Last Updated: October 12, 2016
This agreement changed on the date listed above. See an explanation of the changes at the end of this document. A&A Printing Publishing Terms and Conditions.
By choosing A&A Printing as a publisher, the customer agrees to our terms and conditions as outlaid below. If you have any questions about any of these, please feel free to contact Billy Ashby. For printing terms and conditions click here
This agreement (the “Agreement”) is a binding agreement between the individual or the entity identified in your A&A Printing (“AAPA”) account (“you” or “Publisher”) and A&A Printing.
This Agreement provides the terms and conditions of your participation in the AAPA digital self-publication and distribution program (the “Program”) and your distribution of digital content through the Program (all content, “Printed Books” & “Digital Books”), and consists of:
- the terms set forth below;
- the Pricing Page;
- all rules and policies for participating in the Program provided below and printing terms and conditions;
- the printshopcentral.com website Conditions of Use; and
- the printshopcentral.com Privacy Notice.
Any version of this Agreement in a language other than English is provided for convenience and the English language version will control if there is any conflict. Given the importance of this Agreement, we encourage you to study it carefully.
1) Agreement Acceptance.
You accept this Agreement and agree to be bound by its terms by either (a) clicking agree or accept where you’re given the option to do so or (b) by using the Program, or any part of it. If you don’t accept the terms, you are not entitled to use the Program. If the Publisher is an entity, the individual person who accepts this Agreement for the Publisher represents and warrants that he or she is entitled to enter this Agreement as an authorized representative of Publisher and to bind Publisher to the terms of this Agreement.
2) Agreement Amendment.
The Program will change over time and the terms of this Agreement will need to change over time as well. We reserve the right to change the terms of this Agreement at any time in our sole discretion. We will notify you of changes via email provided during account registration. Here are the rules for when changes will be effective and binding on you:
2.1) Changes to Agreement Terms Other than Those in Sections 5.4.1 (Royalties) and 5.5 (Grant of Rights).
Changes to terms of this Agreement other than those contained in Section 5.4.1 (Royalties) and 5.5 (Grant of Rights) will be effective on the date we post them, unless we otherwise provide at the time we post the changes. You are responsible for checking for updates and your continued use of the Program after we post changes will constitute your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the changes, you must withdraw your Printed Books & Digital Books from further distribution through the Program and terminate your use of the Program.
2.2) Changes to the Terms of Sections 5.4.1 (Royalties) and 5.5 (Grant of Rights).
Changes to terms of this Agreement contained in Sections 5.4.1 (Royalties) and 5.5 (Grant of Rights) will be effective and binding on you on the date 30 days from posting or on the date you accept the changes, whichever first occurs. You accept the changes by either (a) clicking agree or accept where you’re given the option to do so or (b) by using the Program to make additional Printed Books & Digital Books available through the Program. Changes to the terms of Sections 5.4.1 and 5.5 will only apply prospectively with respect to Printed Books & Digital Books sold after the date thirty days from our posting of the changes, unless you accept the changes as provided above. If you do not accept the changes, you must withdraw your Printed Books & Digital Books from further distribution through the Program and terminate your use of the Program prior to the date thirty days from our posting of the changes. Note that we may make acceptance of changes a condition to continued use of the Program.
3) Term and Termination
The term of this Agreement will begin upon your acceptance of it and will continue until it is terminated by us or by you. We are entitled to terminate this Agreement and your access to your Program account at any time. We will notify you upon termination. You are entitled to terminate at any time by providing us notice of termination, in which event we will cease selling your Printed Books & Digital Books within 15 business days from the date you provide us notice of termination. We may also suspend your Program account at any time with or without notice to you, for any reason in our discretion. Following termination or suspension, we may fulfill any customer orders for your Printed Books & Digital Books pending as of the date of termination or suspension, and we may continue to maintain digital copies of your Digital Books in order to provide continuing access to Printed Books or re-downloads of your Digital Books or otherwise support customers who have purchased a Digital Book prior to termination or suspension. The following provisions of this Agreement will survive termination of this Agreement: Sections 1, 3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and any other provisions that, by their nature, are intended to survive. All rights to Printed Books & Digital Books acquired by customers will survive termination.
4) Account Eligibility and Registration
4.1) Eligibility.
