Client’s Rights & Royalties:
At American Real Publishing, your work remains entirely your own. We do not claim or retain any rights to your book; you retain full ownership of your intellectual property. Additionally, you keep 100% of all royalties earned after printing and distribution fees charged by Amazon and IngramSpark.
We facilitate the professional preparation of your book, including editing and production, and deliver it directly to Amazon and IngramSpark for printing, shipping, and distribution. These partners handle all related logistics, ensuring your book reaches readers seamlessly while you enjoy the full financial benefit of your creative efforts.
Manuscript Submission:
The manuscript is to be submitted via email as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx file type). One standardized formatting treatment is included at no additional charge for all Word document submissions.
Editing Process:
American Real Publishing upholds strict guidelines to ensure the integrity and quality of the editing process. To maintain proper formatting and avoid technical issues, authors are required to review our editorial work using a laptop or desktop computer equipped with Microsoft Word. Other devices or software may cause formatting errors, compromising the editorial workflow.
Our editing team provides professional advice and suggestions, adhering to industry-standard editing practices to enhance your manuscript. However, the final creative decisions rest entirely with you, the author. You maintain full control over what content is included in your book, ensuring your vision remains intact.
Editors and publishers will diligently identify and flag any potentially questionable material in your manuscript. However, American Real Publishing is not liable for any claims, disputes, or legal fees arising from alleged libel, plagiarism, or copyright infringement in your work; responsibility for the content remains solely with the author.
All editorial feedback, including suggestions, rewrites, and notes, will be provided using Microsoft Word’s Track Changes feature. This ensures full transparency and allows you to retain complete control over the editing process by accepting or rejecting changes at your discretion. Training and support for using Track Changes will be available to you throughout the editing process.
Cover and Interior Book Design:
The book design process at American Real Publishing is highly collaborative, allowing you to provide as much or as little input as you prefer. We offer unlimited revisions within reason to ensure your satisfaction. However, excessive changes or significant shifts in direction that require substantial additional work may incur extra fees, which we will clearly communicate and help you avoid.
Our design services deliver professional, ready-to-publish files that are fully compliant with and guaranteed for acceptance by both KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) and IngramSpark.
Publication:
American Real Publishing partners with Amazon KDP and IngramSpark to facilitate the printing, distribution, and delivery of your book. While we ensure all files meet their technical requirements and work closely with these platforms to streamline the process, certain issues may arise that are beyond our control.
These issues can include, but are not limited to, delays in author copy deliveries, shipping, or publication, as well as rejected publications due to unforeseen content-specific concerns. While we will make every effort to assist in resolving such matters, responsibility for these delays or disruptions rests with the respective partners. To prevent such issues, please review and adhere to the content policies of Amazon KDP and IngramSpark.
Be aware that delays or rejections stemming from non-compliance with these guidelines are beyond our control. We will assist in resolving any issues, but responsibility for adhering to content standards lies with you, the author.
Marketing:
Publisher will provide marketing and promotional services designed to enhance the visibility of Client’s work to the intended target audience. These services are offered on a fee-for-service basis and include, but are not limited to, promotional campaigns, social media/visual media advertising, and audience targeting strategies.
Publisher will make every effort to implement high-quality initiatives tailored to the Client’s goals. However, Client acknowledges that results such as audience engagement, visibility, or sales outcomes depend on numerous factors beyond Publisher’s control. As such, Publisher does not guarantee specific results or book sales as part of these services.
AI Disclosure Required by Distributors/Retailers:
Client must disclose if AI-generated content (text, images, or translations) were used in any of the materials provided for publication. AI-generated images include cover and interior images and artwork. You are not required to disclose AI-assisted content.
AI-generated: text, images, or translations created by an AI-based tool, even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.
AI-assisted: if you created the content yourself and used AI-based tools to edit, refine, error-check, or otherwise improve that content (whether text or images), or if you used an AI-based tool to brainstorm and generate ideas but ultimately created the text or images yourself, it is not necessary to inform us of the use of such tools or processes.
