Contract Update

Contract Version Date: 8/5/2024 BookLocker.com PUBLISHING AGREEMENT SUMMARY Agreement is between BookLocker ("Company"), and undersigned ("Author") - This Agreement is between BookLocker.com, Inc. (including WritersWeekly.com, BookLocker.com), hereafter referred to as the "Company", and the Author or duly Authorized legal representative (herein represented as "Author"), in regards to the Work (herein represented as "Work") named at the end of the contract and shall be considered legal and binding in all countries, and its separate or conglomerate governments. Since 1999, BookLocker.com, Inc. has provided publishing services and marketing tools for self-published Authors, online bookstores where Authors can list and sell their print and electronic books, and distribution to third-party book retailers, such as Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and many other online and physical bookstore systems worldwide (38,000 retailers, libraries, schools and distribution partners in 195 countries through our distributor, Ingram). For D.I.Y., At Your Service, and Expedited Programs: - Non-exclusive print and electronic rights only. Authors are free to sell their books elsewhere. Author or Company can terminate at any time, for any reason. For Payment Plan Program - U.S. residents only: - Author agrees to sell exclusively through Company only until balance is paid in full. Author can purchase print copies from the Company to then sell directly to their readers. Author is required to pay $350 in advance and their card will automatically be charged $50 per month thereafter until the balance is paid in full. Incoming commissions will offset part of the balance. Author must pay any balance due in full, if any, upon contract termination. BOOKLOCKER.COM PUBLISHING AGREEMENT - SHORT FORM All Programs: - Payments to Authors are "commissions", not "royalties", because no rights are taken from Authors. - Commissions are paid on the fifth business day of the month to Authors whose unpaid commissions were $40 or more on the last day of the previous month. - Author is legally and financially responsible for the content of their book (libel, plagiarism, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, etc.). Company is not legally liable for anything related to the book or the Author's actions. - Author will not enter into agreements that conflict with the terms of this contract. - Author retains their copyright, and is responsible for pursuing any entity that violates the Author's rights if they choose to do so. - Company can stop selling a book if the book is involved in a threatened or actual legal dispute. - Author agrees to submit files per the Company's specs. - Author agrees to keep Company current on all contact info. - Company offers the following book types - ebook, paperback, hardcover - Company assigns ISBNs to print books unless an Author desires to use their own. Company assigns ISBNs to Epub and Mobi ebooks. ISBNs owned by the Company are not transferable and remain the property of the Company. ISBNs of terminated books are decommissioned. - Author can't use Company's name or ISBNs on books they sell/distribute themselves with the exception of print books the Author buys from the Company at their Author discount. - Print books are listed on BookLocker.com, and submitted to Ingram, the world's largest book distributor. Ingram provides listing info. to Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and numerous other online and physical bookstore systems worldwide (38,000+ retailers). Ebooks are submitted to Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Apple and Kobo. While no store/distributor has ever refused to list a BookLocker.com title, the Company can't guarantee that every store will list and sell every title, nor that a store/distributor won't delist a particular title in the future. - Company offers fulfillment, customer support, chargeback processing, and sales tax reporting/remittance on BookLocker.com-direct sales. Authors are not responsible for collecting/remitting sales tax on orders they do not process themselves. - D.I.Y. Authors must provide files meeting Company's specs or additional charges may apply. - Print books require an annual P.O.D. file hosting fee (currently $18) to keep a book in Ingram's system, and for sale by BookLocker. - To avoid the annual fee, Author must notify the Company with their termination request via their Author account at least one month prior to the anniversary date of the book. - Authors making changes to files that have already been converted/ finalized and/or uploaded to the printer will incur additional fees. - If the Company must re-do formatting work due to the author uploading incorrect file(s) or older file(s) that do not include the Company's most recent formatting work, additional fees will be required. - Authors making changes to the Company's website pages for their book, prices, and other metadata after a book is published will incur a fee for each set of changes. - If Author owes the Company any fees, the Company reserves the right to keep selling the book until those fees have been recouped. - If Author ceases communicating with the Company, the Company may be required to terminate the Author's contract. - If Author wishes to reactivate a terminated title, a reactivation fee will be required. If an Author orders copies of a terminated title, the reactivation fee will automatically be added to the cost of the order. If the order is for 50 or more copies, the title will be reactivated and no reactivation fee will be charged. - Author must approve the final print version for production. Company approves final Epub and Mobi files. If the Company discovers errors in a book, it can reject files and/or put a book on hold until the Author corrects those errors. - The Company's fees are not refundable except as explained in the Long Form contract below. - Book orders may not be changed or cancelled once submitted. The printer's system is entirely automated so order cancellations and changes are not possible once an order has been placed. - Author may set the price of the book provided it is at or above the minimum list price offered by the Company. Ebook retailers have stringent pricing requirements, as outlined in the Long Form contract below. - Author agrees not to list/sell their book for a lower price anywhere else with the exception of print books purchased from the Company by the Author. The Author may sell those copies at any price they choose. - The Company offers "discount codes" to authors to use for special book promotions. The discount comes out of the author's commissions. Customers may purchase other books in that order (which is a good thing!) using the same discount code. The discount will come out of the commissions of each authors' books in the order. More details about this new program are in the Long Form contract below. - Commissions vary based on the book type and point of sale. See details in Long Form contract below. - Authors can buy print copies at the Author discounts. The Company does not pay commissions on Author short run sales because Authors are given discounts on those transactions. - To avoid spam filters, Author agrees to communicate with the Company via their online Author account on the Company's website. To confirm there are no communication issues at any time, authors are strongly encouraged to login to their Author account at least once a month to check their sales, and to check for messages from the Company. - To avoid interrupted communications, the Author agrees to whitelist BookLocker in their own email program and/or service, and in their ISP's email service. - Author agrees not to spam while promoting their book. - While the Author is responsible for promoting their own book, the Company reserves the right to distribute excerpts and/or review copies of the Author's book. The Author is responsible for sending print and/or electronic copies to reviewers at their discretion and expense. The Company does NOT charge Authors for copies of their own ebooks. - The Company is the sole owner of the Company's website and URLs, and does not redirect or post outside links on the website. - The Company owns its customer information. Per the Company's Privacy Statement, this data is not shared with anyone outside of the Company. BookLocker.com public sales are credited to the Author's account using a transaction ID that matches the customer's sales number in their email receipt. - Company makes every effort to keep the website functioning but isn't responsible for outages. - Company is not responsible for errors appearing on websites or in databases it does not own. Company is not responsible for fees or other commissions that third parties fail to pay to the Company or the Author. Company is not liable for delays or non-performance of Services caused, nor non-payment of commissions, by any of our third party vendors or suppliers. Company is dismissed from its obligations if events occur affecting the Company or printer/distributor, such as natural disasters, acts of God, fire, power, war, terrorism, etc., if the Company is judged legally bankrupt, or if the Company's relationship with the printer is terminated. The Company will only be responsible to the Author for the unpaid commissions at the time of insolvency. - With the exception of beneficiaries in the event of the Author's death, the Company will not transfer files, accounts, or any other item to or between third-party individuals or companies. - Authors of the D.I.Y., At-Your-Service and Expedited Programs own the rights to files created by The Company (the "production files"). Authors of the Payment Plan Program will own all rights to their files once the balance in their Author account is reimbursed to the Company. - Terminating Authors must request copies of their production files upon termination. If an Author requests copies of their files after termination, a $35 fee will be charged for the Company to pull files from archives. If the Company terminates the contract, the Author has 30 days from the date of termination to request copies of their files without incurring the fee. The company only retains files for two years after a book is terminated. If the Author owes the Company money, that balance must be paid by the Author to the Company before the Company will send the production files to the Author. - This agreement does not create a partnership, nor an employee/employer relationship. - Costs can rise with little or no notice. All prices and fees are subject to change without notice. - The Company sends each author receipts for all purchases they make at BookLocker. To receive additional electronic copies of receipts (i.e. for income taxes, computer crashes, etc.), the Author will be required to pay a $25 administrative fee. - Author may not share/divulge proprietary information about the Company to third parties. Confidential information is the property of the Company. - All BookLocker Authors receive a FREE copy of 90+ Days of Promoting Your Book Online. Author agrees to only share copies of that book with their co-Author(s). The book may not be distributed to third parties. Additional copies can be purchased at BookLocker.com. - Authors will be alerted to any contract changes via email, and via the public message area in the Author accounts. The Company is not responsible for electronic file transmission problems. The Author's continued participation in the Company's program will constitute the Author's acceptance of such changes or modifications. It is extremely important that all Authors keep the Company current on their contact information, and that they check into their Author Account monthly to check sales and to look for any new messages. - This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the state of Georgia. The parties agreed that except as specifically provided herein, all disputes arising under this Agreement shall be settled by binding arbitration in Rome, Georgia and submitted to the American Arbitration Association for final disposition. ~PLEASE READ THE CONTRACT IN ITS ENTIRETY BELOW.