You must have an active Program account in order to participate in the Program. You represent that you are at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you reside, whichever is older), and that you are able to form a legally binding contract. A parent or guardian of a minor can open a AAPA account and be the Publisher of the minor’s Printed Books & Digital Books.
4.2) Account Information; No Multiple Accounts.
You must ensure that all information you provide in connection with establishing your Program account, such as your name, address and email, is accurate when you provided it, and you must keep it up to date as long as you use the Program. You may maintain only one account at a time. If we terminate your account, you will not establish a new account. You will not use false identities or impersonate any other person or use a username or password you are not authorized to use. You authorize us, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries we consider appropriate to verify account information you provide. You also consent to us sending you emails relating to the Program and other publishing opportunities from time to time. This takes precedence over any directions you may have given us, including through an A&A Printing web site.
4.3) Account Security.
You are solely responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of your account username and password (if applicable) and are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, whether or not you have authorized the activities. You may not permit any third party to use the Program through your account and will not use the account of any third party. You agree to immediately notify A&A Printing of any unauthorized use of your username, password or account.
5) Printed &/or Digital Book Distribution Rights.
5.1) Delivery, Acceptance and Withdrawal.
5.1.1) Delivery.
A&A Printing will print your Printed Books and/or create your Digital Books for sale in the Program. Payment for Printed Books & Digital Book services is separate from this agreement.
If you choose not to use A&A Printing to print your Printed Books or create your Digital Books, you must provide to us, at your own expense each Printed Book & Digital Book you desire to distribute through the Program (Printed Books must be in new boxed condition). We will not return to you any electronic files or physical content or media you deliver to us in connection with the Program. We will return any unsold Printed Books at your expense upon cancelation of the Program. You must deliver all electronic files free and clear of viruses, worms and other potentially harmful or disrupting code. If you need A&A to store your books for sale, there will be a minimum of a $15 storage fee.
5.1.2) Content Requirements.
You must ensure that all Printed Books & Digital Books content is in compliance with our Program Policies for content at the time you submit it to us. If you discover that content you have submitted does not comply, you must immediately withdraw the content by un-publishing it or by re-publishing content that complies through the Program procedures for Printed Books & Digital Books withdrawal or re-publishing. We are entitled to remove or modify the metadata and product description you provide for your Digital Books for any reason, including if we determine that it does not comply with our content requirements. We may also remove all or any part of your Printed Books & Digital Books’ cover art for any reason, including if we determine that it does not comply with our content requirements. You may not include in any Printed Books & Digital Books any advertisements or other content that is primarily intended to advertise or promote products or services. You must ensure that all metadata you provide to us is current, complete, and accurate. If you discover that any metadata you have provided to us for a Digital Book is inaccurate or incomplete, you must promptly submit corrected metadata to us through the Program procedures for metadata submission at your cost.
5.1.3) Printed Book and/or Digital Book Rejection.
We are entitled to determine what content we accept and distribute through the Program in our sole discretion. If we request that you provide additional information relating to your Printed Books & Digital Books, such as information confirming that you have all rights required to permit our distribution of the Printed Books & Digital Books you will promptly provide the information requested, and you represent and warrant that any information and documentation you provide to us in response to such a request will be current, complete, and accurate. You authorize us, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries we consider appropriate to verify your rights to permit our distribution of the Printed Books & Digital Books and the accuracy of the information or documentation you provide to us with respect to those rights.
5.1.4) Printed Book and/or Digital Book Withdrawal.
You may withdraw your Printed Books & Digital Books from further sale in the Program at any time on five business days advance notice by following the then current Program procedures for Printed Books & Digital Books withdrawal or un-publishing. We may fulfill any customer orders completed through the date the Digital Books are available for sale. All withdrawals of Printed Books & Digital Books will apply prospectively only and not with respect to any customers who purchased the Printed Books & Digital Books prior to the date of removal.
5.1.5) Reformatting.
We may, in our discretion, reformat your Digital Books, and you acknowledge that unintentional errors may occur in the process of reformatting of your Digital Books. If any such errors do occur, you may remove the affected Digital Book from further sale in the Program as provided in Section 5.1.4 above, and this will be your only remedy for the errors. We may also, in our discretion, correct any errors existing in a Digital Book file as you deliver it to us.
5.2) Marketing and Promotion, and Optional Programs and Services
5.2.1) Marketing and Promotion.
