AGREEMENT OUTLINE:

    1. CosmodioBooks is a digital book sales site established in Texas, United States, that sells audiobooks. It is not a publishing house or a distribution company.
    2. The sales agreement begins with uploading the audiobook to www.CosmodioBooks.com for sale and ends with the cessation of sale upon the author’s or CosmodioBooks’s written request.
    3. From now on, the author has granted CosmodioBooks the right to reproduce, disseminate, and sell customers the audiobook he has written, compiled, or translated as a digital book. The author has also authorized CosmodioBooks to make short excerpts from the digital book for promotional purposes and to promote the digital book on its own website or contracted websites as it deems appropriate.
    4. In CosmodioBooks, a certain chapter of each digital book can be opened for a free partial preview so that visitors can review it before purchasing. In accordance with the terms of CosmodioBooks, you have approved the first 10 pages of your digital book to be opened for preview.
    5. After the cancellation of the agreement, all electronic files related to the digital book belonging to the author will be deleted and will not be used by CosmodioBooks.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES:

    1. The digital book will be available for sale in CosmodioBooks in either audiobook format (MP3) or eBook format (PDF).
    2. The author determines the sales price above the minimum price determined and communicated by CosmodioBooks. CosmodioBooks may inform the author about the minimum price of the  book. The author determines the desired sales price, provided that it is above the specified minimum price.
    3. The sales commission of CosmodioBooks on digital books is 25% of each sale of digital books.
    4. The sales commission of CosmodioBooks on printed books is 20% of each sale. For Print-on-Demand books, the 20% commission is deducted first from the sales price. After the commission deduction, the printing cost is subtracted. The remaining balance (sales price – 20% commission – printing cost) constitutes the royalty and is credited to the Author’s account.

    5. The author can track sales reports from his account.
    6. Payments are not made automatically; the author must request payment if the gross sales are equal to or more than 50 USD.
    7. Payments are made via PayPal or bank transfer (as provided in the Author Account) within five (5) business days after the withdrawal request.
    8. The parties accept and undertake that copyrights and the publishing rights of the digital book belong to the author.
    9. The parties accept and undertake in advance that they will not infringe on the intellectual rights and copyrights of others while performing the service subject to this agreement. In the event that such a situation occurs, the violating party is obliged to cover all damages and losses of the other party.
    10. The author warrants the following to CosmodioBooks:
      1. The author is the digital book’s real author and/or legal rights holder.
      2. The author is the legal owner of all graphics and all kinds of images in the digital book and/or uses them with the written permission of the right holders. The author is obliged to transfer these written permissions to CosmodioBooks upon request.
      3. The digital book is by no means in the public domain and is an original work. If the content does not belong to the author, it is a translation or compilation whose copyright has expired. The author did the translation or compilation work.
      4. The digital book complies with all international and national copyright laws and will not put any legal or natural person under suspicion.
      5. The digital book does not offend any religion, sect, or atheist.
      6. The digital book does not contain content that will encourage child abuse, all kinds of discrimination, hate, and terrorist crimes that violate basic human rights.
      7. The digital book does not contain any commercial institution advertisements.
      8. The publication of the digital book will in no way expose CosmodioBooks to legal problems.

INDEMNIFICATION AND TERMINATION:

      1. The parties shall fully comply with the terms and conditions contained in this agreement. Otherwise, the violating party accepts and undertakes that the other party may terminate this agreement without the need for any other legal ceremony and may demand compensation for its damages.
      2. In the event that it is understood that the copyrights of the digital book belong to a third party after it is published, and if any compensation is requested from CosmodioBooks by the court for this reason, this compensation fee is requested from the author.
      3. If any legal obligation to hire a lawyer arises from the digital book and compensation to a third party is requested if deemed necessary by the court, this expense belongs to the author, who is the legal rights holder of the digital book. CosmodioBooks is legally obliged to submit all required documents to the court.
      4. CosmodioBooks reserves the right to evaluate the applications within the scope of the relevant legislation and to remove the publications that are found to have criminal elements.

VALIDITY:

In the event that one or more provisions of this Agreement are or subsequently become invalid, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of such a situation, the parties have agreed and undertaken to agree on a new provision that will achieve the economic results they intended with the invalid provision. In the event that an agreement cannot be reached and there is a gap in the Agreement, the vacancy in question shall be filled by the competent Court upon the request of one of the parties.

 

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