Terms and Conditions

Ciconia Publishing

Ciconia Publishing is a publishing house for self-publishing authors and writers. We believe in providing high quality services to self-publishing authors and writers at an achievable cost. Please feel free to browse our website, but please note that your use of the website, or the services accessed from the website denotes your acceptance of the below Terms and Conditions.

Member’s Contract (by application)

Members of Ciconia Publishing will have to enter into a separate Contract before being accepted as a Member of Ciconia Publishing. Your Member’s Contract, separately forwarded, will outline Terms and Conditions related to being a member, and forms part of the below Terms and Conditions. Being a Member of Ciconia Publishing grants you the right to display Ciconia Publishing’s name and logo in approved published books only. In summary, as a Member, each of your books will have to be approved by Ciconia Publishing prior to publishing to ensure it is in line with our Contract.

Once a Member, please note that you retain all the rights to your written work, also ensuring you maintain the sole decision making capacity related to all areas of your published book. Additionally, Ciconia Publishing does not take any further royalties from your book sales.

Should you decide to make major changes to an already approved/published book, the revised book will have to be re-approved in line with our Contract if you wish to continue publishing under the Ciconia Publishing logo and brand.

Ciconia Publishing reserves the right to make judgments about whether or not a Member’s application is appropriate and approved. Ciconia Publishing must ensure that the proposed book content is in line with the Terms and Conditions set out in the Member’s Contract. As a guideline, content featuring the following would be deemed unsuitable under the brand of Ciconia Publishing:

Content featuring pornography, X-rated text, photographs and movies, hard-core material that depicts graphic sexual acts, and porn of any sort.

Offensive material like upsetting images, discriminating material, cruelty to animals or children, or other disturbing content.

It is illegal and against copyright regulations to use Ciconia Publishing's name and logo without Contract.

Should you wish to become a Member of Ciconia Publishing, please complete our contact form.

The following Terms and Conditions have been developed to ensure you understand our rights as well as your rights when using this website or when purchasing one of the Services supplied by Ciconia Publishing.

Purchase Agreement for Services

Under the Terms of the Purchase Agreement you receive certain rights due to you from the seller and you, in turn, give the seller certain rights that affect you. This Purchase Agreement also contains provisions that delineate and restrict your rights about warranty and that limit the liability of the seller. You are deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions when payment has been made for the Services and these Terms and Conditions are the entire agreement between us.

Your pledge of an understanding of this Purchase Agreement and acceptance of the rights, duties, and limitations embodied in it, is a material part of the legal consideration that the seller requires from you as a condition of sale.

Application

This Purchase Agreement applies to the provision of the Services described in promotional or sales materials on this website and/or in an email referencing this website (“Services”), and said website and/or email and its contents are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and constitute a complete description of the product or service that is the subject matter of this Purchase Agreement by Ciconia Publishing (we, us or “Seller”) to the person buying the services (you or “Buyer”).

You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by us or on our behalf. These conditions apply to the Purchase Agreement to the exclusion of any other terms that you try to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.

Interpretation

The headings in this Purchase Agreement are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation. Words imparting the singular number shall include the plural and vice-versa.

Your Obligations

You must provide us with any relevant permissions, consents, or otherwise that we need and must give us access to any and all relevant information and any other matters which we need to provide the Services.

If you do not comply with our terms, we can terminate the Services.

We are not liable for any delay or failure to provide the Services if this is caused by your failure to comply with the provisions of this section (Your Obligations).

Payment

The fees for the Services are set out in the promotional material or as sent to you via email.

The Buyer must pay the full consideration for this product that the Seller requires as the total price of the Product or Service.

Buyer warrants that he or she is over 18 years of age, not subject to the Child Online Privacy Act, of legal age to enter into contractual agreements in the jurisdiction in which he or she is present when he or she makes this purchase, and is the true and authorised owner of the credit card used to make this purchase.

Buyers living in locations that require custom duties and/or VAT taxes to be collected understand that custom duties are collected at the point of sale by the Seller.

Intellectual Property

We reserve all copyright and any other intellectual property rights which may subsist in any goods supplied in connection with the provision of the Services. We reserve the right to take any appropriate action to restrain or prevent the infringement of such intellectual property rights.

Ciconia Publishing is the owner of all intellectual property rights, including all copyright, patents, and trademarks, associated with the Site, with all rights reserved, exclusive of Content provided by third parties, which is owned by the licensors of such Content. Ciconia Publishing owns the design, format and layout of the Site. The Ciconia Publishing logo and the names of all Ciconia Publishing products and/or services as posted on the Site are trademarks and/or service marks of Ciconia Publishing. All rights reserved.

All trademarks and service marks on the Site not owned by us are the property of their respective owners. The trade names, trademarks and service marks owned by us, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of our trade names, trademarks or service marks without our express prior written consent.

You have no right to post, make available to others, or otherwise distribute in any format any electronic materials downloaded from the Site or any other derivative works of such material.

Liability and Indemnity

Our liability under the Terms and Conditions, and in breach of statutory duty, and in tort or misrepresentation or otherwise, shall be limited as set out in this clause.

The Seller’s total liability, even from harm caused to the Buyer or to others from use of the Services, shall be limited to the purchase price paid for the Services.

Buyer agrees and understands that, Seller, speciﬁcally but not exclusively, disclaims liability for all damage to Buyer’s person by using the Services, including harm to Buyer’s computer hardware or software from worms, viruses, other defects online or computer codes that cause harm.