~ BookLocker.COM PUBLISHING AGREEMENT - LONG FORM This Agreement is between BookLocker.com, Inc. (including WritersWeekly.com, BookLocker.com), hereafter referred to as the "Company", and the Author or duly Authorized legal representative (herein represented as "Author"), in regards to the Work (herein represented as "Work") named at the end of the contract and shall be considered legal and binding in all countries, and its separate or conglomerate governments. If a title has more than one Author, all Authors must submit a copy of the Company's contract. Since 1999, BookLocker.com, Inc. has provided publishing services and marketing tools for self-published Authors, online bookstores where Authors can list and sell their print and electronic books, and distribution to third-party book retailers, such as Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and many other online and physical bookstore systems worldwide (38,000+ retailers, libraries, schools and distribution partners in 195 countries through our distributor, Ingram). ============================================= PRE-PUBLICATION ============================================= BookLocker offers four publishing programs. D.I.Y., AT-YOUR-SERVICE, and EXPEDITED PROGRAMS For Authors signing up for the D.I.Y., At-Your-Service, or Expedited Programs, BookLocker retains no exclusive rights to the Author's Work. These Authors are their own publishers and are free to list and sell their works elsewhere. For the D.I.Y., At-Your-Service and Expedited Program, there are no time limitations imposed by this agreement and, with the exception of Clause V. below, the contract may be terminated by either party, for any reason, immediately on request posted to the Author's Account on the Company's website, with or without cause. PAYMENT PLAN PROGRAM The Payment Plan Program allows for a small, up-front investment ($350), and $50 monthly payments, automatically charged to the Author's credit card, until the balance is paid in full. Incoming commissions will, of course, offset that balance. Payment Plan Program Authors agree to sell the Work exclusively through BookLocker, and to not terminate their contract, until the balance is paid in full. However, BookLocker, at their discretion, may terminate the contract for any reason, with or without cause. If the contract of a Payment Plan Program Author is terminated for any reason, the Author must pay any balance due upon termination. The Company reserves the right to automatically charge the Author's credit card in full at that time if the Author has not paid the fees that are due. I. CLAUSES REGARDING RIGHTS GRANTED TO Company BookLocker.com DOES NOT TAKE ANY COPYRIGHTS FROM Authors so payment to Authors are Commissions, not Royalties. Therefore, the term "commissions" is used in the contract verbiage below. The Author grants the Company the non-exclusive right to distribute their print book and, for Authors choosing ebook publishing, distribute/sell the Work in digital format, including, but not limited to: computer disk, data bases, CD ROM, and any and all other computer and computer related or digital based storage medium, known and unknown. PRINT BOOKS - If the Author has registered the Work for the Company's print-on-demand service, the Author grants the Company the non-exclusive right to publish the Work in print format through print-on-demand (P.O.D.). Print on Demand Authors are not required to list the electronic version of their book for sale with the Company. Print on Demand is an optional, fee-based service. EBOOKS - The Company sells ebooks on its own websites, as well as others. If the Author has registered the Work for BookLocker's Ebook Conversion & Distribution Service (Bepub), the Author grants the Company the non-exclusive right to publish the Work in electronic format for distribution to its ebook distribution and retail clients including, but not limited to, Amazon (Kindle), Barnes and Noble (NOOK), Apple (iBookstore) and Kobo. The Author may choose any or all distribution outlets, and is not required to list their ebook with all. BookLocker's Ebook Conversion & Distribution Service (Bepub) is an optional, fee-based service. II. CLAUSES REGARDING WORK SUBMITTED The Author hereby states that the Work submitted to the Company is free and clear of any counts of libel, plagiarism, breach of privacy or misrepresentation of facts. The Author also states that the Work, if biographical or "as told to the Author" is, to the best of the Author's knowledge, factual and true. The Author agrees to pay the Company's legal fees and any resulting judgment for any threatened legal action, lawsuit, and/or judgment against the Company if legal action arises from any known or unknown libel, plagiarism, breach of privacy or misrepresentation of facts, whether known or unknown by the Author, medical and/or legal damages, copyright infringement or any other legal dispute related to the authenticity, character or content of the Author's books. The Author hereby states that the Work does not infringe on the privacy of any third party; that he or she is owner of any trademarks and/or trade names associated with the Work; that the Work does not constitute obscenity (though the Company DOES publish erotica), hate literature, or illegal content, does not portray child abuse, does not portray anyone under the age of 18 in a graphic sexual act (even in fiction), and does not contain nude photos. The Author states that the Work is not currently in the public domain and that the Author is the sole owner and copyright holder of the work, with full power to enter into this contract. The Author states that if the Work has previously been published, in whole or in part, that Author currently holds all copyrights to the Work and that the Author is legally permitted to enter into this agreement. The Author releases the Company from any responsibilities relating to any legal actions incurred by the contents of the Work or the actions of the Author. The Company is not legally responsible in any way whatsoever for the Author's Work nor the work of the Author's editor(s), co-Author(s), or anyone assisting the Author with their book. The Company is not liable to any third party for the Work, regardless if the Company had any knowledge or could have reasonably known of any illegal or unlawful content in Work. The Company reserves the right to terminate any title that violates any of these terms and conditions, or for any reason whatsoever. If a third party complains about the Work, the Company reserves the right to place the Work on hold while an investigation takes place, or to terminate the Work, at the Company's discretion. Author agrees to not enter into any agreements with any individual or entity that will conflict with the rights granted to the Company as stated in this contract without first terminating Author's contract with the Company under the terms of this agreement. This means if the Author is already under an exclusive contract for the Work, or is offered an exclusive contract in the future, the Author must terminate this contract with the Company. If Author's book provides any type of legal, medical, financial or lifestyle advice, a legal disclaimer must be provided in the book. The Company can provide examples at the Author's request. The copyrights of the Work belong to the Author. If the Author wishes to register a copyright or apply for a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) they can, of course, do so. The Company offers these services for an additional fee. Authors electing for a Library of Congress Control Number are required to send a copy of their book to the Library of Congress at the Author's expense. Details are available from The Company. Authors electing for Copyright Registration by the company may be required to send two copies of their book to the Library of Congress at the Author's expense. Details are available from The Company. The copyright registration certificate issued by the Library of Congress will be in the author's name. The Company reserves the right to stop advertising and selling books and to freeze all unpaid commissions for any Author whose book(s) are involved in a legal dispute or threatened/pending legal dispute. The Author agrees to submit the Work according to the Company's specifications. If, during the existence of this Agreement, any entity makes unauthorized use of the Author's Work, it is the sole responsibility of the Author, at their discretion, to take legal action as may be required to restrain such wrong, or to seek damages. The Author shall bear all costs and expenses of legal actions and, subsequently, the Author shall keep all remunerations resulting from the legal actions. The Author is responsible for keeping the Company current on any and all email address and mailing address changes. All Author information change requests must be sent to the Company through a message posted to the Author's Account on the Company's online messaging system. The Company may be forced to terminate an Author's contract without notice if the Author does not respond to the Company's communications. A reactivation fee is required if an Author wishes to reactivate their book after termination. If the Author orders copies of a terminated title, the reactivation fee (currently $250) will be added to the cost of the order. If the order is for 50 or more copies, the title will be reactivated and no reactivation fee will be charged. When a message is posted to the Author's Account by the Company, an email is sent to the Author's primary email address on file with the Company. If an Author uses an email service that hard filters incoming email for spam (most ISPs do), this may create communication difficulties for the Company and the Author. The Author is encouraged to provide the Company with at least two email addresses from different services to further prevent communication difficulties. Authors are provided with an online Author account for communication with the Company, and should login to their Author Account each month to ensure uninterrupted communication. If the Author gives any other person or firm access to their confidential Author account on BookLocker.com, and if the Author then suffers any losses, financial or otherwise, from that, the Author is responsible for taking action against that individual. The Company can't be responsible for losses incurred if an Author allows third party to access their Author Account on the Company's system. (Hint: If you're about to go through a divorce, or if you have a falling out with someone who has your login information, contact the Company immediately to change your password!) Completing this contract with a new address, email, phone number, or other contact information will not constitute an update to the Author's Account on the Company's website. If the Author has new contact information, that MUST be submitted to the Company separately, through the Author's Account on the Company's website. For security reasons, the Company can't accept Author Account change requests via email. III. CLAUSES REGARDING THE FORMAT OF WORK The Company sells Works in two formats: electronic (ebook) and Print-On-Demand (P.O.D.). Works in electronic format are delivered to the customer as digital files. The Author acknowledges that, because of the digital nature of these files, it is possible for them to be replicated and distributed illegally once they are purchased by the customer, and outside of the control of the Company. The Author agrees to not hold the Company liable if such a situation occurs. Works in P.O.D. format are delivered to the customer as physical books and printed on a per-order basis. A Work in P.O.D. format comes in two forms: Black and white-interior print books: 1.) SOFTCOVER, glossy or matte color cover (Author's choice) 2.) HARDCOVER, glossy or matte color jacket or case-laminate (Author's choice) Works can only be in P.O.D. format if the Author is accepted in the Company's P.O.D. program, pays the required fees, and delivers the