Terms of Service

Welcome to Self Publishing Services. By accessing our website (selfpublishingservices.org) or purchasing any of our publishing, formatting, design, or distribution services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. Please read them carefully.

1. Nature of Services

Self Publishing Services acts as a service provider for independent authors. We are not a traditional publishing house. We provide professional editorial, design, and technical formatting services to prepare your manuscript for self-publishing platforms. We do not act as your publisher of record unless specifically agreed upon in writing.

2. Intellectual Property & Rights

You are the author. You retain all rights. By submitting your manuscript, cover ideas, or project details to us, you are granting us a limited, temporary license solely to perform the requested services (e.g., formatting, editing, designing). We make no claim on your copyrights, intellectual property, or film/subsidiary rights.

3. Zero Percent Royalty Policy

As a service provider, we operate on a flat-fee or milestone-payment model for our labor. We will never take a percentage of your book sales or royalties. Any income generated from the sale of your book on platforms like Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or Apple Books belongs 100% to you.

4. Author Warranties & Representations

By engaging our services, you warrant and represent that:

• You are the sole legal owner of the copyrights to the manuscript, or you have express legal permission to publish it.
• Your work does not contain plagiarized material, infringe on third-party intellectual property rights, or violate any obscenity or defamation laws.
• Your work complies with the content guidelines of major retail platforms (e.g., Amazon KDP).

Self Publishing Services reserves the right to refuse service or terminate a project immediately, without a refund, if we discover the submitted material violates these warranties.

5. Revisions and Approval

Our service packages include specific rounds of revisions (as outlined in your selected package). Once you have given final written approval for a cover design, formatted interior, or edited manuscript, any further changes requested may be subject to additional billing at our standard hourly rate.

6. Platform Rules and Limitation of Liability

While we guarantee that our technical files (EPUB, PDF) will pass the initial uploading validations of platforms like Amazon KDP and IngramSpark, we are not responsible for the business decisions made by those third-party platforms.

We shall not be held liable if a retail platform removes your book, flags your account, changes its algorithm, or alters its content guidelines after publication. The ultimate responsibility for maintaining an active seller account rests with the author.

7. Payment and Refunds

Due to the custom labor involved in reading, editing, designing, and formatting a book, all payments are final once the actual service work has commenced. For high-tier packages (Platinum and Diamond), we offer milestone payment schedules. If a project is canceled by the author before completion, we reserve the right to retain funds equal to the amount of labor already expended.

8. Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with standard international commercial law. Any disputes arising from these terms will be handled through arbitration or the appropriate legal jurisdiction related to our operational headquarters.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us prior to purchasing a package:

Email: hello@selfpublishingservices.org
Website: selfpublishingservices.org