Buyer warrants an understanding, as required consideration, that the Seller of the Services disclaims all liability for the Services, including damages resulting from use or reliance upon the Services for any reason.

Buyer understands that Seller disclaims liability for any information contained in sales or promotional materials or the Services itself that is unintentionally misleading or incorrect that might cause damage to Buyer.

Buyer understands that some jurisdictions do not allow limitation of liability.

We warrant that we will use reasonable care and skill in our performance of the Services which will comply with published promotional material, including any specification in all material aspects. We can make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, and we will notify you if this is necessary.

Services are sold ‘as is’ without warranty or guarantee of any kind, either expressed or implied, including no warranty as to merchantability or ﬁtness for a particular purpose. The Seller warrants and guarantees absolutely nothing. There is no ‘warranty period’.

Amendments and Right to Stop Selling or Servicing Product or Membership

Buyer agrees that Seller has the right to discontinue the Services or membership at any time, subject to the Seller providing a 60 days’ notice of this intent.

If, due to circumstances beyond our control, including those set out in the clause below (Circumstances Beyond a Party’s Control), we have to make any change in the Services or how they are provided, we will notify you immediately. We will use reasonable endeavours to keep any such changes to a minimum.

Circumstances Beyond a Party’s Control

Neither of us is liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that party. Such causes include, but are not limited to: power failure, Internet Service Provider failure, industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action or any other event that is beyond the control of the party in question. If the delay continues for a period of 90 days, either of us may terminate or cancel the Services to be carried out under these Terms and Conditions.

By accepting this Purchase Agreement, the Buyer agrees to receive continuing follow-up contact from the Seller including email, newsletters, Service updates, Service recall notices, Service cancellations, Service improvements, telephone calls from the Seller related to the instant Services or any other product or service provided by the Seller.

All notices under this Purchase Agreement must be addressed to the most recent email address notified to the other party.

If one or more of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that/those provisions will be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms and Conditions (which will remain valid and enforceable).

This Purchase Agreement cannot be modiﬁed in any manner between the Seller and this Buyer unless modiﬁcations are made in writing signed by both parties. However, the Seller may modify this Purchase Agreement at any time for other Buyers without notice to the instant Buyer.

Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and interpreted according to English law. All disputes arising under these Terms and Conditions are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

The Privacy Policy

You may browse the Ciconia Publishing website anonymously without providing any personal information. However, if you wish to obtain one of Ciconia Publishing's offers (including becoming a member) you will be requested to supply your name and email address. Furthermore, there are certain situations where you will be asked for additional personal data i.e. related to purchasing one of Ciconia Publishing's services, or becoming a member. In circumstances where you have to submit additional personal information, please refer to further stipulations in the Privacy Policy section.

This Privacy Policy sets out how Ciconia Publishing uses and protects any information that you give in person or when using this website. Ciconia Publishing is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should you be required to provide information by which you can be identiﬁed, you can remain assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Ciconia Publishing may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. It is your responsibility to check this page for updates to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What is collected?

Required information varies from person to person. Depending on your enquiry or purchase, Ciconia Publishing may collect information like name, email address, home address, phone numbers, nature of enquiry, and other personal information related to your specific enquiry.

What happens with the collected information?

Ciconia Publishing requires this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping
Sending out newsletters by email to keep you informed of updates, offers and other information relevant to your field of interest
Information may be used to improve products and services provided by Ciconia Publishing
On rare occasions, Ciconia Publishing may contact you for market research purposes, typically done by email.

Security of personal information

Ciconia Publishing is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure Ciconia Publishing has put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected online or in person. This is done in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988, which states that personal confidential data must be kept secure and records should be kept up to date. The Act also stipulates that files should be accessible (though stored securely) in case a client, or anyone else with a legal right like the police wish to access it.

In accordance with rules and regulations, all reasonable effort is made to safeguard the confidentiality of your information provided online or in person, however, Ciconia Publishing will have no liability for disclosure of any information obtained due to errors in transmission or the unauthorised acts of third parties.

If you believe that any information Ciconia Publishing is holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email Ciconia Publishing, click Contact tab for contact information. Ciconia Publishing will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Links to other websites

The Ciconia Publishing website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave the Ciconia Publishing website, please note that Ciconia Publishing cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting such sites as they are not governed by this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Sharing of personal information

Ciconia Publishing will not sell, distribute, lease or share your personal information to third parties. Ciconia Publishing will disclose personal data under the following circumstances:

In response to subpoenas, court order, other legal process, to establish or exercise Ciconia Publishing’s legal rights or defend against a legal claim, or as otherwise required by law.

As necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding violations of the Terms and Conditions, suspected illegal activity or threats to the physical safety of another person.

Your access to personal information

You may request details of personal information which Ciconia Publishing holds about you under the General Data Protection Act. Legally, you will have to provide a Right of Access Request. This means that your request needs to be made in writing and Ciconia Publishing will formally acknowledge receipt of your written request. From the date of your formal request, Ciconia Publishing has a maximum of one month to deliver the information.

Revisions to these Terms and Conditions without notice

The Terms and Conditions may continually change without notice. You may not assume that it remains the same and you agree to check this document each time you visit the site. Unless, in the sole opinion of the website, these Terms and Conditions change so drastically as to suggest a posted notiﬁcation on the site or via email, you will receive no notiﬁcation of changes to these Terms and Conditions nor, under any circumstances, does this site promise notiﬁcation. Your continued use of this site confirms your acceptance of the terms stipulated in these Terms and Conditions.

Questions or comments

Please direct your questions by emailing Ciconia Publishing.