Work per the Company's specifications. If a Work in P.O.D. format is in both softcover and hardcover forms, a separate cover and a new ISBN are required for each edition. Author will be charged a separate setup and cover (optional) fee for each edition. Author can choose to have the book in just one edition if they so desire, and thus pay only one fee. All print and ebook editions are required to have an ISBN. The Company will assign ISBNs to print and ebooks. If the Author wishes to use their own ISBN on a print book, that is permitted. If the Author uses their own ISBN in a book, the Author confirms that ISBN is brand new, and has never been used, nor listed anywhere previously. Authors of Epub and Mobi ebooks must use ISBNs assigned by the Company (one for the Epub version and one for the Mobi version). Third-party ebook retailers will not accept ebooks with ISBNs not owned by the Company. ISBNs IN EBOOKS In the case of a Work in Bepub format that has been assigned an ISBN owned by the Company, the Author acknowledges the following: 1.) ISBNs are not transferable. The ISBN assigned by the Company is registered to the Company, and must remain the property of the Company. IMPORTANT - The Author is not permitted to distribute or sell the EBOOK version of their book through other retailers unless they have removed the Company's name and ISBN from their EBOOK file(s), purchased their own ISBN, and placed that ISBN in their EBOOK file. Authors can't assume ownership of an ISBN if they have not purchased that ISBN because it is registered to the Company. Authors can't directly sell or distribute products that are registered under the Company's ISBN. Authors can, however, remove the Company's name and ISBN from their EBOOK and sell the EBOOK on their own site and/or purchase their own ISBN to distribute the EBOOK to other EBOOK retailers. ISBNs IN PRINT BOOKS In the case of a Work in P.O.D. format that has been assigned an ISBN owned by the Company, the Author acknowledges the following: 1.) All sales for the Work (except for printed copies the Author has purchased directly from the Company for resale) must be processed by the Company because the Company is the publisher of record in the distributors' and bookstores' systems. However, if an Author chooses to use their own ISBN, orders going through Ingram will come to BookLocker (the Company under contract with Ingram and other service providers), not to the Author. Bookstores using Books in Print to obtain ordering information may order through the owner of the ISBN but may also order through Ingram or another distributor, at their option. Authors using their own ISBN must register their own book with Books in Print, the database maintained by R.R. Bowker, the U.S. ISBN agency. The Company registers its own ISBNs with R.R. Bowker. 2.) Upon termination of this contract, the ISBN is unassigned from the Work and decommissioned. ISBNs are not transferable and can't be used on a book published by another publisher, or printed by another printer, even if the Author owns the ISBN. A new ISBN must be assigned each time a book is republished, regardless who owns the ISBN. 3.) If the Author's book is terminated for any reason, and then reactivated for any reason, the most recent version of the Company's contract will automatically be in effect. The current contract can always be found here: http://publishing.BookLocker.com/contract.txt IV. CLAUSES REGARDING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE Company The Company provides services to support the Author in the publishing and sale of the Work. Those services include: 1.) Making the Author's Work available to the consumer through BookLocker.com in either ebook and/or P.O.D. format (if Work is enrolled in the Company's P.O.D. program) and/or (Bepub) format (if Work is enrolled in the Company's Bepub program). While the Company provides listings to Ingram for print books, and to a variety of online retailers and distributors for ebooks, and while no firm has ever refused to list and sell one of the Company's books, those retailers and/or distributors are not required to list any particular title for sale. Listings offered by retailers and distributors are at the discretion of each particular company. Any store or distributor can also choose to remove a book at any time, and for any reason. Retailers and distributors may also refuse to remove old listings of out-of-print books because doing so may damage their customer purchase histories. They may simply change the listing to "inactive" (or a similar term), but still keep the product page online. Many online retailers sell used books and allow third parties to also sell used books. For these reasons, nobody can force an online retailer to remove an old listing for an out-of-print book. 2.) Fulfilling orders for the Work by processing the customer's payments and delivering the Work in the format the customer paid for. 3.) Handling customer support inquiries. 4. Distributing the Author's commissions for each sale of the Work to the Author on a monthly basis provided the Author's unpaid commissions exceed $40.00. 5.) Providing, for a fee or per the terms in Clause I above, the optional services of cover design and formatting, as well as manuscript preparation services. The Company does not offer in-house editing but can provide a list of freelance editors on request. D.I.Y. Authors must provide the Company with preformatted interior and cover files. The files must be formatted to the Company's specs. The Setup, Print Galley and the first year annual POD file hosting fees must be purchased up front by D.I.Y. Authors. All Authors must receive and approve a print galley before a book can be put on the market. D.I.Y. Authors who submit files with errors may need to pay the Company's Interior Formatting Verification and Cover Verification fees. The Company will then provide a list of formatting/design errors to the Author so they can repair their file(s). D.I.Y. Authors can upgrade to At Your Service program at any time by paying the difference in price between the two programs. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING D.I.Y. Authors Many other firms make their D.I.Y. programs appear "easy" and fast. BookLocker does not use that "bait and switch" tactic. Professional formatting/design can be challenging. If an Author signs up for the D.I.Y. package, but can't provide the files to the Company's specs, the Author will need to either hire someone to do the work, or will need to upgrade to the At Your Service program. If you are not very adept at MSWord and your graphic design program, nor at PDF conversions, embedding fonts, etc., please do not sign up for the D.I.Y. program. Doing so may lead to wasted time and frustration. The Company has professional formatters and designers who are ready to assist you. They are awesome, friendly, and FAST. By completing this contract, D.I.Y. Authors are acknowledging that the Company has made you aware that formatting interior and cover design is complex and that the service of others, for additional fees, may be required if the Author can't provide the files to the Company's specifications. V. CLAUSES REGARDING CHARGES BY Company EBOOKS BookLocker's Ebook Conversion and Publishing Service (Bepub) enables Authors to list their ebooks on a variety of online bookstores, including, but not limited to, BookLocker.com, Amazon.com (the Kindle), BarnesandNoble.com (the NOOK), Apple (the iBookstore, serving millions of iPad, iPhone and iPod users), and Kobo (Canada's most popular ebook retailer). AMAZON EBOOK KDP SELECT PROGRAM 1.) If you ask or agree to participate in Amazon KDP Select program, which requires the Author to give Amazon exclusivity for 90 days, you must inform BookLocker.com at least 10 business days in advance of the ending of the 90-day term if you want to be removed from the program. Otherwise Amazon will automatically renew the book's enrollment for another 90 days. 2.) If you ask or agree to participate in Amazon's KDP Select program, which requires the Author give Amazon exclusivity for 90 days, the Author cannot terminate his or her contract with BookLocker.com until the 90-day term is up. Bepub SETUP FEES: - BookLocker.com Direct Listing of the pdf, Mobi, and/or Epub version(s) of an ebook will be listed on BookLocker.com. Changes to your book file and/or listing information after initial listing require an additional fee. - Third-Party Ebook Retailers/Distributors Mobi is the ebook file format used by Amazon for the Kindle. Epub is the ebook file format used by everyone else. Included in the At Your Service and Professional Author Print Publishing Programs: Basic Epub/Mobi Conversion and Distribution for Authors of books with very simple formatting who require Epub and Mobi formatting and conversion, and subsequent listing/distribution. Quote Required: Complex Epub/Mobi Formatting/Conversion for Authors of books with more complex formatting, like charts, footnotes, more than 2 photos, etc. Authors of these books are provided with a free estimate, of course. **There are NO ANNUAL FEES charged for ebooks. Annual fees only apply to print books.** BLACK-AND-WHITE-INTERIOR PRINT ON DEMAND (P.O.D.) BOOKS The Company charges set-up fees that vary based on the program chosen by the Author, as well as an annual P.O.D. file hosting fee (currently $18) for a Work in P.O.D. format. This fee enables the book to remain on BookLocker.com as well as Ingram's distribution system. Ingram is the world's largest book distributor. RETURNING Authors (active Authors previously published in print by the Company) are eligible for discounted setup fees for their second and subsequent print books accepted and published by the Company. COLOR-INTERIOR PRINT ON DEMAND BOOKS Color-interior books are not eligible for the DIY, At-Your-Service, Expedited or Payment Plan Programs. The color-interior program is entirely separate, and requires different processes and prices. Color-interior books require payment of formatting fees (they vary by book length and number of images). POD file hosting and other fees, such as setup and cover design, remain the same. OPTIONAL EXPEDITED SERVICE - BLACK-AND-WHITE-INTERIOR PAPERBACK ONLY For Authors who have an immediate, upcoming event, BookLocker offers an expedited publishing service. If an Author is immediately available, and responds to correspondence regarding formatting and cover design quickly, the Company can usually get a book to market within two weeks of the Author submitting their final files. (Please allow extra time if you need a shipment of your books to arrive for an event! The two-week timeline is for the design and publishing process only.) This service is not available for color-interior books, nor for hardcovers. The expedited print publishing fee does not include expedited epub/mobi (ebook) services. However, after the print galley is approved by the author, expedited epub/mobi (ebook) services can be ordered by the author. The fee includes setup, first year annual file hosting fee, and original cover design. This is a flat fee whether the Author chooses to use the Company's cover designer or not. If an Author submits files that don't meet the Company's specs, or if the Author does not respond immediately to the Company correspondence, the Author understands that the Company may not be able to meet the two-week expedited deadline. The Company can't refund/credit an author for the extra Expedited fees if this occurs. If the Author chooses the Expedited publishing package, but then decides to make changes to the book after files have been uploaded to the printer, the book will no longer be part of the Expedited program unless the Author pays for Expedited service on print book revisions. The Company can't refund/ credit an author for the original Expedited fees if this occurs. BOOK PAGE/DATABASE CHANGES Authors are provided with a form to complete to have their book added to BookLocker.com. Authors also provide information that the Company then provides to Ingram (for print books) and Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, and