We will have sole discretion in determining all marketing and promotions related to the sale of your Printed Books & Digital Books through the Program and may, without limitation, market and promote your Printed Books & Digital Books by making chapters or portions of your Printed Books & Digital Books available to prospective customers without charge, and by permitting prospective customers to see excerpts of your Printed Books & Digital Books in response to search queries. We will not owe you any fees for any marketing or promotional efforts. You acknowledge that we have no obligation to market, distribute, or offer for sale any Printed Books & Digital Books, or to continuing marketing, distributing or selling a Printed Books & Digital Books after we have commenced doing so.
5.2.2) Optional Programs and Services.
We may make available to you optional programs and services through AAPA. Terms and conditions for those optional programs and services are included at the end of this Agreement. Those terms and conditions are part of this Agreement.
5.3) Pricing
5.3.1) Providing Your List Price.
The list price you provide to us is referred to in this Agreement as your “List Price.”
5.3.1.1) Setting Your List Price
You must set your Digital Book’s List Price (and change it from time-to-time if necessary) so that it is no higher than the list price in any sales channel for any physical edition of the Digital Book.
By “list price in any sales channel,” we mean the suggested or recommended retail price or, if you sell your book directly to end users, your own sales price, for an edition of the book available outside of our Program.
5.3.1.2) Other Pricing Terms
Minimum and Maximum List Prices: To be accepted in the Program, Digital Books must have List Prices within the range of minimum and maximum List Prices indicated below:
- Minimum List Price $4.00
- Maximum List Price: Same or lower than printed book list price
- Printed Books must have List Prices minimum indicated below:
- Minimum List Price $8.00
5.3.2 Currency Conversion.
We may sell your Digital Book using multiple currencies. When we do, we may convert the List Price you submit to other currencies (each, a “Sale Currency”) at an exchange rate we determine. We may periodically update the converted List Price in order to reflect current exchange rates. If the converted List Price would be outside of the minimum or maximum List Price we accept for the Sale Currency, your List Price will be converted so that it is equal to the applicable minimum or maximum List Price for that Sale Currency. For purposes of royalty calculations, the converted List Price in the Sale Currency will be your List Price when we offer and sell your Printed Books &/or Digital Books in the Sale Currency.
5.3.3) Customer Prices.
To the extent not prohibited by applicable laws, we have sole and complete discretion to set the retail customer price at which your Printed Books & Digital Books are sold through the Program. We are solely responsible for processing payments, payment collection, requests for refunds and related customer service, and will have sole ownership and control of all data obtained from customers and prospective customers in connection with the Program.
5.4) Royalties and Payments.
5.4.1) Royalties.
If you are not in breach of your obligations under this Agreement, for each Printed Books & Digital Books sold to a customer through the Program, A&A Printing will pay you the applicable Royalty of 80% of your list price, net of refunds, bad debt, and any sales or other taxes or fees charged to a customer or applied with respect to sales to a customer.
Royalties splits for sales on printshopcentral.com will be as follow: Author will receive 80% of list price for each sale of a Printed Book &/or a Digital Book. A&A Printing will receive 20% plus taxes and shipping costs paid by consumer for each sale of a Printed Book &/or a Digital Book.
5.4.1.1) Royalty Terms and Conditions
Book Eligibility: Books that consist primarily of public domain content are not eligible for Royalties.
Distribution Territory: Distribution will only take place in a territory for which you have appropriate distribution rights, and you must comply with any other restrictions or requirements.
5.4.2) When We Pay You.
A&A Printing will pay Royalties due on Printed Books & Digital Book sales once a quarter. Payments will be executed in March, June, September and December.
5.4.3) Payment Currencies.
If you change your payment currency, the change will be effective on the first day of the following calendar month (unless we make an earlier period available). If we pay you in a currency other than the Sale Currency, we will convert the Royalties due from the Sale Currency to the payment currency at an exchange rate we determine, which will be inclusive of all fees and charges for the conversion.
5.4.4) Payment Terms for Brazilian Publishers.
If you are a publisher located in Brazil, you must provide us with a Brazilian bank account. Upon providing us with that bank account information, we will pay you Royalties for sales made from printshopcentral.com in Brazilian Reais. If you fail to provide us with a Brazilian bank account, you will be deemed to have instructed us to convert the Royalties due from sales from printshopcentral.com to an alternative payment currency and remit those Royalties to the bank account you have provided to us.
5.4.5) Payment Policies.
