Welcome to the NowNovel website, www.nownovel.com . If you continue to browse our website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use ("Terms") which govern our relationship with you.
Where the term "we" or "NowNovel" is used in these Terms, it means Reedsy Limited, a company registered in England whose registered office is 483 Green Lanes, London, England N13 4BS and company registration number is 08841985 ("us" and "our" will be construed accordingly). Reedsy Limited is the owner and operator of the NowNovel website and its associated services, applications and tools (collectively referred to in these Terms as the "Platform").
The term "you" or the "user" refers to any user of our Platform, including subscribers to our app.
This Platform uses cookies. By using this Platform and agreeing to these Terms, you consent to the use of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which you can find here https://nownovel.com/privacy.
If you disagree with any part of these Terms, please do not use our Platform.
Use of the Platform
Unless otherwise stated, NowNovel owns the intellectual property rights in the Platform and all content and material on the Platform. Subject to the license below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
You may view Platform pages, download Platform pages and print Platform pages, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms.
You must not use our Platform in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Platform or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Platform; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use this Platform to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of malicious computer software.
Restricted areas and password protection
Access to certain areas of our Platform may be restricted.
If we provide you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of the Platform or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept safe and strictly confidential. Users are not permitted to give their account details to any third party or to permit any third party to access the Platform through use of their account details. You will remain responsible for all activities that occur through your account.
We may disable your user ID and password at our sole discretion without prior notice, if we believe you are making improper use of the Platform.
Use of the Services offered by NowNovel
NowNovel offers information, advice and guidance for writers (the "Services").
NowNovel grants the user a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to use the Services, in accordance with the provisions set out in these Terms. All other rights, title and interest in and to, the Services are expressly reserved by NowNovel. You are not permitted to re-sell or re-license the Services to any third party.
You are responsible for the security of the equipment, network and environment in which you make use of the Services. You should only use the Services through a secure network.
Copyright and licence
This Platform contains material which is owned by or licensed by NowNovel. This material includes, but is not limited to, the information, content, design, layout, look, appearance and graphics shown on the Platform. You are not permitted to copy any aspect of our Platform.
You are granted a licence to use the material contained in this Platform for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions described in these Terms.
Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, no user of the Platform is permitted to:
- republish material from this Platform (including republication on another website);
- sell, rent, license, sublicense, lease, distribute, copy, duplicate, publish or reproduce material from the Platform and any material or any part thereof for use by any third party;
- use any material in any way that is unlawful or in breach of any person's legal rights under any applicable law, or in any way that is offensive, indecent, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable.
If you breach these Terms in any way then the licence granted to you will be automatically terminated upon such breach and we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including terminating or prohibiting your access to the Platform and/or bringing legal proceedings against you.
You must retain, and must not delete or remove any copyright notices and other proprietary notices placed by us on any material.
User Content
Your use of the Platform may permit you to submit text, images, videos or other content by you ("User Content").
You shall be solely responsible for your own User Content and the consequences of using such content on our Platform.
You represent and warrant that:
- you own or have the necessary rights and permissions to use and authorize us to use all copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights in and to any User Content to use of such content on the Platform and in accordance with these Terms; and
- whilst you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Content, by submitting your User Content, you hereby grant us, in addition to any other rights which we may have, a worldwide, non-exclusive and transferable license to make use of your User Content for the purposes of providing our Services to you.
Any breach of the above warranties will result in the user’s account being immediately terminated and may result in the user becoming liable to legal action.
No warranties
This Platform is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied. We make no representations or warranties in relation to this Platform or the information and material provided on this Platform.
We do not warrant or guarantee the confidentiality of any communications made through the Platform, that the Platform is compatible with your computer system or that the Platform, or any links therein, will be free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or disabling devices or other destructive or contaminating code.
You accept all of these risks and are responsible for implementing safeguards to protect the security and integrity of your computer system. You are responsible any costs incurred by you as a result of your use of the Platform.
We do not warrant that your use of the Services will yield any specific results. We do not warrant that this Platform will be constantly available, or available at all, or that any information you find on this Platform is accurate and up-to-date. You acknowledge that information and material found or offered on this Platform may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to this Platform and the use of this Platform (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).
Limitations of liability
Our liability to you in relation to the use of our Platform or under or in connection with these Terms, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will be limited as follows: NowNovel and its employees, agents and contractors will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of any nature whether arising directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on information obtained from this Platform. NowNovel and its employees, agents and contractors will not be liable for any consequential, indirect or special loss or damage and will not be liable for any loss of profit, income, revenue, anticipated savings, contracts, business, goodwill, reputation, data, or information.
Nothing in these Terms will limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, limit or exclude our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or limit any of our liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law. In view of the fact that the Platform and the Services are provided to you free of charge, our maximum financial liability shall in no circumstance exceed a maximum of £10.
By using this Platform, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in these Terms are reasonable. If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this Platform.
Indemnity
If you breach these Terms you will be held fully responsible for any loss suffered by us as result of such breach and will be held accountable for all losses caused or profits gained by you from breaching these Terms.
You agree to indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) incurred or suffered by us arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these Terms.
Other websites
This Platform may contain links to other websites that are not under the control of and are not maintained by us. We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites. We provide these links for your convenience only but do not endorse the material on those sites.
Waiver
The failure by us to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the Terms shall not be a waiver of them or the right at any time subsequently to enforce all Terms.
Severance
If any provision of these Terms shall be found by any court to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms which shall remain in full force and effect.
If any provision of these Terms is so found to be invalid or unenforceable but would be valid or enforceable if some part of the provision were deleted, the provision in question shall apply with such modification(s) as may be necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
Variation
We may revise these Terms from time-to-time. Revised Terms will apply to the use of our Platform from the date of the publication of the revised Terms on our Platform. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.
Jurisdiction and governing law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Any dispute, claim or matter arising out of, or relating to, these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