Kobo (for ebooks) Making changes to databases (price, book description, and/or any other listing info.) is time-consuming, and can result in third-party retailers temporarily listing a book as "out of print", which can delay sales for customers. If the Author has any changes to make to any listings on these sites, or to information the Author previously provided for the Company or Ingram, a fee must be paid to process each batch of requested changes. REPLACE PDF EBOOK AND EXCERPT FILES If the Author needs the Company to replace the pdf version of the ebook and/or excerpt appearing on BookLocker.com, an additional fee will be incurred. ANNUAL POD FILE HOSTING FEE Hosting fees are charged on an annual basis. Authors are notified by email when the hosting fee is due. The Company may, at its discretion, deduct the annual fee from commissions due, or charge the Author's credit card on file. The hosting fee is effective once the Author registers for the P.O.D. program. The first annual hosting fee (currently $18) will be charged to the Author's credit card along with the setup fee (this fee is included in the setup fees for all programs other than D.I.Y.). Hosting fees are not refundable and are not pro-rated. TERMINATION TO AVOID ANNUAL PRINT HOSTING FEE If the Author wants to terminate their contract before the next hosting fee is due, they must post a contract termination request to their Author Account at least one month prior to the anniversary date of their book's publication. If the printer bills the Company for that year and the Author hasn't yet terminated their contract, the Author must pay for the entire hosting fee for that year, even if they choose to terminate their contract at that time. The fee is non-refundable and can't be pro-rated. Basically, once the printer bills us, it's too late. We can't get that money back. COMPANY'S RIGHT TO RECOUP UNPAID FEES The Payment Plan Program allows for an up-front fee ($350) and subsequent $50 monthly payments (charged on or after the 15th of the month). Commissions for book sales are also used to offset the balance owed by the Author. Commission payments will not be paid until the balance owed by the Author is paid in full. Payment Plan Program Authors agree to sell all editions of the Work exclusively through BookLocker, and to not terminate their contract, until the balance is paid in full. The Author CAN purchase print copies from the Company for resale using their Author Discount. BookLocker will, of course, distribute the Work to Ingram for listing on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, etc. However, BookLocker, at their discretion, may terminate the contract for any reason, with or without cause. ALL AUTHORS - If the Author fails to pay the annual fee, or otherwise owes the Company any fees for any reason, and if the Author has one or more ebooks for sale, the Company reserves the right to keep the ebook(s) up for sale to recoup any unpaid fees. There are no annual fees charged for ebooks. If the Work is terminated, and if the Author requests copies of their files, the Company reserves the right to delay sending those copies to the Author until the Author has paid any fees owed to the Company. Negative amounts in the Author's account that are not paid within 30 days will accrue interest of 12% per annum (or 1% per month). A negative balance may occur due to the Author not paying the annual POD file hosting fee, other fees the Author owes for services, and Payment Plan Authors not making their monthly payments by the monthly due date. If an Author has a negative balance in their author account, and if they place an order with BookLocker, the negative balance will be added to that order. Once an author's account becomes 30 days delinquent, the Company reserves the right to turn that account over to a collection agency. If Payment Plan Authors are current on their monthly payments, no interest will accrue. IF AN AUTHOR CEASES COMMUNICATION If the Company does not receive a response from the Author to the Company's emails and/or Author messaging system post(s) within 10 business days, the Company may be forced to terminate the Author's contract without further notice by the Company. The Company can't continue to sell an Author's book if the Author isn't responding to the Company's communications. However, the annual fee will still be due if the Company does not receive notice of the Author's intent to terminate their contract at least 30 days before the anniversary date of the publication of their book(s). REACTIVATING A TERMINATED BOOK It is time-consuming and expensive for the Company and the printer to remove and then re-add books to the systems. If an Author wishes to relist a terminated title, a $250.00 reactivation fee must be paid. The Company may, at its discretion and for any reason, choose not to relist a terminated title. If the Author wishes to reactivate a terminated title, a reactivation fee will be required. If an Author orders copies of a terminated title, the reactivation fee will be added to the cost of the order. If the order is for 50 or more copies, the title will be reactivated and no reactivation fee will be charged. FINAL APPROVAL FOR DISTRIBUTION - P.O.D. The Company will not deem a Work in P.O.D. format to be final without the Author's approval. Therefore, the responsibility of deeming a Work in P.O.D. format to be final and ready for sale is borne by the Author. However, if errors are discovered later that were in the final version of the manuscript approved by the Author, the Author agrees to pay a post-print-galley processing fee to have the errors corrected. Books with errors can harm the Author's and the publisher's reputations. The Company reserves the right to delay publication of the Work, or to remove the Work from the market, until the errors have been corrected. If the errors were the result of the Author's mistakes, a fee must be paid for the corrections before the book can be activated or reactivated. The text of the title of the book must match on the cover, in the interior file, and in the distributor's system. Having different words in the title of a book in any of these is not permitted under any circumstances. If the Author submits inconsistent information, fees may be required to repair the Author's error(s). FINAL APPROVAL FOR DISTRIBUTION - Epub To create Epub/Mobi files, the Company uses the final, approved version of the manuscript and cover used to create the P.O.D. version of the book. In lieu of that, the Company uses files provided by the Author. Because the Company makes no changes to these source files during the Epub/Mobi conversion processes, the Company will not seek approval from the Author before distributing Epub/Mobi files unless the Author specifically requests to see the final Epub/Mobi files. If errors are discovered later that were in the final version of the manuscript submitted by the Author, the Author agrees to pay an Epub/Mobi reformatting/ reconversion fee, which varies based on the complexity of the formatting. If the errors are such that they result in making the work unsellable, the Company may remove the Work from all sales channels until the fee is paid by the Author and the errors are corrected. If the errors were the result of the Author's mistakes, the fee must be paid for the corrections before the Company will do the new formatting/conversion work, and put the book on the market. FILES WITH ERRORS Occasionally, an Author will submit a final manuscript with errors, poor-quality interior graphics, or a poor-quality cover. The printer reserves the right to refuse files that contain errors that may cause the Quality Control inspector to question or stop a print run (text too light, cover words off-center, poor-quality graphics, incorrect spine measurement, etc.) The Company reserves the right to refuse to sell a book that contains errors or design issues that can result in harm to the Company's and/or the Author's reputation. If an Author submits a manuscript or cover that contains such errors, the Company will make the Author aware of the problems, and will request corrections. If the Author refuses to make such changes, the Company will not put the book on the market, and will not refund the Author's fees because the Company will have already processed files. Revising the files with errors will require additional fees. REVISIONS TO PRINT AND EBOOKS The print book files are entirely separate from the Epub/Mobi (ebook) files. Different programs must be used to create each set of files. If an Author is enrolled in both programs, and wishes to make changes to their book, they must pay for changes separately for each edition of the book (print and ebook), and they must submit separate revision files to each division of the Company (print and ebook) for processing. Since the processes are separate, it is the Author's responsibility to notify each division (print and ebook) of the Company if/when they wish to make revisions to any or all editions of their book. If the Author submits a manuscript with fonts that are not on the Company's list of acceptable fonts, and if those fonts later cause problems, won't embed in the pdf, or result in rejection by the printer, the Author may need to pay a fee for a new file to be processed. If the Company must re-do formatting work due to the author uploading incorrect file(s) or older file(s) that do not include the Company's most recent formatting work, additional fees will be required. BOOK COVER DESIGN The Company charges additional fees for optional services of original cover design (both ebook and print). Authors are NOT required in any way to use the Company's cover design services. This service is provided as a convenience to the Author. Authors may use their own cover designer provided that designer designs the cover to the Company's specs. Authors who order cover design from the Company own all rights to their cover design and production files. Sample covers by the Company's designer can be seen here: http://www.BookLocker.com/covers/covers.html#center Click on each cover to see the entire cover (front, back and spine). AUTHOR-SUBMITTED COVER DESIGN FOR THE "AT YOUR SERVICE" PROGRAM If the Author is submitting their own cover design, they confirm that they and/or their designer/representative is knowledgeable about professional cover design, and has the software and skills necessary to submit the file to the Company's specs. Authors of the At Your Service Program who do not order cover design from the Company have the opportunity to submit their cover without additional charge. If the cover is not to spec, the Company will send the Author a list of errors. The Author will have one more opportunity to submit a correct cover without incurring a Spec Check Fee. If the second file is also not to spec, a $45 Spec Check Fee will be required for the Company to process another new cover file, and to send the Author another list of errors appearing in the file. This fee will be subsequently charged each time an incorrect cover file is submitted. The Author is responsible for this fee whether they or their designer/representative uploads the files to the Company. If Author chooses not to order cover design from the Company, and if the Author or their representative then needs cover design assistance, including training on design, the Author will need to either order original cover design from the Company, or will need to hire another designer. Cover design is a complex process requiring technical and artistic skills. The Company provides specs, but can't train Authors or others in original cover design. AUTHOR-SUBMITTED INTERIOR FORMATTING FOR THE "AT YOUR SERVICE" PROGRAM If an Author who registers for the At Your Service program is submitting their own interior design (a ready-to-print pdf file), they confirm that they and/or their designer/ representative is knowledgeable about professional book design, and has the software and skills necessary to submit the file to the Company's specs. If the file is not to spec, the Company will send the Author a list of