We may require you to provide certain information or to register a valid bank account in your AAPA account in order to receive Royalty payments, in which case we will not be obligated to make Royalty payments to you unless you do so. We may establish other payment policies from time to time, such as minimum payment amounts for different payment methods and check fees.
5.4.6) Payment Disputes.
You may not bring a suit or other legal proceeding against us with regard to any statement unless you bring it within six months after the date the statement is available. Any such proceeding will be limited to a determination of the amount of monies, if any, payable by us to you for the accounting periods in question, and your sole remedy will be the recovery of those monies with no interest.
5.4.7) Offsets, etc.
We can withhold Royalties and offset them against future payments as indicated below. Our exercise of these rights does not limit other rights we may have to withhold or offset Royalties or exercise other remedies.
- If we pay you a Royalty on a sale and later issue a refund, return, or credit for that sale, we may offset the amount of the Royalty previously paid for the sale against future Royalties, or require you to remit that amount to us.
- If a third party asserts that you did not have all rights required to make one of your Printed Books & Digital Books available through the Program, we may hold all Royalties due to you until we reasonably determine the validity of the third party claim. If we determine that you did not have all of those rights or that you have otherwise breached your representations and warranties or Content Guidelines (section 11) with regard to a Printed Books & Digital Books, we will not owe you Royalties for that Printed Books & Digital Books and we may offset any of those Royalties that were previously paid against future Royalties, or require you to remit them to us.
- Upon termination of this Agreement, we may withhold all Royalties due for a period of three months from the date they would otherwise be payable in order to ensure our ability to off-set any refunds or other offsets we are entitled to take against the Royalties.
- If we terminate this Agreement because you have breached your representations and warranties or our Content Guidelines (section 11), you forfeit all Royalties not yet paid to you. If after we have terminated your account you open a new account without our express permission, we will not owe you any Royalties through the new account.
5.4.8) Taxes.
A&A Printing is responsible for collecting and remitting any and all taxes imposed on their respective sales of Printed Books & Digital Books to customers. You are responsible for any income or other taxes due and payable resulting from payments to you by A&A Printing under this Agreement. Accordingly, unless otherwise stated, the amounts due to you hereunder are inclusive of any taxes that may apply to such payments. A&A Printing maintains the right, however, to deduct or withhold any and all applicable taxes from amounts due by them to you, and the amounts due, as reduced by those deductions or withholdings, will constitute full payment and settlement to you.
5.5) Grant of Rights.
You grant to A&A Printing, throughout the term of this Agreement, a nonexclusive, irrevocable, right and license to distribute Printed Books & Digital Books, directly and through third-party distributors, in all digital formats by all digital distribution means available. This right includes, without limitation, the right to: (a) reproduce, index and store Digital Books on one or more computer facilities, and reformat, convert and encode Digital Books; (b) display, market, transmit, distribute, sell and otherwise digitally make available all or any portion of Printed Books & Digital Books through A&A Properties, for customers and prospective customers to download, access, copy and paste, print, annotate and/or view online and offline, including on portable devices; (c) permit customers to “store” Digital Books that they have purchased from us on servers (“Virtual Storage”) and to access and re-download such Digital Books from Virtual Storage from time to time both during and after the term of this Agreement; (d) display and distribute (i) your trademarks and logos in the form you provide them to us or within Printed Books & Digital Books (with such modifications as are necessary to optimize their viewing), and (ii) portions of Printed Books & Digital Books, in each case solely for the purposes of marketing, soliciting and selling Printed Books & Digital Books and related A&A Printing offerings; (e) use, reproduce, adapt, modify, and distribute, as we determine appropriate, in our sole discretion, any metadata that you provide in connection with Digital Books; and (f) transmit, reproduce and otherwise use (or cause the reformatting, transmission, reproduction, and/or other use of) Digital Books as mere technological incidents to and for the limited purpose of technically enabling the foregoing (e.g., caching to enable display). In addition, you agree that we may permit our affiliates and independent contractors, and our affiliates’ independent contractors, to exercise the rights that you grant to us in this Agreement.
5.6) Rights Clearances and Rights Dispute Resolution.
