Terms and Conditions

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

About Us

Adlibrio is a private UK company, company number 16057323, and registered at Oathall House 68-70 Oathall Road, Haywards Heath, England, RH16 3EN.

These terms outline our website terms of use and our more general terms and conditions (including refund policy). For any customer-related enquiries, it may be easier to contact our administration team via admin@adlibrio.com.

Acceptance of these terms

Please read these terms and conditions carefully: if you do not agree to the following terms and conditions for use of this website, please leave this website immediately.

The use of these World Wide Web pages of Adlibrio (referred to as “we” / “our” / “us”) is subject to the terms and conditions set out below.

As a user of this website (referred to as “you” / “your”), your use will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

CHANGES

These Website Terms of Use contain the entire understanding between you and us in relation to your use of our website and its content. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to modify, alter or otherwise update these terms and conditions and/or our web pages at any time without notifying you and you agree to be bound by any such modifications. You should check this website from time to time to review the then current version of these Website Terms of Use.

PRIVACY

For information about how we process your personal data, please read our privacy statement.

PERMITTED USE OF THIS WEBSITE

The copyright in material on these web pages and the database right in this website is either owned by or licensed to us and is protected by the laws of the United Kingdom, international treaties and all other applicable intellectual property laws.

You are permitted to retrieve and display content from this website on the device from which you initially accessed or downloaded it and you may print a single copy of individual pages, solely for your personal non-commercial use.

RESTRICTION OF USE OUR RIGHTS

Any unauthorised downloading, retransmission, or other copying or modification of any of the contents of any of these web pages may be in breach of statutory or common law rights which could be the subject of legal action.

REPUBLISHING

You may not republish any of the content of this website in any manner without our prior written consent.

EDITING

You may not:

  • Remove any news source identification, copyright notices, trademark notices, or other notices or proprietary restrictions from any of the material or information contained in these web pages.
  • Use any graphics from this website separately from accompanying text.
  • Modify documents or related graphics on this website (or reproductions in other media of such documents or related graphics) in any way.

E-MAIL

You agree not to send unsolicited e-mails for the purposes of advertising or market research to the e-mail addresses provided on this website.

TRADEMARKS & THIRD-PARTY TRADEMARKS

All other company and product names together with all other third-party devices, logos, icons, graphics or designs as may be referred to on the pages of this website from time to time, are the trademarks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trademark owners: we intend no infringement of such trademarks.

NO ENDORSEMENT

The appearance or absence of products, services, companies, organisations, or other such content on this website does not imply any endorsement by us.

LIABILITY WARNING

This section contains provisions which restrict the extent to which we are liable to you for any loss you may suffer in connection with your use of this website.

By using this website, you agree that you will be liable for any loss we (or people connected with us) suffer as a result of breach of these Website Terms of Use by you or by certain people connected with you.

Please read the following section carefully and if you do not agree to these conditions, please leave this website immediately.

CONTENT

The information, materials and functions contained in this website (including text, graphics, links or other items) are provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind and may be out of date or may otherwise contain errors or omissions. The information is for general purposes and guidance only and does not purport to constitute professional advice.

If you contact us to give us feedback or testimonial-type comment on a product or service that we have offered, you agree that we may use that comment (without identifying you beyond Firstname and Surname Initial, eg: “Sam B”) in our promotional material. If you do not wish us to do this, please say so when you make your comment.

HYPERLINKS

The provision by us of a link to another website does not constitute authorisation to access that location, nor evidence of our endorsement of those materials.

OUR LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all other liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or to a third party in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this website, any websites linked to this website or the material on such websites.

For the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion of liability extends to (but is not limited to) loss or damage due to:

  • Errors or omissions from information, materials or functions in or of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
  • Business interruption resulting from the use or inaccessibility of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
  • Collaboration with any third-party as a result of using our website (we will not in any way be construed as a party to such collaboration, nor shall we be liable in any way for the dealings you may have with that third-party).
  • Viruses, worms, trojans or other hostile computer programs that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your downloading of any material from this website (or any websites linked to this website).
  • Computer failure resulting for any reason from the use of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
  • Breach of any conditions implied by law (including without limitation any conditions of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for these Website Terms of Use might have effect in relation to this website.

YOUR LIABILITY

You agree that you shall be liable for any foreseeable and reasonable costs incurred by us in respect of any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims (including reasonable legal fees incurred in defending any action or otherwise) sustained or incurred by us, our agents, suppliers, customers, officers, or employees, and arising as a direct result of breach by you of these Website Terms of Use.

GENERAL HEADINGS

The headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of these Website Terms of Use.

INTERPRETATION

In these Website Terms of Use, unless the context otherwise requires:

  • The singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
  • References to persons shall include bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships.
  • Words importing the whole shall be treated as including a reference to any part thereof.

WAIVER

Any waiver by either you or us of a breach of any provision of these Website Terms of Use shall not be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision of these Website Terms of Use.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

You and we are, with respect to one another, independent parties. Nothing in these Website Terms of Use is intended to nor shall create any partnership, joint venture or agency.