errors. The Author will have one more opportunity to submit a correct interior file without incurring a Spec Check Fee. If the second file is also not to spec, a $45 Spec Check Fee will be required for the Company to process another new interior file, and to send the Author another list of errors appearing in the file. This fee will be subsequently charged each time an incorrect interior file is submitted. The Author is responsible for this fee whether they or their designer/representative uploads the files to the Company. CONTRACT TERMINATION BEFORE PUBLICATION We understand that Authors occasionally need to cancel their BookLocker.com contract for a variety of reasons. For all programs other than the D.I.Y. program, if you request a refund after your card is charged, but before any file transmissions or formatting work is completed on your book, that is fine. However, the Company will retain a 25% cancellation fee to cover labor and transaction costs associated with processing the initial order, the Author account, and the cancellation. By agreeing to this contract, you state that you understand and agree a 25% cancellation fee will apply to ALL fees paid when signing up. However, if any file transmissions have occurred or work has begun on your book or cover design, no refunds are permitted. Except as noted in the paragraph above, refunds are not permitted for P.O.D. set-up fees, formatting, annual hosting fees, or cover design. No refunds are permitted under any circumstances for the D.I.Y. program. VI. CLAUSES REGARDING THE PRICING OF WORKS PRINT BOOKS - The Author is allowed to set the list price of the Work to whatever the Author would like, provided the price is at or above the Company's minimum list prices. Bepub EBOOKS - THE CLAUSE BELOW IS PRETTY CONFUSING, THANKS TO THE ONLINE EBOOK RETAILERS. PLEASE KNOW THE COMPANY WILL WORK WITH THE AUTHOR TO ENSURE THE EBOOK IS PRICED CORRECTLY. For Bepub ebooks, Apple has maximum list prices for ebooks whose print counterparts have been on the market for less than 12 months. As of the publication of this contract version, the ebook counterpart of any paperback priced $22 or lower, which has been on the market for less than a year, can't be priced higher than $9.99. For ebooks with paperback priced higher than $22, the Author has the option to price the ebook at their discretion. Maximum prices for ebooks with hardcover counterparts range from $9.99 to $19.99, depending on the price of the hardcover book, but average approximately half the price of the hardcover list price. Contact BookLocker directly for details. IMPORTANT: Apple and other bookstores may choose not to list an ebook they feel is priced too high. Apple requires all ebook prices to end with ".99". (i.e. 9.99, 10.99, etc.) "For eBooks for which there is no corresponding physical product, books that are (i) not adult fiction or non-fiction and not primarily text for reading, (ii) enhanced books (provided Publisher provides Apple with the standard version), (iii) New Release hardback books that lis for more than $40, or (iv) not a New Release hardback book, Publisher may set whatever Customer Price it deems appropriate in its discretion, provided that Apple does not have to make such eBooks available if Apple determines the price is unrealistic." (Ref: Apple's Customer Pricing Requirements) Amazon and other ebook retailers have similar requirements and most stores prohibit selling an ebook at a lower price elsewhere. Rest assured the Company will work with the Author to ensure their ebook is priced correctly. FAIR PRICING Authors under the D.I.Y., At-Your-Service and Expedited Programs are free to sell the Work through sales channels other than those controlled by the Company. However, the Author agrees not to sell the Work through other channels for a list price that is less than the list price the Author is selling the Work for through the Company and the Company's sales channels. Pricing a book lower than the official list price given to Ingram (the distributor) is expressly forbidden by Amazon. If an Author purchases copies of their print book from the Company, they can then resell those books for whatever price they choose. However, if Amazon finds a listing for your book for less than the official "list price," they reserve the right to remove the Work from Amazon. Authors are welcome to submit covers for their own ebooks. However, the quality will reflect not only on the Author, but on the publisher as well. We require all covers to be of the highest quality (professional design standards) or they will be rejected. You can see examples of professional covers from the Company's designer HERE: http://www.BookLocker.com/covers/covers.html#center If an Author refuses to repair/replace a cover rejected by the Company, the Company will not put the book on the market, and will not refund the Author's fees because the Company will have already processed files, and invested time and money in the book. =================================================== POST PUBLICATION =================================================== VII. CLAUSES REGARDING COMMISSION PAYMENTS The Company's online sales and fulfillment system (the "Author Account") allows the Author to view a report of commissions owed over the Internet via the World-Wide Web. Commissions for public sales processed through the Company's website are credited instantly to the Author's account. These transactions include the date of each particular sale and the sales number in the Author's account will match the sales number on the customer's email receipt. Commissions are only paid on sales deemed final. Criteria for deeming a sale final are as follows: 1.) the sale has been processed by the Company's or distributors'/retailers' sales and fulfillment system, and 2.) the proceeds of the sale have been deposited in the Company's bank account. Only when these two criteria have been met can commissions be credited to an Author's account. Sales deemed final may be reversed by the Company or the Company's client retailers/distributors in the following circumstances: 1.) The customer requests a refund. 2.) A credit card is used for the purchase and the card holder later issues a chargeback, which is defined as a refusal to pay because the customer deems the charge unauthorized, 3.) The customer pays with a check that is returned because of insufficient funds or a stop-payment order, 4.) Any possible credit card or check fraud involving an order for the Author's Works. 5.) Any pattern of suspected fraud, including any pattern of fraudulent orders suspected by the Company or any other bookseller or distributor. If a pattern of fraudulent orders, or a single, large fraudulent order, is suspected, the Author's contract may be terminated immediately, regardless of the source of the fraud, and all funds will be put on hold pending the outcome of any investigation. Authors will not be paid commissions for orders placed at bookstores that are not picked up and paid for by the ordering customer. Because of the slow nature of credit card companies, a chargeback may take several months to resolve. For this reason, sales deemed final may be reversed at any time. If a sale deemed final is reversed and the commission has already been paid to the Author, the amount of the commission paid will be deducted from future commissions owed to the Author by the Company. If future commissions owed to the Author by the Company are insufficient to cover the cost of sales that have been reversed, the Author is responsible for refunding the money to the Company within 30 days. The Company reserves the right to charge the Author's credit card on file for any fees that are due if the Author does not respond to the Company within five (5) business days. Commission payments are processed on the 5th business day of each month. The Company observes standard holidays recognized in the United States. Commission payments are currently paid via PayPal.com but the Company reserves the right to mail checks in U.S. funds at any time as an alternative. Authors need to obtain a PayPal account, or provide the Company with their existing PayPal ID, before the Company can send their first commission payment. The PayPal ID is the email address the Author used to sign up for that service. If the Author provides the Company with an incorrect PayPal ID, and if the Company then sends the Author's funds to that incorrect ID, the Author is responsible for recouping those funds from PayPal directly. If the Author provides the Company with a PayPal ID belonging to someone else, the Author is responsible for collecting those funds from that individual or entity. Commission payments are only made on Author accounts with outstanding balances of $40.00 US or more. Accounts with outstanding balances of less than $40.00 are not paid until the fifth business day of the month after they reach these thresholds, or until the account is terminated, whichever happens first. For co-authored Works where more than one individual owns the rights to the Work, the Company will distribute one payment payable to one name/account, or to a Company owned by both/all Authors and designated as the Authors' book's designated payee, or to one individual representing all Authors, which is the individual who paid the setup fees and who primarily corresponded with the Company during the publishing process. The Company cannot distribute separate commission payments to Authors of co-Authored works. All Authors of Works published by the Company MUST complete this contract. Per United States federal tax law, the Company must obtain the social security number, along with the name and address, of all Authors who are United States citizens. For this reason, the Company must request and keep on file the Author's social security number when the Author's contract is submitted. If the Company issues a commission by check, the Company will not re-issue missing commission checks (those that don't arrive at their destination) for a minimum of four weeks. Mail does go astray, though rarely. Forwarded mail takes longer to arrive. Canceled checks are expensive to process. Banks don't always catch canceled checks and occasionally allow them to clear. For all of these reasons, the Company allows extra time to determine what has happened to checks that don't arrive promptly at their destinations. In most cases, the missing checks eventually arrive at their destination. For PayPal payments, Authors must contact PayPal if they have questions about their PayPal account. The Company can't access an Author's PayPal account, nor contact PayPal on behalf of the Author. Funds sent via PayPal are available to Authors much faster than mailed checks. Any fees charged by PayPal are the responsibility of the Author. The Author agrees to notify the Company immediately if their PayPal ID changes (the email address the Author uses for their PayPal account). If the Author provides an incorrect PayPal ID to the Company, the Author is responsible for attempting collection of those funds from PayPal. If the Author fails to notify the Company of a change to their PayPal ID within five (5) business days of such change, and if PayPal fails to automatically return those funds to the Company, the Author is responsible for negotiating with PayPal to attempt to collect those funds from PayPal. COMMISSIONS THAT CAN'T BE DISTRIBUTED FOR ANY REASON ARE HELD FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO BEING DONATED TO A CHARITY OF THE COMPANY'S CHOOSING It is very important for Authors to keep the Company updated on their contact information, as well as for Authors to check their Author Account monthly for any correspondence from the Company. If the Author is owed commissions, and if the Company cannot distribute those commissions for any reason (see list below), commissions owed shall be set aside for twelve months from the date of each non-deposited/ returned check, or from the date when PayPal "returned" a commission payment to the Company, or from the date each commission payment is put on hold because of the Author's