Author Websites Supplemental Terms
Last Updated: May 15, 2026
Please read these AUTHOR WEBSITES SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS (these “Terms”) carefully. These Terms will supplement the Terms of Service (the “General Terms”). By visiting the website located at authorwebsites.bookbub.com, and/or using the services and content made available therein (collectively, “Author Websites”), you agree to be bound by these Terms and the General Terms (together, the Terms and General Terms, the “Agreement”).
These Terms are effective as of the earlier of the date of your acceptance of these Terms or your use of Author Websites (the “Supplemental Terms Effective Date”). In the event of any conflict between the General Terms and these Terms, the provisions of these Terms shall govern solely with respect to your use of Author Websites. Capitalized terms not defined in these Terms shall have the meaning set forth in the General Terms.
BY SIGNING UP TO USE AUTHOR WEBSITES, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING AUTHOR WEBSITES, YOU REPRESENT THAT (1) YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, (2) YOU ARE OF LEGAL AGE TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT WITH COMPANY, AND (3) YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, YOU SHALL NOT RECEIVE OR BE ENTITLED TO ANY OF THE RIGHTS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS.
IF YOU REGISTER FOR A PAID SUBSCRIPTION FOR ACCESS TO AUTHOR WEBSITES (“PAID SUBSCRIPTION”) FOR A TERM (THE “INITIAL SUBSCRIPTION TERM”), YOUR PAID SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF THE SAME DURATION AS THE INITIAL SUBSCRIPTION TERM AT COMPANY’S THEN-CURRENT FEE FOR SUCH PAID SUBSCRIPTION UNLESS YOU DECLINE TO RENEW YOUR PAID SUBSCRIPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.3 BELOW.
1. Author Websites
1.1. Author Websites Overview. Author Websites is a feature of the Sites which allows you to build your own author website (“Your Website”) quickly and easily using templates, designs, graphics, and other materials provided by Company (collectively, “Templates”) for visitors or users of Your Website (each, a “Visitor”). Subject to your compliance with these Terms and the Agreement, Company grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use and access Author Websites, solely for the purposes of designing, creating, and managing Your Website. Author Websites is intended solely for authors and writers to create websites related to their work. Company reserves the right to suspend or remove any website that falls outside this intended purpose. Company further reserves the right to establish and enforce limits on storage, bandwidth, and other resource usage, and to suspend or restrict accounts that consume disproportionate resources.
1.2. Domain Registration Features. Author Websites includes features which allow you to register a domain in connection with the creation of Your Website (the “Domain Registration Features”). If you choose to use the Domain Registration Features, you hereby appoint Company as your designated agent for the sole purpose of registering a domain in accordance with these Terms. We use third-party services such as Amazon Route 53 to provide the Domain Registration Features, and by using the Domain Registration Features, you hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the applicable domain registry, including the Amazon Route 53 Domain Name Registration Agreement. Additionally, depending on the domain, you may be subject to the terms of the Gandi SAS, Mesh Digital Limited, Amazon Registrar, Inc., and other ICANN-accredited registrars (each, a “Registrar”), and your use of the Domain Registration Features is subject to their respective terms. You agree to comply with such terms, to the extent applicable. You can identify the Registrar of record for any domain by performing a WHOIS query here. The Domain Registration Features are not a requirement for using the Author Websites to create a website. You may also connect an externally registered domain to Your Website (a “Connected Domain”). Company is not the registrar of record for any Connected Domain and is not responsible for its renewal, transfer, DNS configuration, or associated fees. You are solely responsible for the registration and maintenance of any Connected Domain.
The Domain Registration Features are intended as an add-on service offered in connection with your active use of Author Websites. If Your Website is no longer active or you are no longer using other features of Author Websites, Company reserves the right not to renew your domain registration at the end of its then-current registration term. Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with reasonable advance notice before declining to renew a domain registration and, upon your request, may assist in transferring the applicable domain name to you.