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS / OBLIGATIONS

We shall be entitled to transfer, sub-licence and/or assign any of our rights and/or obligations under these Website Terms of Use. This will not affect your rights under these Website Terms of Use.

You may not transfer, sub-licence or assign any of your rights or obligations under these Website Terms of Use without our written consent.

SEVERABILITY

Every provision of these Website Terms of Use shall be construed separately, applying and surviving even if for any reason any of these provisions is held inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.

LAW & JURISDICTION

These Website Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with United Kingdom law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United Kingdom courts. You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from which you access our website.

CONTACT

If you have any queries about these Website Terms of Use, or any other aspect of our website, or you have any comments or complaints, you can contact us using this form on our Contact Us page

REFUNDS & PRODUCT-SPECIFIC TERMS

Without prejudice to your statutory rights, refunds are issued in accordance with the following policy (and, in the case of doubt or ambiguity, according to our judgement and sole discretion):

EDITORIAL APPRAISALS

Editorial appraisals can typically not be refunded at any point, because we will start work as soon as payment has been made. Should a refund be agreed, we reserve the right to retain a £50 admin fee. Clients need to be aware that editorial advice is just that – advice – and you may well disagree with some or all of the advice given. Our primary commitment here is that any editorial advice given is given in good faith by a suitably experienced and committed editor. Naturally, we can make no guarantee that the editorial suggestions offered will improve the manuscript and we certainly cannot promise that, if you follow our suggestions, your book will necessarily be of publishable quality. Other things to consider: 

  • We reserve the right to return your work and payment to you should we fail to find a suitable editor. In these exceptional circumstances, a full refund will be issued.
  • We aim to provide an assessment within 4-6 weeks but cannot guarantee this
  • Your work will always be treated in the strictest confidence.
  • The copyright of your work is automatically yours and remains yours at all times.
  • Recommendations to agents will only be made after an assessment if both the editor and the writers support team deem your work to be potentially marketable.
  • In the event that we wish to forward your work to agent or publishers on your behalf, we will never do so without seeking your permission first.
  • Whilst we realise that receiving feedback is a sensitive process, we expect authors to behave in a professional manner and reserve the right to stop corresponding with you should your manner be offensive to our staff.
  • Whilst we accept that writing deals with subject matter of all kinds, our editors reserve the right not to work on projects that they deem it to be excessively and unacceptably offensive.
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The term “editorial appraisal” includes manuscript assessment, developmental editing, opening section assessments, agent submission pack reviews, or any other service with editorial feedback at its heart.

COPYEDITING

Copyediting assignments (including line-editing and proof-reading) are also non-refundable, as we start work immediately. While we do promise to use experienced copyeditors who will work diligently and in good faith on your manuscript, please note that one single round of copyediting is not likely to remove all errors from a manuscript. Books produced by large publishers will typically be professionally copyedited, and proofread, and checked through at least once and probably twice by both editor and author. Even so errors creep through. So while our copyediting is excellent, clients need to have a realistic view of what will be accomplished. Final responsibility for the manuscript, including outright errors as well as faults of style etc, remain always with the author. It is your duty to notify us of any specific instructions you would like the editor to follow.

ZAMYATIN SCIENCE FICTION AWARD – COMPETITION 2024

These Terms and Conditions apply to the Zamyatin Science Fiction Award.

Introduction

By participating in the competition you are agreeing to these competition terms and conditions. The competition is being run by Adlibrio.

  • Eligibility to Enter
  • Entry is open to all writers who have purchased an entry. 
  • We encourage everyone to enter the First 500 Competition, no matter your background or where you are in the world. However, if you have already have an agent or are traditionally published at the time of entry, we ask that you leave this opportunity for those who could most benefit from it. 
  • The deadline for entry is 10:00 GMT on Monday 2 December, 2024. Late entries will not be considered.
  • You may only enter the competition once, so choose the project you feel has the strongest first 1,500 words.
  • We will only consider entries submitted to us at the dedicated email address zamyatin@adlibrio.com. Entries submitted through other channels will not be considered.
  • The 4 finalists will be contacted on 24 February, 2024.
  • The winner must claim their prize(s) within one year.

All entries must:

  • Be your own unpublished work. 
  • Contain no more than 1,500 words. 
  • Not contain your name within the uploaded 1,500 words file as judging is done blindly.

The Prize

The overall winner, chosen by our judges will receive an award of £500 and their work will be published on the Adlibrio website.

Delivery of the Prize

The winner will allow 14 days for the prize to be delivered.

Data Protection and Publicity

You agree that any personal information that you provide when entering the competition will be used by Adlibrio for the purposes of administering the competition and for the other purposes as specified in our Privacy Policy.

All entrants may request information on the winning participant by emailing zamyatin@adlibrio.com.

The winner’s full name and title of entry of will be announced on Adlibrio’ website, to their email database and via social media channels, along with the winner’s image.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright of all entries remains with the competition entrant.

Limitation of Liability

Adlibrio accepts no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any entrants as a result of participating in the competition or being selected for a prize.

General

Adlibrio reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to cancel the competition or amend these terms and conditions.

Refunds

Entry fees are non-refundable except in the event that the competition is cancelled, in which case all entry fees will automatically be refunded to the method of purchase.