You will obtain and pay for any and all necessary clearances and licenses for the Printed Books & Digital Books to permit our exercise of the rights granted under this Agreement without any further payment obligation by us, including, without limitation, all royalties and other income due to any copyright owner. If you notify us through the procedure we provide on A&A Printing sites for making claims of copyright infringement that a third party has made a Printed Books & Digital Books available for distribution through the Program (or for distribution in a particular territory through the Program) that you have the exclusive right to make available under the Program, then, upon your request and after verification of your claim, we will pay you the Royalties due in connection with any sales of the Printed Books & Digital Books through the Program, and will remove the Printed Books & Digital Books from future sale through the Program, as your sole and exclusive remedy.
5.8) Representations, Warranties and Indemnities.
You represent and warrant that: (a) you have the full right, power and authority to enter into and fully perform this Agreement and will comply with the terms of this Agreement; (b) prior to you or your designee’s delivery of any content, you will have obtained all rights that are necessary for the exercise the rights granted under this Agreement; (c) neither the exercise of the rights authorized under this Agreement nor any materials embodied in the content nor its sale or distribution as authorized in this Agreement will violate or infringe upon the intellectual property, proprietary or other rights of any person or entity, including, without limitation, contractual rights, copyrights, trademarks, common law rights, rights of publicity, or privacy, or moral rights, or contain defamatory material or violate any laws or regulations of any jurisdiction; (d) you will ensure that all Printed Books & Digital Books delivered under the Program comply with the technical delivery specifications provided by us; and (e) you will be solely responsible for accounting and paying any co-owners or co-administrators of any Printed Books & Digital Books or portion thereof any royalties with respect to the uses of the content and their respective shares, if any, of any monies payable under this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold Amazon, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, subcontractors and assigns harmless from and against any loss, claim, liability, damage, action or cause of action (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that arises from any breach of your representations, warranties or obligations set forth in this Agreement. We will be entitled, at our expense, to participate in the defense and settlement of the claim or action with counsel of our own choosing.
6) Ownership and Control of Properties/ Feedback.
Subject to the authorizations you grant to us under this Agreement, as between us and you, you retain all ownership rights in and to the copyrights and all other rights and interest in and to your Printed Books & Digital Books. We retain all ownership rights in and to the copyrights and all other rights and interests in and to the Program, A&A Properties, and any materials we use or provide to you for use relating to your Printed Books & Digital Books (such as a generic cover image used for your Digital Book if you do not provide one). We are solely responsible for, and will have full discretion with respect to the terms, features, and operation of the Program and the A&A Properties and related marketing, but our use of the Printed Books & Digital Books will be subject to the terms of this Agreement. In the event that you elect to provide suggestions, ideas, or other feedback to A&A Printing, A&A Printing will be free to use and exploit the same in any manner without restriction and without any need to compensate you. This Agreement does not grant you any license or other rights to any intellectual property or technology owned or operated by us or any of our affiliates, including, without limitation, any trademarks or trade names. Nothing in this Agreement restricts any rights we may have under applicable law or a separate permission.
7) Confidentiality.
You will not, without our express, prior written permission: (a) issue any press release or make any other public disclosures regarding this Agreement or its terms; (b) disclose A&A Printing Confidential Information (as defined below) to any third party or to any employee other than an employee who needs to know the information; or (c) use A&A Printing Confidential Information for any purpose other than the performance of this Agreement. You may however disclose A&A Printing Confidential Information as required to comply with applicable law, provided you: (i) give us prior written notice sufficient to allow us to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy; (ii) disclose only that A&A Printing Confidential Information as is required by applicable law; and (iii) use reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment for any A&A Printing Confidential Information so disclosed. “A&A Printing Confidential Information” means (1) any information regarding A&A Printing, and their businesses, including, without limitation, information relating to our technology, customers, business plans, promotional and marketing activities, finances and other business affairs, (2) the nature, content and existence of any communications between you and us, and (3) any sales data relating to the sale of Printed Books & Digital Books or other information we provide or make available to you in connection with the Program. A&A Printing Confidential Information does not include information that (A) is or becomes publicly available without breach of this Agreement, (B) you can show by documentation to have been known to you at the time you receive it from us, (C) you receive from a third party who did not acquire or disclose such information by a wrongful or tortious act, or (D) you can show by documentation that you have independently developed without reference to any A&A Printing Confidential Information. Without limiting the survivability of any other provision of this Agreement, this Section 7 will survive three years following the termination of this Agreement.
8) Limitation of Liability.
THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE WILL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR RELIANCE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR ANY EQUITABLE REMEDY OF DISGORGEMENT OR OTHERWISE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FEES DUE AND PAYABLE BY AMAZON UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE CLAIM. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM, WITH RESPECT TO ALL SERVICES, SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF US IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. PUBLISHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT A&A PRINTING CANNOT ENSURE THAT PRINTED BOOKS AND/OR DIGITAL BOOKS SUBMITTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF PUBLISHER WILL BE PROTECTED FROM THEFT OR MISUSE OR THAT CUSTOMERS WILL COMPLY WITH ANY CONTENT USAGE RULES A&A PRINTING MAY MAKE APPLICABLE IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF PRINTED BOOKS AND/OR DIGITAL BOOKS, AND A&A PRINTING WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY ARISING FROM A FAILURE OF ANY SECURITY SYSTEM OR PROCEDURE OR OF ANY CUSTOMER TO COMPLY WITH ANY CONTENT USAGE RULES. AAPA RELIES ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. WE STRIVE TO MAKE OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES ERROR-FREE AND EFFICIENT, BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL BE, AND WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY ARISING FROM SYSTEM OR PROCESS FAILURES, INTERRUPTIONS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR LATENCIES.
9) Force Majeure.
A&A Printing will not be liable to you for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement caused by any event or circumstance beyond its control, including, but not limited to, denial-of-service attacks, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, and labor conditions.
10) General Legal Provisions.
10.1) Disputes.
Any dispute or claim relating in any way to this Agreement or AAPA will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify. The United States Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to this Agreement. There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited. However, an arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court (including injunctive and declaratory relief or statutory damages), and must follow the terms of this Agreement as a court would. You and we each agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration you and we each waive any right to a jury trial. You or we may bring suit in court on an individual basis only, and not in a class, consolidated or representative action, to apply for injunctive remedies. You may bring any such suit for injunctive remedies only in the courts of the State of Florida, USA.
10.2) Applicable Law.
The United States Federal Arbitration Act, applicable United States federal law, and the laws of the state of Florida, USA, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern this Agreement and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and A&A Printing relating to this Agreement or the Program.
10.3) Other Legal provisions.
This Agreement may not be amended, except in writing signed by both parties or as provided in Section 2 above. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid by a court or other tribunal with jurisdiction over the parties to this Agreement, that provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors. Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in performing this Agreement. The failure of either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of the party’s rights to subsequently enforce the provision. Neither party may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other, except that (a) A&A Printing may assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without consent and (b) you may assign all of your rights and obligations under this Agreement to any corporation or other entity without consent in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of your assets, but you must give A&A Printing written notice of the assignment no later than ten (10) business days following the assignment. Subject to the foregoing limitation, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter, supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter, and does not confer upon any other person other than the parties any rights or remedies. You consent to the use of electronic means to complete this Agreement and to provide you with any notices we give you in relation to this Agreement. To be effective, any notice given by a party under this Agreement must be in writing and delivered via mail to A&A Printing, Inc. 6103 Johns Road, Suite 5 Tampa, FL 33634. Notices will be effective and deemed received on the date transmitted or posted.
11) Content Guidelines.
Your books and other content (such as book titles, cover art and product descriptions) must adhere to these content guidelines. We reserve the right to make judgments about whether content is appropriate and to choose not to offer it. We may also terminate your participation in the AAPA program if you don’t adhere to these content guidelines:
Pornography: We don’t accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts.
Offensive Content: What we deem offensive is probably about what you would expect.
Illegal and Infringing Content: We take violations of laws and proprietary rights very seriously. It is your responsibility to ensure that your content doesn’t violate laws or copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights. Just because content is freely available does not mean you are free to copy and sell it.
Public Domain and Other Non-Exclusive Content: Some types of content, such as public domain content, may be free to use by anyone, or may be licensed for use by more than one party. We will not accept content that is freely available on the web unless you are the copyright owner of that content. For example, if you received your book content from a source that allows you and others to re-distribute it, and the content is freely available on the web, we will not accept it for sale on the A&A store. We do accept public domain content, however we may choose to not sell a public domain book if its content is undifferentiated or barely differentiated from one or more other books.
Poor Customer Experience: We don’t accept books that provide a poor customer experience. We reserve the right to determine whether content provides a poor customer experience. See the Guide to A&A Content Quality for examples of content that’s typically disappointing to customers.