Terms and Conditions

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These Terms & Conditions apply to the purchase of books from Octo Books and to authors who submit and publish books through Octo Books. By purchasing a book from us or submitting a book for publication, you agree to the relevant terms below.

When you submit a book to Octo Books for publication and proceed with publishing, you grant Octo Books a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing licence to publish, reproduce, distribute, market and sell your book in physical and/or digital formats.

Unless separately agreed in writing, you retain ownership of the copyright in your work.

The publishing licence will continue indefinitely/perpetually, unless ended in accordance with these Terms & Conditions or a separate agreement between the author and Octo Books.

Octo Books may use the book's title, cover, author name, excerpts and promotional material for marketing, including on our website, social media, competitions, newsletters and other promotional channels.

By submitting a book, you confirm that:

• You are the author or have the necessary rights and permissions to publish the material. 
• Your work does not knowingly infringe another person's copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. 
• Your submission does not contain unlawful material. 
• Any images, illustrations, quotations or other third-party material have the appropriate permissions where required. 

You remain responsible for the content you submit.

Octo Books will make reasonable efforts to make published books available for purchase and may promote them through our available channels.

However, Octo Books does not guarantee that a published book will receive any sales, downloads, views, reviews or other commercial success.

Sales can depend on many factors, including reader interest, marketing, pricing, competition and the author's own promotional activity.

Octo Books may make reasonable changes to formatting, layout, cover design, spelling, punctuation or other presentation elements where necessary for publication, provided that we do not intentionally alter the author's work in a way that materially changes its meaning.

Any substantial changes should normally be discussed with the author.

Although the publishing licence is intended to be perpetual, Octo Books may remove or stop selling a book where there is a legal, copyright, safety, quality or other legitimate reason.

Authors may request their book be removed, but Octo Books may decide whether to do so or not.

By publishing with Octo Books, you allow us to promote your book and your author profile using information and promotional material connected with your publication.

This may include your book title, cover, author name, biography, photographs supplied by you, short excerpts and links to purchase your book.

Competition-specific rules may apply to individual Octo Books competitions. Where separate competition terms are provided, those terms will apply alongside these Terms & Conditions.

Prizes may be supplied by Octo Books or by third-party partners. Prize descriptions and conditions will be stated for each competition.

The Octo Books name, branding, logo, website content and other Octo Books materials remain the property of their respective owners and may not be reproduced or used without permission.

Authors retain ownership of their submitted work unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions excludes or limits any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

Octo Books is not responsible for the number of sales, views, downloads, reviews, popularity or commercial success of a published book.

We may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time. The latest version will be made available on the Octo Books website.

If you have questions about these Terms & Conditions, publishing or an order, please contact:

Octo Books
Email: office@octobooks.co.uk
Website: www.octobooks.co.uk

Terms and conditions last updated on September 27th 2026