Satya Cover Design is a company that offers printed, electronic, custom book cover design, book formatting, ebook formatting, book editing and author website design services.
These Terms & Conditions form an agreement between you (the Client) and Satya Cover Design (the Company). The Company reserves the right to modify, alter, or add services at any time and without prior notice.
1. The Company uses only licensed and royalty-free images and fonts in the projects. Additional fees may be applied in case if the client wants the photo from stock photo sources others than the Company uses.
2. The Client agrees to abide by the terms of any license agreement for any images purchased by the Company through a third-party image provider for the book cover design. The cost of cover design includes the license and is limited to a print run of 500,000 units. For books with a print run over 500,000, additional licensing fees may be applied.
3. In case of providing materials for the project, the Client is solely responsible for the validity of copyrights, trademarks and ownership.
4. If the Client supplies the Company with materials subject to intellectual property rights by a third-party, the Client will secure the appropriate rights to use the materials before directing the designer to incorporate them into the project. Should any intellectual property dispute arise involving materials the client provides, the client assumes full legal and financial responsibility.
5. The Client agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the Company and its employees from copyright and permission infringement actions caused by the materials the client provides.
6. Upon receipt of full payment, the Company grants the Client all copyrights to the products included in the package.
7. The Company retains the right to use the Client’s final book cover design, name, and book title in the portfolio and with a marketing purpose.
8. The Company requires cover design credit to appear in the Client’s book either on the back cover or on the copyright page. For example: “Cover designed by Satya Cover Design.”
9. The Client is fully responsible for proofing the book provided by the Company. It is strongly suggested that the Client requests a proof from the printer before publishing or ordering any copies of the book. At no time will the Company be held financially or legally responsible for any problems, costs, fees or expenses incurred by the Client as a result of using the book.
10. The Company is not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including loss of revenues or profits, loss of business or reputation, or loss of data, in any way related to our services.
11. The Company will not release finished files to the Client or other parties until the final payment has been received. The final payment is the final approval of the project. After that, the Client receives all the files without watermarks.
12. The Company holds the cover design project for 6 weeks after the Client has approved the design. If the Client doesn’t purchase the project during this period, the Company has the right to use it for other projects.
13. It is the Client’s responsibility to provide the final version of the manuscript for formatting. However, we do offer the first 30 edits free, extra edits at $0.5 per content.
14. The Company may apply extra fees for changes in the book cover design/ book formatting/ebook formatting when the month of free revisions after the approval of the project is over.
15. The Company retains the right to discontinue, withhold, or suspend services for any account should payments not be paid for a contracted job in the order specified in this agreement.
16. The Client agrees to pay the full cost for the project after approving the final design product.
17. The Client agrees to pay 75% upfront payment for book editing services. If client is not satisfied because of unresolved errors that should have been fixed under the parameters of the editing package purchased, just return it within 30 days. We will review, re-edit, and remove any errors from the original text at no additional cost to you.
18. The Client agrees to pay 50% upfront payment for website design services. In case, the Client is not satisfied with the result, the Company is obliged to refund the deposit after deducting the domain purchasing cost.
19. The Company uses e-mail or the website (SatyaCoverDesign.com) as the sole means of communication with the Client.
20. The Client or the Company may cancel this agreement at any time before the project confirmation by providing written notice to the other party.
This agreement is the entire agreement of all parties. No additional promises or conditions, written or oral, apply to this agreement that are not included herein.
The finding of any provision of this agreement to be invalid or unenforceable does not render the remaining provisions invalid or unenforceable.