These Terms of Service govern your use of the MerchSpine website.
By accessing or using MerchSpine, you agree to comply with these Terms and applicable laws.
If you do not agree with these Terms, please discontinue use of the website.
About MerchSpine
MerchSpine is a book-focused professional services and book discovery platform.
The platform provides information about books, authors, publishing, formatting, marketing, promotion, and related services.
Public Book Uploading
MerchSpine is not an unrestricted public book-upload marketplace.
Visitors may not upload books or other materials to MerchSpine unless MerchSpine expressly provides and authorizes a submission process.
Unauthorized uploads may be removed.
Professional Services
MerchSpine may provide book formatting, ebook formatting, publishing assistance, marketing, promotion, and other related professional services.
The exact scope of any service is determined by the applicable service description, order, quotation, proposal, agreement, or external service platform.
Fiverr and Upwork
MerchSpine may use Fiverr and Upwork to provide professional services.
When a visitor chooses to engage MerchSpine through one of those platforms, the applicable platform’s terms, policies, payment rules, dispute procedures, and other requirements may also apply.
Book Information
Book information may originate from authors, publishers, rights holders, clients, or other sources.
Although MerchSpine seeks to maintain accurate information, we cannot guarantee that every third-party-supplied detail will remain accurate or current.
External Links
MerchSpine may link to external websites.
External websites operate independently and have their own terms, privacy policies, pricing, and practices.
Intellectual Property
MerchSpine’s original website content, branding, design, software, graphics, and other proprietary materials may be protected by intellectual property laws.
Client-owned books and other materials remain subject to the rights of their respective owners.
Prohibited Conduct
Users may not use MerchSpine to engage in unlawful activity, attempt unauthorized access, interfere with website security, introduce malicious software, impersonate another person, submit fraudulent information, infringe intellectual property rights, disrupt website operations, circumvent security controls, or otherwise violate applicable law.
Website Availability
MerchSpine aims to provide reliable access but does not guarantee uninterrupted availability.
The website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, upgrades, technical problems, security measures, hosting issues, or circumstances beyond our control.
MerchSpine may update these Terms when necessary.
Updated Terms become effective when published unless otherwise stated.