1.3 E-Mail Outreach Features. Author Websites may offer you the ability to collect, store, and manage e-mail mailing lists for your Visitors (“E-Mail Outreach Features”). Before using the E-mail Outreach Features, you agree to familiarize yourself with (i) the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7701-7713 (CAN-SPAM Act) and any implementing regulations, (ii) any other state or federal laws, rules, regulations or requirements concerning electronic communications; and (iii) any successor laws or regulations, as in effect during the term of these Terms (collectively, the “Communications Laws”). You acknowledge and agree that Company only serves as a technology platform to facilitate email delivery (“Communications”) initiated and directed by you. Company does not “initiate” or “send” Communications as those terms are defined in Communications Laws. To the extent Company provides advice, guidance, templates or suggestions (collectively “Communications Templates”) to you, the foregoing is provided solely for convenience and should not be taken as legal advice or guidance. Regardless of the fact that certain features and/or Communication Templates may be made available to you through the Author Websites, Company is not responsible for assisting you in complying with your obligations under the Communication Laws. You acknowledge that you remain solely responsible for compliance with the Communication Laws, including without limitation, all actions necessary to ensure that any required consents are obtained and documented prior to sending communications to Visitors or other individuals or businesses, that all opt-outs received through any reasonable method and unsubscribe requests are honored as required by any applicable law or regulation.
You represent and warrant that, in your use of the Author Websites, you will not, and will not cause any third-party to send any Communications in violation of any of the Communication Laws or participate in “spamming” activities. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that no email Communications shall (a) use false or misleading header information or deceptive subject lines; (b) fail to identify itself as an advertisement if it is an advertisement; (c) exclude clear and conspicuous instructions regarding how recipients may opt-out of marketing emails from you, if required under applicable law; or (d) exclude your postal address.
Company may establish and enforce sending limits, or restrict or suspend email functionality for any account that Company believes is engaged in spam or other misuse of the E-Mail Outreach Features, and require compliance with the Agreement as a condition of continued access to such features. Company does not guarantee delivery, inbox placement or uninterrupted availability of email functionality.
From time to time, Company may, but is under no obligation to, monitor and review your use of the E-Mail Outreach Features to confirm compliance with the Agreement (including these Terms). Notwithstanding anything else under the Agreement (including these Terms), Company retains the right to limit, suspend, or terminate your use of the Author Websites, in whole or part, if it determines in its sole discretion that such use violates any Communication Laws.
2. Content and Data
2.1. Licensed Content. You may only use Author Websites and the Templates available thereon to develop and manage Your Website. Author Websites may enable you to use content or other materials which we have obtained the right for you to use (collectively, “Licensed Content”). Licensed Content may include, without limitation, portions of the Templates, licensed fonts, typefaces, and related software and designs. Subject to your compliance with the Agreement, including these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive right and license to use such Licensed Content solely in connection with your permitted use of Author Websites to develop Your Website. You may only use the Licensed Content on or in connection with Your Website, and unless otherwise expressly permitted by us, you may not modify the Licensed Content.
2.2. Your Website. Subject to the Company’s and its licensors’ ownership of the Templates, the Sites and the Licensed Content, Company does not claim ownership of Your Website, and all content you provide in connection with your use of Author Websites is “User Content” for purposes of the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, you agree that Your Website and all content made available through Your Website will comply with Company’s Acceptable Use Policy. Without limiting any rights granted by you with respect to your User Content in the Agreement, you hereby grant (and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to Company an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free and fully paid, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works and otherwise use and exploit all content and materials you provide to Company in connection with your use of Author Websites, and to grant sublicenses of the foregoing rights, solely for the purposes of providing Author Websites and creating, hosting, displaying and sharing Your Website. Additionally, you hereby grant (and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to Company an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free and fully paid, worldwide license to use screenshots, excerpts, and other portions of Your Website, including without limitation names, trademarks, service marks or logos on Your Website, solely for the Company’s marketing and promotional activities.
