Agreement to These Terms
By accessing this website or purchasing a service, you agree to these Terms and Conditions and any applicable proposal, order form, package description, or service agreement. If project-specific terms conflict with these general terms, the project-specific terms will control for that project to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Our Services
Depending on the package or agreement selected, our services may include:
- Writing and development: Assistance with outlines, drafts, manuscripts, and related written content.
- Editing: Developmental editing, copyediting, line editing, or proofreading as specified in the applicable service description.
- Design and formatting: Cover design, interior layout, typesetting, print formatting, or eBook formatting.
- Publishing support: Assistance preparing or submitting files to selected publishing or distribution platforms.
- Marketing support: Promotional planning or services described in the selected package or agreement.
Only the services and deliverables expressly listed in your selected package, proposal, order, or agreement are included. Any additional work requires written approval and may involve additional fees.
Your Responsibilities
You agree to:
- Provide complete, accurate, and timely project information, instructions, materials, and approvals.
- Review deliverables and provide clear, consolidated feedback within the agreed review period.
- Ensure that materials you provide do not infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights.
- Obtain any permissions required for names, images, quotations, personal information, or third-party materials included in your project.
- Use our website and services only for lawful purposes.
Delays in receiving required information, materials, feedback, payment, or approval may affect the project schedule.
Proposals, Orders, and Scope Changes
A project begins after the applicable proposal, order, or agreement has been accepted and any required initial payment has been received. Changes to the approved scope, deliverables, specifications, or schedule may require a revised quote, additional fees, or an updated timeline. We will request approval before performing chargeable out-of-scope work.
Pricing and Payment
Prices, billing frequency, payment milestones, included services, and applicable fees are shown in the selected package, checkout, proposal, or service agreement. Depending on the service, payment may be one-time, recurring, or milestone-based. You are responsible for reviewing these details before purchase.
Payments must be made using an available payment method shown at checkout or stated in the applicable agreement. Third-party payment processors may apply their own terms. Taxes, platform charges, advertising spend, printing, shipping, or other third-party costs are included only when expressly stated.
Failure to make a payment when due may result in a project pause, delayed delivery, suspension of access to deliverables, or termination, subject to the applicable agreement and law.
Recurring Services
If a package includes recurring billing, the billing interval, renewal terms, price, and cancellation method will be disclosed before purchase. Cancellation stops future renewals according to the disclosed terms but does not automatically create a refund for services already provided, work already performed, or costs already incurred.
Refunds and Cancellations
Refund eligibility and cancellation consequences depend on the service, project stage, completed work, approved milestones, allocated resources, and non-recoverable third-party costs. Please review our Refund Policy and your applicable service agreement before purchasing. Nothing in these terms limits rights that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
Revisions and Approvals
The number and type of included revisions are stated in the applicable package or agreement. Revision requests must remain within the approved project scope and should be submitted as clear, consolidated feedback. Additional revisions, new concepts, changed instructions, or out-of-scope work may require additional fees and time.
Your approval of a draft, design, proof, or milestone authorizes us to proceed to the next project stage. You are responsible for reviewing names, text, formatting, images, pricing, metadata, and other project details before final approval.
Intellectual Property
You retain ownership of original materials you provide to us, subject to any rights held by third parties. Ownership or licensing of custom deliverables created by us will be governed by the applicable service agreement and generally becomes effective after full payment of all amounts due for those deliverables.
Third-party fonts, stock images, software, templates, platform tools, licensed materials, and other third-party components remain subject to their respective licenses and are not transferred beyond the rights allowed by those licenses. We retain ownership of our pre-existing tools, processes, know-how, templates, and materials that were not created exclusively as a paid project deliverable.
Confidentiality and Project Information
We use reasonable measures to limit access to non-public project information according to business need. We may share information with team members, contractors, service providers, professional advisers, or publishing and distribution platforms where reasonably necessary to provide the requested services, operate our business, comply with law, or protect legal rights. Personal information is handled as described in our Privacy Policy.
Project Timelines
Project schedules are estimates unless a written agreement expressly identifies a deadline as guaranteed. Timelines may change because of scope changes, revision requests, delayed feedback or payment, third-party platform processing, technical issues, or events beyond reasonable control. We will communicate material schedule changes when reasonably practicable.
Third-Party Platforms and Services
Publishing, distribution, retail, advertising, payment, review, and other third-party platforms operate under their own terms, policies, fees, and approval processes. We do not control their decisions or continued availability. Our services do not guarantee platform acceptance, publication, distribution, placement, sales, rankings, reviews, audience reach, revenue, or other commercial results.
Marketing and Publishing Results
Results vary according to the project, market, audience, budget, platform rules, customer participation, and other factors. Estimates, recommendations, projections, or examples are informational and are not promises of sales, profit, rankings, reviews, publication acceptance, or audience growth.
Website Availability
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue website features when reasonably necessary. We do not promise that the website will always be uninterrupted or error-free. Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience, and those websites are governed by their own terms and policies.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
We will provide services according to the applicable service description and agreement. To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential losses arising from the use of the website or services, or from third-party platform decisions. Any additional limitations or remedies applicable to a project will be stated in the relevant service agreement. Nothing in these terms excludes liability or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
Suspension and Termination
Either party may terminate a project as allowed by the applicable agreement. We may pause or terminate services for non-payment, unlawful requests, abusive conduct, infringement concerns, security risks, material breach, or failure to provide information reasonably required to continue the project. Upon termination, you remain responsible for amounts due for completed work, approved milestones, allocated resources, and non-cancelable third-party costs, subject to the Refund Policy, service agreement, and applicable law.
Governing Law and Disputes
The governing law, venue, and any agreed dispute-resolution process for a purchased service will be identified in the applicable service agreement. If no project-specific provision applies, governing law and jurisdiction will be determined under applicable legal rules. This section does not prevent either party from exercising rights that cannot be waived under applicable law.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms and Conditions to reflect changes in our website, services, or legal obligations. Updated terms will be posted on this page. Changes will apply prospectively unless otherwise required by law or agreed in writing and will not alter a signed project agreement without the parties’ agreement.
Contact Information
For questions about these Terms and Conditions, contact American Publishers Empire:
- Email: info@americanpublishersempire.com
- Phone: (855) 496-7796
- Address: 601 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