Client is responsible for verifying that all AI-generated and/or AI-assisted content adheres to all content guidelines, including by complying with all applicable intellectual property rights.
Communication:
All communication between American Real Publishing and the author will take place through our preferred platforms, including Zoom, email, and/or telephone, tailored to your specific needs within reasonable limits.
To ensure your project stays on schedule, timely responses to our communications are essential. Delays in your responses may result in project delivery delays at our discretion.
The editing process is a collaborative effort designed to empower you as a writer to make informed decisions, not to engage in debate. You retain full authority to accept or reject any editorial advice or suggestions as you see fit. However, we reserve the right to withhold branding from any manuscript or designed book that does not meet the standards of our professional workmanship.
All interactions between you and our team must remain professional, respectful, and focused on fostering a productive and collaborative environment.
Intellectual Property:
All campaigns, trademarks, service marks, slogans, artwork, written materials, drawings, photographs, graphic materials, film, music, transcriptions, or other materials subject to copyright, trademark, patent, or similar protection created by American Real Publishing become your property upon full payment of all agreed fees and costs associated with their creation and, where applicable, production.
Until full payment is received, the work remains the exclusive property of American Real Publishing. Ownership transfers to you only once all financial obligations under these Terms and Conditions are satisfied.
Indemnities:
Client agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless with respect to any claims or actions by third parties against Client or Publisher based upon material prepared by Publisher, involving any claim for libel, slander, piracy, plagiarism, invasion of privacy, or infringement of copyright, except where any such claim or action arises out of material supplied/produced by Publisher.
Client agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless with respect to any claims or actions by third parties against Publisher based upon materials furnished by Client or where material created by Publisher is substantially changed by Client. Information or data obtained by Publisher from Client to substantiate claims made in advertising shall be deemed to be “materials furnished by Client.” Client further agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless with respect to any death or personal injury claims or actions arising from the use of Client’s products or services. Publisher reserves the right to determine the publishing imprint used on Client’s book.
Publisher reserves the right to request a rewrite of Client’s manuscript if the manuscript falls outside Publisher’s standards of complete work. The rewrite will be agreed to in advance by both parties and can be performed by Client or Publisher at the Client’s expense.
Publisher reserves the right to choose the publishing imprint associated with Client’s book and to withhold branding if deemed necessary.
Governing Law:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, County of Broome without regard to principles of conflict or choice of laws, and Client consents to venue and jurisdiction in and by the state and federal courts in the jurisdiction of the Publisher.
Payment Plan:
If a payment plan is chosen, Client acknowledges that the Publisher is extending payment terms in good faith. Client agrees to make the payment installments as agreed until the balance is paid in full. Should the Client default on the agreed upon payment plan dates, the project timeline will adjust accordingly at the discretion of the Publisher.
Term:
This Agreement shall commence on the date both Publisher and Client execute the Agreement and will remain in effect until all contracted services are completed.
Refund and Cancellation Policy:
All payments made to Publisher for services are non-refundable. By engaging Publisher, Client acknowledges that services involve substantial time, resources, and creative efforts, which are not recoverable once initiated.
In the event of a cancellation request by Client, Publisher will work collaboratively to reallocate any remaining balance of services toward alternative or adjusted deliverables, ensuring Client receives the full value of their investment.
Publisher reserves the right to terminate services in cases of breach of this Agreement by Client. In such cases, no refund will be issued, and Publisher may, at its sole discretion, determine if any remaining services can be repurposed to meet Client’s goals.
Compensation and Payment Plan Terms:
By engaging Publisher’s services, Client agrees to pay all fees associated with the selected services as outlined at the time of purchase or as agreed through correspondence with Publisher. Payment is required in full prior to the commencement of services, unless a payment plan has been offered and accepted by the Client.
If a payment plan is agreed upon, Client must adhere to the payment schedule provided by Publisher. Failure to make payments as scheduled may result in suspension or termination of services.
PLEASE NOTE: The merchant descriptor/name appearing on your credit card statement will be: AR Publishing.