2.3 Subscriber Data. You retain ownership of the Visitor data you collect through Author Websites in connection with the Email Outreach Features (“Subscriber Data”). Company will not use your Subscriber Data for its own marketing purposes. Subject to Section 5.3 of these Terms, prior to termination of your Account and/or the termination of your access or use of the Author Websites, you may export your active Subscriber Data through the tools provided in Author Websites. Subscriber records that have been suppressed, unsubscribed, reported as spam, or hard-bounced may be excluded from standard exports and from future sending. Upon termination of your Account and/or termination of your access or use of the Author Websites, Company may delete your Subscriber Data in accordance with its data retention policies. Company may retain suppression lists, unsubscribe records, bounce and spam-complaint data, billing records, and other compliance-related information as necessary for legal, regulatory or operational purposes.
3. Your Website And Your Visitors Are Your Responsibility
Without limiting anything set forth in these Terms or the Agreement, you understand and agree that (a) Your Website and your Visitors are your responsibility; (b) you are solely responsible for providing any products, services, and support to your Visitors in connection with Your Website; (c) you are solely responsible for compliance with any laws or regulations related to Your Website and your Visitors; and (d) your ability to create, share or otherwise operate Your Website may be limited by the extent to which Your Website includes Licensed Content. Company is not liable for, and won’t provide you with any legal advice regarding, Your Website or your Visitors. This does not limit or affect any liability we may have to you separately for any breach of the other provisions of the Agreement.
4. Author Websites Plans and Fees
4.1. Plans and Fees. If you purchase access to certain features and functionality of the Author Websites on a time-limited basis (i.e. a Paid Subscription), the fee for such Subscription (“Subscription Fee”) will be billed at the start of the Paid Subscription (“Subscription Commencement Date”) and at regular intervals in accordance with your elections at the time of purchase. Company reserves the right to change the timing of our billing. Company reserves the right to change the Paid Subscription pricing at any time in accordance with the Agreement. If changes to the Paid Subscription price occur that impact your Paid Subscription, Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you, such as by sending an email to the email address associated with your Account. If you do not agree with such changes, you may cancel your Paid Subscription as set forth in Section 4.3.
Author Websites is available under one or more plans, which may include free and paid options. The features, limits, and pricing applicable to each plan are described on the Author Websites pricing page and may be updated by Company from time to time. If you select a paid plan, you will be responsible for payment of the applicable fees at the time you subscribe and select your billing period. Domain registration fees are charged separately from plan fees and are described in Section 1.2. Except as set forth in the Agreement, all fees for Author Websites are non-refundable. Company may, in its discretion, issue full or partial refunds, credits, or other adjustments in individual cases; any such adjustment does not create an obligation or precedent for future adjustments. Company reserves the right at any time to change its prices and billing methods, either immediately upon posting on the Sites or by email delivery to you.
4.2. Automatic Renewal. If you elect to purchase a Paid Subscription, your Paid Subscription will continue and automatically renew at Company’s then-current price for such Paid Subscription until terminated in accordance with this Agreement. The frequency at which your Subscription renews (i.e., weekly, monthly, annually, etc.) will be designated at the time at you sign up for the Subscription and may be modified by you via the Billing page under Settings in your Author Websites dashboard. By subscribing, you authorize Company to charge the payment method designated in your Account now, and again at the beginning of any subsequent Paid Subscription period. Upon renewal of your Paid Subscription, if Company does not receive payment, (i) you shall pay all amounts due on your Account upon demand and/or (ii) you agree that Company may either terminate or suspend your Paid Subscription and continue to attempt to charge your designated payment method until payment is received (upon receipt of payment, your Account will be activated and for purposes of automatic renewal, your new Paid Subscription commitment period will begin as of the day payment was received). Your subscription to Author Websites will continue indefinitely until terminated in accordance with the Agreement.
4.3 Cancelling Paid Subscriptions. If you do not wish your Paid Subscription to renew automatically, or if you want to change, cancel or terminate your Paid Subscription or any other plan you have with Author Websites, you may do so through the Billing page under Settings in your Author Websites dashboard, or by contacting our support team at [email protected].