failure to provide the information listed above (including a valid PayPal ID). If, after twelve months, the Author or Author's legally designated representative has failed to claim unpaid commissions, the commissions shall be deemed charitable funds, and donated to a non-profit organization of the Company's choice. The Company donates funds to local soup kitchens, children's charities, Old Dog Haven, and organizations that provide support to U.S. soldiers and their families. Examples of reasons the Company may need to donate the Author's unpaid commissions to a charity: * the Author has not provided the Company with their PayPal ID within five (5) days of the Company posting a request to the Author's Account * the Author has not notified the Company of a change/ update to their PayPal ID * the Author has not responded to the Company's request for updated information within five (5) business days of the posting of that request to the Author's Account * Author's commission checks are returned to the Company by the post office * the Author has failed to deposit the Company's commission checks within two months of the date those checks were mailed * the Author has failed to notify the Company of any undelivered checks within two months of the date those checks were mailed * in the case of U.S. Authors, the Author has not provided the Company with a valid social security number or federal tax I.D. number Author will notify the Company of any new address or change in contact information (email or otherwise) before the change takes place so correspondence will not be interrupted. The Author should expect a response from the Company within three (3) business days that your new address has been received and processed. Login to your Author account to request an address change. To avoid potential fraud (i.e. someone trying to take control of the Authors' account and/or commissions) all requests to change an Author's contact info. must be submitted directly through the Author's Account at BookLocker. VIII. CLAUSES REGARDING SALES CHANNELS Commissions on sales of books purchased with a Discount Code through BookLocker.com are subject to lower commissions for the author. Details are provided further down in this agreement. The Company has a variety of sales channels through which it can sell the Author's Work, each paying different commission rates and having different conditions of participation. These are the Company's current sales channels: BOOKLOCKER.COM DIRECT BookLocker.com - the Company's principal sales channel. All accepted Works are eligible to be listed for sale on BookLocker.com. The commission rates for public sales through BookLocker.com are: -Ebooks priced $8.95 or higher - 70% of the LIST PRICE is paid to the Author -Ebooks priced under $8.95 - 50% of the LIST PRICE is paid to the Author -Print on Demand books - 35% of the LIST PRICE is paid to the Author BEPUB - BookLocker's Ebook Conversion & Distribution Service (Bepub) - the Company's sales channel for ebooks sold through other ebookstores/distributors. Due to the ever-evolving nature of this business, the Company may add or remove ebook retailers/distributors from this sales channel at the Company's discretion. IMPORTANT: While commissions for sales made directly through BookLocker.com are based on the LIST PRICE of each book, commissions for sales of Bepub books must be based on the NET AMOUNT paid to the Company by each ebook retailer/distributor. The ebook industry is quickly evolving and there are new retailers and distributors appearing frequently, each with their own contracts, commission percentages, pricing requirements, and more with some even charging a handling fee for each sale on top of their commission and/or paying a different commission based on the geographic location of the sale (i.e. U.K. vs. U.S.) and some even charge extra processing for ebooks based on the file size. One store actually pays less for higher priced books and more for lower priced books, which is the opposite of the others. In addition, each one can change their contract at any time and Amazon reserves the right to change commissions retroactively if they find a book priced lower elsewhere, as well as for other reasons. ***Therefore, the Company must assign flat commission rates to the NET amount paid to the Company by each ebook retailer, NOT BASED ON THE LIST PRICE OF EACH WORK. REPEAT: THE COMMISSION RATES BELOW ARE BASED ON THE AMOUNT THE COMPANY RECEIVES FROM EACH RETAILER/ DISTRIBUTOR. THEY ARE NOT BASED ON THE LIST PRICE OF YOUR EBOOK.*** Participation in this sales channel is optional. Only Works in the Company's fee-based Bepub program can be for sale through this sales channel. The Company's ebook distributors and retailers take a percentage of each transaction. The commission rates for this channel vary: COMMISSIONS FOR EBOOKS PRICED $10 OR HIGHER 65% of the net amount the Company is paid for each ebook sale COMMISSIONS FOR EBOOKS PRICED UNDER $10 55% of the net amount the Company is paid for each ebook sale EXCHANGE RATES: Amazon calculates exchange rates of ebook sales based on the date the sale occurs in their foreign stores, not on the date they pay publishers. However, Amazon does not divulge these rates to publishers until after Amazon pays their publisher clients. The Company can't post Amazon transactions, nor pay Commissions, until after Amazon posts the exchange rates for each Amazon payment. WHOLESALE / OTHER RETAIL ("Wholesale") Orders Processed By the Company - the Company's sales channel for fulfilling purchase orders received directly from bookstores, libraries and other retail/distributor outlets. All Works in print and ebook formats are required to be for sale through this sales channel. The Company offers these retailers/distributors a 30%-40% discount on the list price of books purchased through this sales channel, depending on the number of books ordered. The commission rate for this channel is: 15% of the U.S. list price is paid to the Author The Company offers all wholesale/distributor/retail clients the same discount rates on similar purchases. INGRAM - PRINT BOOKS ONLY Ingram - the Company's sales channel for print books selling through the large distributor (Ingram). Participation in this sales channel is required of all P.O.D. books. Only Works in the Company's P.O.D. program can be for sale through this sales channel. The Company offers a discount to the distributor on the list price of books purchased through this sales channel. The commission rate for this channel is: 15% of the "average list price" is paid to the Author. (NOTE: If a book price is changed for any reason during a particular month, Ingram will pay a percentage of the "average list price" for all sales during that month. Otherwise, the commission will be 15% of the list price.) Ingram listings may also be picked up by Baker & Taylor and other smaller distributors. The Company does not work directly with other distributors but those distributors can order the Company's books from Ingram. WRITERSWEEKLY.COM WritersWeekly.com, the Company's sales channel for books on the topics of writing and publishing, can also used to promote BookLocker.com's best sellers, and other books published by BookLocker.com. WritersWeekly is a family-friendly publication with thousands of readers from all walks of life and from across the globe. The Company reserves the right to refuse to list a book on WritersWeekly.com for any reason. When a book is listed on WritersWeekly.com and/or promoted through the site's weekly ezine, the commission rates for sales through WritersWeekly.com are: 15% of the list price is paid to the Author. WRITERSWEEKLY 24-HOUR SHORT STORY AND TRIVIA CONTEST PRIZES (http://24HourShortStoryContest.com) WritersWeekly promotes some of BookLocker.com's writing-related and other complementary books (home business, etc.) as prizes available, by choice, to participants in the quarterly WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest and the WritersWeekly weekly trivia contest - The Company holds a quarterly writing contest that serves as a marketing and publicity tool for WritersWeekly.com, BookLocker.com, and the books appearing on WritersWeekly.com. The Company awards books to several winners of the quarterly contest. Some books are offered as pre-advertised prizes and others are individually chosen by winners of the contest. All Booklocker books and ebooks are required to be offered as prize options. While the winners do not pay for these prizes, the Company pays commissions to the Authors of the books that are chosen or assigned as prizes. The commission rate for this channel is: 15% of the list price is paid to the Author. SHORT PRINT RUNS AT Author DISCOUNT PRICES Short Print Run Sales to Authors - the Company's method for selling directly to the Author. The Company will only sell copies of a Work through this sales channel to the Author(s) of that Work or the Author's representative. No commissions are paid to the Author on sales through this sales channel because Authors are provided with discounts on these purchases that match or exceed what the commissions would be based on the quantity purchased. (Our philosophy is it would be silly to collect money from Authors when we will only be sending it right back to them again. Better to offer them the savings up front instead!) Author discounts on color-interior P.O.D. books are calculated differently. See current rates here: http://publishing.BookLocker.com/BookLocker-color-pod-program Small public book sales through BookLocker.com are shipped via priority mail. Large orders placed through the Author order form and the wholesale form are shipped via UPS (or a similar, trackable service for foreign orders.) Authors or their representatives ordering more than 10 copies of their own book must order using the Author order form, and must choose UPS shipping, because it is trackable and insurable. All large quantity orders (10 or more copies) must be shipped via a trackable/insurable method. Sales channels can be added or removed at the Company's discretion and without prior notice. While the Company provides listings to Ingram for print books, online bookstores, such as Amazon.com, are not required to list these titles for sale. Listings offered by online bookstores are at the discretion of each particular store. Any online store can also choose to remove a book at any time, and for any reason. Ingram has never refused to list any of the Company's books but they, too, can refuse any book for any reason. Likewise, if a book is terminated and goes out of print, these online bookstores may, at their discretion, choose to leave the book page on their site, even though no new copies of the book can be printed/purchased. Removing the book may disrupt their customers' purchase histories. Any bookstore has the right to sell used copies of a print book and some allow third parties to list/sell used copies on their sites. Online retailers are not required to remove old book listings from their systems. The Company is not responsible for errors in third-party book listings, nor for third-parties who continue to display a book page for a book that can no longer be purchased. BookLocker.com is not responsible for books sold at the incorrect price by third parties. BookLocker.com can't guarantee the successful sale and delivery of books through distributors, bookstores and other wholesale outlets. Those firms are responsible for their own listing accuracy, sales, and distribution. Wholesalers and retailers may refuse to list books for sale and may refuse to honor orders received for a variety of reasons. BookLocker.com is not responsible for the decisions and actions of other companies with regard to the listing, marketing, sales and distribution of books. IX. CLAUSES REGARDING COMMUNICATION WITH AUTHORS The primary method of communication with Authors shall be through the Author Accounts on BookLocker's system. Therefore, the Company cannot enter into any agreement with Authors who do not have Internet access. If the Author does not respond to messages posted to