 months are now subject to account closure and removal of books from distribution.
Section 10(a): We added a clarification that all Works distributed by Draft2Digital are required to adhere to our Content Guidelines found here: https://draft2digital.com/content-guidelines/.
Section 12(d): We added a new right to cease distribution of Works and withhold and not pay royalties for Works of users who fail to provide us information to confirm their identity or payment or tax information within 180 days of our request.
Section 12(g): We clarified our right to withhold or offset royalties in certain events such as returns, third-party claims of infringement, breach of our Terms of Service or in the event of deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity.
Section 12(h): We noted a royalty percentage for Works sold via Smashwords, the ebook retailer operated by Draft2Digital.
Section 12(i): We added language to describe an Account Activation Fee for new users, an annual Account Maintenance Fee, and a $100 earnings threshold at which the annual maintenance fee is waived.
Section 19(c): We added language that in the unlikely event either party seeks to litigate a dispute, any such litigation would be on an individual basis and not involve a jury.
Section 12(c): Changes to payment thresholds for PayPal and Direct Deposit (US and International).
Section 12(f): New section that specifies additional fees for specific methods of payment.
Section 19(i): Change of business address.
Section 17(a): Clarify indemnity and the right of D2D to withhold or suspend payment of royalties under certain circumstances.
Section 17(c): New section that limits users to one account without prior written approval of D2D.
Section 6: "Storefront" Terms of Sale New section describes that the site may contain a storefront or cart feature which will enable you to make a purchase through the site.
Section 7: Change Tokens New section describes process of making changes to Print book works via change tokens.
Section 11: Pricing and Program Terms 11d: Clarification of ability of D2D to adjust list price of one or more of your works in order to prevent from incurring a “negative” royalty.
Section 19: General Legal Provisions 19e: Stipulating this agreement is made in English language only which shall be controlling in all respects.
Change from “eBook(s)” to “Work(s)” Update to include the distribution of both digital and physical books.
Section 3: Online Bookstores “Online Bookstores” will now be referred to as “Retailers”.
Section 7: Program Eligibility and Registration New sections (e, k) regarding participation and ownership eligibility.
Section 15: Representations, Warranties and Indemnities Update to indemnity clause without prior written consent.
Section 17: General Legal Provisions Addition of pandemics, epidemics, and the like to this section regarding failure or delay in performance.
Section 10: Payments We've made a change to our minimum payment threshold for checks from 25.00 to 100.00. This change will become effective April 1, 2018.
New Section 5: Third Party Websites We’ve added this to clarify we cannot control and are not liable for your interaction with third parties and third-party websites you may find through our site.
New Section 11: Books to Read We’ve added this to reference our Books2Read website and Universal Book link that are governed by additional terms and conditions found here.
Section 12: New Release Notifications We’ve added this to reference our new release notification program that is free of charge.
Section 14: Property Rights in the Site and Program We’ve added this to reiterate that we own the draft2digital.com website and program, but do not own authors’ content or third-party content, products, etc. We’ve also added steps to contact us if users feel their rights may have been infringed or violated by a book on our site we have distributed.