Book Studio Agreement & Publishing Policy

1. Your content and permission to use it

You may import or upload only material you created, own, or have permission to use. You keep your rights in your original content. You give GEMiO a limited licence to store, process, format, display, and distribute that content only as needed to operate Book Studio, generate your requested book, deliver purchases, and provide support.

2. AI-assisted drafting

Book Studio uses third-party AI providers to transcribe selected audio, organize source material, and draft text. AI output may contain errors, omissions, invented statements, bias, or unsuitable language. AI is a drafting tool—not an author, editor, lawyer, fact-checker, or professional adviser. You must meaningfully review, edit, and approve the final manuscript before publishing.

3. Creator warranties

By publishing, you confirm that the book does not infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or other rights; is not defamatory, deceptive, unlawful, or plagiarized; does not contain undisclosed private information; and includes any permissions, citations, disclosures, warnings, or professional review appropriate for its subject.

4. Restricted and sensitive content

You may not publish instructions that facilitate violence, abuse, fraud, illegal activity, or dangerous conduct. Medical, legal, financial, health, or safety content must not misrepresent AI output as professional advice and must include appropriate qualifications and disclaimers. GEMiO may reject, unpublish, or request changes to content that creates legal, safety, or platform-integrity risk.

5. Names, images, and personal stories

Before including another person's private communications, image, voice, personal story, or identifying information, you must have a lawful basis and any permission that is reasonably required. Do not import private or confidential material merely because you can access it.

6. Publishing, pricing, and sales

You choose whether to publish and set the displayed price. Applicable fees, payment processing, payouts, taxes, chargebacks, and digital-delivery rules are described in the Terms of Service and at checkout. Product descriptions, prices, claims, and promotional statements must be accurate and must not create a false or misleading impression.

7. Reader licence and refunds

A buyer receives a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to read the delivered digital book. The buyer may not reproduce, redistribute, or resell it. Because delivery is digital, sales are generally final except where required by law or where the delivered file is materially defective and cannot be corrected.

8. Review, complaints, and removal

GEMiO may review reported books, temporarily limit distribution, remove unlawful or policy-violating material, preserve records required for disputes or law, and terminate repeat infringers. Creators must cooperate with legitimate copyright, privacy, fraud, and consumer complaints.

9. Privacy, deletion, and withdrawal

The Privacy Policy explains what Book Studio imports, which processors receive it, retention, safeguards, and deletion. You can disconnect sources or delete a book and its imported content from Book Studio, subject to limited legal, fraud-prevention, transaction, and backup-retention obligations.

10. Relationship to GEMiO terms

This policy supplements the Terms of Service. If there is a conflict about Book Studio, this Book Studio Agreement governs that feature; mandatory consumer rights and applicable law continue to apply.

11. Before you publish — creator checklist

These are the facts we need from you before a book or album goes live. They follow standard self-publishing practice (title metadata, rights, review, and pricing). They do not replace a lawyer or a print distributor.

• Rights. You created the posts, you own them, or you have written permission. Do not include other people's private photos, messages, or stories without a lawful basis.
• Title information. Confirm the title, subtitle if any, author name, language, and a short description (about 150–200 words). Add keywords readers would actually search.
• Review. Read the manuscript or album pages. Check names, dates, recipes, prices, and advice. AI draft text can be wrong.
• Visibility and price. Choose public, link only, or private. If you sell, set a retail price you can stand behind. GEMiO's digital commission is shown at checkout.
• Print and ISBN. A GEMiO digital book does not need an ISBN. If you later print or list the same title in bookstores, you will need your own ISBN for each format (ebook, paperback, hardcover). A free ISBN from a print service usually lists their imprint, not yours.
• Print files. If you export a PDF for print, the page count should be even, the interior should match the trim size, and the cover should include the spine and barcode once you have an ISBN.