their Author Account, the Author's contract and Work(s) may be terminated and the Work removed from all sales channels without notice. The Author can check their Author Account 24 hours/day, which lists all commission payments processed for the Author within the past 24 months. As part of this contract, the Author must provide the Company with the name and contact information of a Beneficiary (see below). X. CLAUSES REGARDING THE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY OF AUTHORS When an Author's Work is made available for sale, the Company issues the Author a Web page at a Company URL where a customer may buy the Work. The Author is encouraged to promote this URL both online and offline. The Author is also provided with a free electronic copy of 90+ DAYS OF PROMOTING YOUR BOOK ONLINE: Your Book's Daily Marketing Plan. Authors are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the advice in that book. BookLocker.com does not "upsell" Authors on marketing products and services because marketing benefits both the Author and the publisher. Advice from BookLocker is always available for no extra charge, of course. ANTI-SPAM The Author may use their BookLocker.com URL in any promotion they see fit, provided that promotion is not illegal, and does not have the potential to damage the Company's brand. If the Author is unsure about a specific promotional tactic, the Author is required to seek the advice of the Company before proceeding with the promotion. The Company is adamantly against the tactics of spam. Spam is defined as: 1.) sending a form email en masse to people who have not requested it, 2.) posting a form message en masse to newsgroups or discussion lists, 3.) any unsolicited electronic posting or mailing that results in complaints to the Company, the Company's web hosting service or an anti-spam group, whether made by the Author of the Work or by a third party with or without the Author's knowledge. The Author should never use spam tactics when promoting their Work. Authors who use spam tactics when promoting their Work may have their contract immediately terminated, their Work removed instantly from the Company's sales channels and become ineligible to do business with the Company in the future. As with any contract termination, there will be no refund issued for fees charged. The Author will not have any rights to or in any trademark, service mark, copyright, trade name, mark or colophon used or licensed by the Company without written permission from the Company. NEW: SEPTEMBER, 2017 - DISCOUNT CODES FOR AUTHOR PROMOTIONS! Discount codes, which are essentially electronic coupons, are great for generating sales! Book buyers love coupons and this type of promotion can lead to book sales that may never have occurred otherwise. In addition, your book might sell as a result of another author's marketing activities. The Company now offers "Discount Codes" to authors to use with special book promotions. The discount comes out of the author's commissions. However, customers may, on impulse, order a book by other BookLocker authors as well during that purchase. This is a good thing because a different author's books might sell as a result of one author's promotional activities! If that occurs, the customer's entire purchase will be subject to the discount. The Company may also run sales/specials on occasion with these discount codes, which may affect subject-specific or even all books on the website. (e.g. a big Christmas sale) The discount must be deducted from the commissions of all authors whose books were purchased by that customer. For example, Author A would receive a lower commission on the sale of their book in that order. If that customer then made an impulse buy of another BookLocker.com title, the author of that other book would also receive a lower commission on the sale of that individual copy. Since the system must automatically give that discount based on the entire order, and since these "impulse" buys by customers would likely not have occurred had the discount code not been distributed to the original author's readers, all authors must agree that their commissions will be affected by any discount codes given to/used by potential book buyers on BookLocker.com. Authors wanting to set up a discount code need to contact the Company through their author account. NOTE: Book buying customers can only use one discount code at a time. Multiple discount codes can't be used. XI. CLAUSES REGARDING THE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY The Company shall have the right to use the Author's name or pen name (whichever one the Author specifies), likeness and biographical material for the purpose of advertising, publishing, and promoting the Work itself, its title, and all material, including characters in the Work, through their use, simulation, or graphic exploitations on or in connection with the Work or the Company. The Company may, at its sole discretion, distribute excerpts and reprints of portions of the Author's titles to print, broadcast, websites, and electronic publications or to the general public for marketing purposes. The Company may, at its sole discretion, distribute a copy of the Work in electronic format to book reviewers who request a review copy. The Company only distributes books to professional book reviewers and, when possible, the Author will be notified when the book is being sent to a reviewer. The Author is responsible for sending print books to reviewers, at their discretion and expense. Authors may also send ebooks to reviewers. The Company provides copies of an Author's ebook to the Author at no charge, of course. The Company is the sole owner of all URLs (Web site addresses) on the Company's web sites, and will not post nor redirect URLs outside of our Web sites under any circumstances, including upon termination of an Author's contract. While the Company promotes BookLocker.com in general, and promotes specific books when opportunities arise in interviews, etc., Authors are responsible for promoting their own books. XII. CLAUSES REGARDING DEALS NEGOTIATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH THIRD-PARTIES The Author and the Company are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. This agreement does not create an exclusive relationship between the Author and the Company. The Author will have no Authority to make or accept any offers or representations on the Company's behalf. The Author agrees not to make any statement, written or oral, that would contradict the above. If the Author wishes to enter into a distribution deal with a third-party with which the Company has no established relationship, the Author is free to do so. However, in that instance, the Author agrees to negotiate the terms as well as perform all sales fulfillment and management of the relationship. The Company has no obligation to support relationships entered into independently with third-parties by the Author, other than to sell the Work to the Author at the same standard discount it gives to all Authors. XIII. CLAUSES REGARDING THE HANDLING OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION The Company's transaction system contains customer contact information and buying habits of individual customers. Per the Company's Privacy Statement, this data is not shared with anyone other than the owners and employees of the Company. XIV. CLAUSES REGARDING THE HANDLING OF SALES DATA The Company's transaction system contains sales data regarding the purchase of Works. The Company owns this data. The Company shares this data with the Author in the form of commissions appearing in Author's Account on BookLocker's system. When the Company shares this data for sales made directly through BookLocker.com, it provides the date, time, and commission amount for each sales transaction for a Work. This is done to ensure the Company is complying with its own Privacy Statement, which states that it will not share data that contains the information and buying habits of individual customers with outside parties. The Company's automated system compiles periodic sales reports that provide the list of BookLocker-direct Ebook and Print best sellers appearing on the Company's homepage. While any book may be eligible for listing as a best seller, based on sales, the number of sales are not divulged to anyone other than the officers of the Company. This prevents the possible false manipulation of sales data by Authors who may want to order numerous copies of their own book just to get on the BookLocker best seller list. The Company's best seller list must retain its integrity so that customers know which books really are selling to the public (not to Authors trying to get ahead on the list). This also keeps the best seller list fair to all Authors. Sales data is also confidential to the Author of each book appearing on the best seller list. The Company's administrative expenses, as well as the expenses of the Company's contractors, are proprietary. XV. CLAUSES REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF WORKS FOR SALE The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to keep its Web sites and publishing structure viable at all times. Temporary lapses in the site's presence on the Internet or World Wide Web occurring through natural or technical causes do not constitute an exhaustion of edition. The Company cannot be held responsible for any loss of sales due to website errors or downtime or World Wide Web or electronic transmission problems. The Company's printer currently has six separate P.O.D. printing facilities - four in the U.S., one in the U.K., and one in Australia ERRORS ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES PRINT BOOKS The Company is responsible for submitting basic (price, page count, cover, description, etc.), correct book information to Ingram, the book distributor. Ingram has thousands of clients worldwide and it would be impossible for the Company to contact each of their customers if/when one of them fails to post/update book information on their site. If Ingram has erred, BookLocker will contact them about correcting the error. If one of Ingram's customers has erred and if they fail or refuse to post the information correctly, as it was supplied by Ingram, the Author will need to contact the third-party directly. EBOOK RETAILERS DISTRIBUTORS The Company is responsible for submitting correct book information to its client ebook retailers/distributors. Some of these firms have numerous divisions/clients worldwide and it would be impossible for the Company to contact each of those if/when one of them fails to post/update book information on their site. If the ebook retailer/distributor has erred, BookLocker will contact them about correcting the error. If they fail or refuse to post the information correctly, as it was supplied by the Company, the Author will need to contact them directly. TERMINATION The Work shall not be deemed "out-of-print" or "inactive" for as long as its presence remains in the Company's sales channels, unless any agreed-to time limits have been reached without renewal by both the Company and the Author. However, Author and/or the Company may terminate this agreement at any time for any reason with the exception of Authors using the Payment Plan Program, as outlined above. The Company, at their discretion, may terminate any contract for any reason, with or without cause. With the exception of beneficiaries in the event of the Author's death, the Company will not transfer files, accounts, or any other item to or between third-party individuals or companies. The Company will be dismissed from its obligations in this contract if events occur outside of the Company's control, including natural disaster, acts of God, fire, power or other service outages at the Company and/or the printer's facility, or labor problems at the printer's and/or distributor's facility. Should any type of service interference occur, the Company will notify all Authors and provide a good faith estimate as to when the problems will be resolved. XVI. CLAUSES REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF FILES AND DATABASES The Company does not take rights from Authors. Authors of the D.I.Y., At-Your-Service, and Expedited Programs own the rights to files created by The Company (the "production files"). Authors of the Payment Plan Program will own all rights to their files once the balance in their Author Account is reimbursed to the Company. Terminating Authors must request copies of their production files upon termination. If an Author requests copies of their files after termination, a $35 fee will be charged for the Company to pull files from archives. If the Company terminates the contract, the Author has thirty (30) days to request copies of their files without incurring the fee. The company only retains files for two years after a book is terminated. If the Author owes the Company money, that balance must be paid by the Author to the Company before the Company will send the production files to the Author. For Author of D.I.Y., At-Your-Service, and Expedited Programs, BookLocker hereby absolutely and unconditionally sells, assigns, conveys, and transfers all right, title, and interest in the Interior Design and Cover Design to Author, effective as of the date hereof. As used herein, "Cover Design/Interior Design" is defined as pictorial drawings, compositions, or other manifestations of book covers and/or interior book designs created for or on behalf of Author on or after the Effective Date of this Agreement. If the Cover Design/Interior Design incorporates or otherwise makes use of any separately copyrighted stock art or stock photographs, the sale, assignment, conveyance, and transfer of all right, title, and interest in the Cover Design does not convey any ownership of copyright in said underlying stock art or stock photographs, and any rights in and to said stock art or stock photographs are expressly limited to their use in the Cover Design/Interior Design and said stock art or stock photographs may not be used in any way apart from the Cover Design/Interior Design. BookLocker will do the same for Payment Plan Program Authors once their account balances have been reimbursed to the Company in full. If artwork used on the Author's cover was obtained from a third-party service, the Author does **not** own exclusive rights to that artwork. They only own exclusive rights to the finished cover design as a whole. If your cover design/interior design is/was designed by another designer: You need to check with that designer concerning your rights. The Company STRONGLY advises Authors to have work-for-hire agreements signed by any freelancer working on your book's interior or cover before hiring them so the Author can use that work in perpetuity without fear of copyright infringement accusations from disgruntled ex-designers. Authors can find sample work-for-hire agreements online. If you do not own all rights to your cover, and if a dispute arises in the future, the Company may be forced to remove your book at the request of the copyright owner (the designer). Therefore, you are STRONGLY encouraged to enter into a work-for-hire contract with any designer or artist you hire. Production files are the final pdf files submitted to the printer for printing the interior and cover of each book. Many publishers also demand all rights to production files Authors paid them to create. Under the terms above, BookLocker Authors OWN THEIR PRODUCTION FILES. The Company's philosophy regarding production files is: "you paid for it, you should own it." The Company is the sole owner of all database information hosted on its servers. For legal and financial reasons, upon contract termination, the Company will retain all correspondence with the author, including the author's terminated author account in the Company's database, contracts, receipts, sales info., etc. Authors can still access their author account after contract termination. BOOKS PRINTED ELSEWHERE - Files containing BookLocker's name, ISBN, or any other identifying information can't be printed elsewhere. If the Author wishes to print the book elsewhere, they must obtain their own ISBN and barcode, and use those in/on the files. Author agrees to remove the Company's ISBN, name, and any other identifying information from any books not being printed by the Company. EBOOKS SOLD ELSEWHERE - If the Author wishes to sell their ebook directly, they agree to remove the Company's ISBN, name, and any other identifying information from the files prior to selling the ebook elsewhere. XVII. GENERAL CLAUSES Crowdfunding - Authors occasionally seek outside funding in order to publish their books. Author agrees not to use BookLocker's name, logo, the owners' or employees' names, nor any other information about the Company in their crowd-funding activities. The Company will not enter into a business relationship with an Author or Company that competes, either directly or indirectly, with BookLocker.com (i.e. another publishing Company or publishing services Company serving Authors). The Company shares sensitive, strategic information with Authors. To share this information with individuals and firms who may have the opportunity to use this information in competition with BookLocker would, of course, be a bad business decision. The contract of any Author who lists their book with BookLocker.com, and then begins to compete with the Company, either directly or indirectly, is subject to termination. If BookLocker determines, at its sole discretion and at any time, that an Author or firm is considered a competitor, the Company will immediately terminate its contract with that individual or firm. Printing costs and other fees do increase occasionally and without prior notice. All prices and fees are subject to change without notice. The Company sends each author receipts for all purchases they make at BookLocker. Authors are required to save copies of those receipts in a secure location. Service fee receipts are sent via email. Receipts for book purchases are posted to the author's account. Authors must ensure BookLocker is whitelisted in their email program (and in their ISP's email system). To obtain additional copies of receipts (i.e. for income taxes, computer crash, etc.), the Author will be required to pay a $25 administrative fee. The Company is not responsible for email filtered as spam by the Author's own email program, email service, or the author's ISP's email system. The Company may at any time sell itself, or the majority of self, its holdings, licenses or grants. Current contracts would transfer to the new owner. If the Company is legally judged bankrupt or liquidates its business, this Agreement shall be effectively terminated and all rights granted to the Company shall be terminated. The Company will only be responsible to the Author for the unpaid commissions at the time of insolvency. For P.O.D. books, if the Company's printer is legally judged bankrupt, liquidates its business, or discontinues offering their services to the Company for any reason, or if the Company's relationship with the printer is terminated, this Agreement for P.O.D. books shall be effectively terminated and all rights granted to the Company shall be terminated. The Company will only be responsible to the Author for the unpaid commissions at the time of insolvency. For Bepub books: Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, or any distributor/retailer can cease operations or choose not to continue selling a particular book. The Company can also choose to stop doing business with one of these firms for any reason. If any of these things shall occur, the Company will only be responsible to the Author for the unpaid commissions at that time. During the course of this contract and beyond, the Author may receive information relating to the Company and related entities that is not known to the general public ("Confidential Information"). Confidential Information includes, without limitation, correspondence with the Author via their Author Account on BookLocker's system or via email, information relating to sales, confidential marketing processes, and other information related to the Company. The Author agrees that: 1.) all Confidential Information will remain the Company's exclusive property; 2.) the Author will use Confidential Information only as is reasonably necessary for the relationship with the Company; and 3.) the Author will not disclose Confidential Information to any individual, Company, or other third party. The Company may amend any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any time and solely at its discretion. Any changes will be effective upon posting of the revisions on the Internet. The Author is responsible for reviewing the notice and any applicable changes. The Company will make every effort to contact the Author if this agreement changes, but the Company cannot be held responsible for electronic transmission problems. Changes to this agreement, however, may be posted without notice to the Author. THE AUTHOR'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPANY'S PROGRAMS AFTER THE COMPANY'S POSTING OF ANY CHANGES WILL CONSTITUTE THE AUTHOR'S ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS. IF THE AUTHOR DOES NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE AUTHOR MUST TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMERS AUTHOR AGREES THAT THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND/OR OFFICERS WILL NEVER BE LIABLE TO THE AUTHOR, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AND/OR FOR ANY REASON, FOR AN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THE FEES PAID TO THE COMPANY BY THE AUTHOR FOR SERVICES. IN OTHER WORDS, LIABILITIES ARISING FROM THE COMPANY'S, ITS SUBSIDIARIES', DIVISIONS', EMPLOYEES', CONTRACTORS', AND/OR OFFICERS' SERVICES, ERRORS, NEGLIGENCE, OMISSIONS, AND/OR ACTS OF ANY KIND SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY THE AUTHOR TO THE COMPANY FOR SERVICES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL BOOKLOCKER, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND/OR OFFICERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUE, LOST PROFITS AND/OR LOST TIME, DAMAGE TO REPUTATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, DOWNTIME COSTS, AND/OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED, OR WAS AWARE, OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH COSTS, EXPENSES OR DAMAGES. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IF ANY DISPUTE ARISES, THE COMPANY WILL ONLY BE LIABLE TO REFUND THE AUTHOR FOR ANY FEES PAID BY THE AUTHOR TO THE COMPANY FOR SERVICES RENDERED. Any book purchases by the author are not considered fees for services and those would not be included in any refund or credit. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the state of Georgia, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located in Rome, Georgia and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without the Company's prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to, and be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company's failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement subsequently. Any notice or other communication under this Agreement will be given in writing and will be delivered by e-mail or via a message posted to the Author's online Author account at BookLocker.com. The parties agree that, except as specifically provided herein, all disputes arising under this Agreement shall be settled by binding arbitration in Rome, Georgia and submitted to the American Arbitration Association for final disposition. I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE COMPANY AND AGREE TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS LISTED HEREIN. IF I ALREADY HAVE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY, I AGREE THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT (SEE CONTRACT VERSION DATE AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE) WILL NOW APPLY TO ALL OF MY BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY.

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