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(a) Effect of Cancellation of Paid Subscription. If you cancel your Paid Subscription, you may use Author Websites, pursuant to the terms of your Paid Subscription, until the end of your then-current Paid Subscription term; and your Paid Subscription will not be renewed after your then-current Paid Subscription term expires. You will not be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of the Subscription Fee paid for the then-current Paid Subscription period.
(b) Effect of Any Termination of your Paid Subscription. At the end of your Paid Subscription, you may choose to continue your access to the Author Websites under a free version of Author Website (“Free Plan”). You may be required to take steps to bring Your Website into compliance with the Free Plan features, such as selecting a free-plan website Template or disabling features not available on the Free Plan. If you do not take such steps within a reasonable period after the end of your Paid Subscription (not to exceed 14 days), Company may, in its sole discretion, (a) modify Your Website or disable features as necessary to conform to the Free Plan, or (b) deactivate Your Website. If Your Website is deactivated under this Section, you may reactivate it at any time by logging in and taking the steps necessary to bring Your Website into compliance with the then-current Free Plan (or by subscribing to a Paid Subscription); provided that Your Website has not yet been deleted in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Terms. Company will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any suspension, downgrade, modification, or deactivation of your access to Author Websites, including for any deletion or modification of your User Content associated therewith.
4.5. Free Trials and Other Promotions. Company may offer free trials, promotional pricing or other limited-time offers for paid features of Author Websites. Any such offer must be used within the specified time of the offer. At the end of a trial or promotional period, your access to the applicable paid features will revert to the features and limits of your then-current plan (including the Free Plan, if applicable), unless you subscribe to a Paid Subscription before the trial or promotion expires. Company reserves the right to modify or discontinue any trial or promotion at any time. If you are mistakenly charged for a subscription, please contact Company to have the charges reversed. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the specific terms of a trial, promotion, or offer presented at the time of signup or checkout, the specific terms of that offer shall govern for the duration of that offer.
5. Term; Termination
5.1. Term. These Terms shall commence on the Supplemental Terms Effective Date and continues in full force and effect while you use the Author Websites, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the Agreement. Without limiting any termination rights set forth in the Agreement, if timely payment cannot be charged to your Payment Provider for any reason, if you have materially breached any provision of the Agreement (including these Terms), or if Company is required to do so by law (e.g., where the provision of Author Websites is, or becomes, unlawful), Company has the right to, immediately and without notice, suspend or terminate your access, in whole or part, to Author Websites. You agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Company’s sole discretion and that Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to Author Websites. Company may, in its sole discretion, downgrade your access to Author Websites to the Free Plan, rather than terminating access entirely.
Additionally, Company reserves the right to terminate these Terms or your access to the Author Website at any time without cause upon notice to you. In the event we exercise this termination right, we will refund you for any pre-paid portion of your unused Paid Subscription.
5.2. Effect of Termination. Upon termination of these Terms or your access to the Author Website, or the termination the Author Website or a feature or functionality thereof, your right to use the Author Website and/or the applicable feature or functionality thereof will automatically terminate, and we may delete Your Website, your User Content and/or your Subscriber Data associated therewith from our live databases. Company will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any suspension or termination, including for the deletion of Your Website, your User Content, or your Subscriber Data. All provisions of the Agreement which by their nature should survive, shall survive termination of these Terms, including without limitation, Sections 2.2, 3, 5 and 6.
5.3 Inactive Accounts. Company reserves the right to delete Your Website, and associated data and content (including without limitation your User Content and Subscriber Data), and/or suspend or terminate your Account if your Account is on the Free Plan and such Account has been inactive for an extended period, as determined by Company in its sole discretion. Company will make reasonable efforts to notify you before taking such action. Accounts with an active domain registered through the Domain Registration Features will not be suspended or terminated solely due to infrequent login activity without additional notice and a reasonable (as determined by Company) opportunity to respond.