Terms of Service

Last Updated: 14 August 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the AuthorVault website, products, software, digital content and associated services.

AuthorVault is operated by:

Macuno Ltd
Trading as AuthorVault
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
United Kingdom
WC2H 9JQ
Email: support@yourpublishingempire.com

By purchasing, accessing or using AuthorVault, you agree to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not use AuthorVault.

1. About AuthorVault

AuthorVault provides software, digital resources and AI-assisted tools designed to help authors and publishers plan, write, analyse, organise and improve books and related publishing material.

Products may include tools such as:

• AI-assisted writing environments.
• Story and series planning.
• Story Bibles.
• System Sheets.
• Manuscript generation and assistance.
• Continuity analysis.
• Progression and system auditing.
• Book templates.
• Pen-name generation.
• Publishing resources.
• Additional bonuses or tools described on the relevant sales page.

Individual offers may contain different features. The product description displayed when you purchase forms part of your agreement with us.

2. Eligibility

You must be legally capable of entering into a binding agreement to purchase or use AuthorVault.

If you use AuthorVault on behalf of a business or other organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.

3. Accounts

Some AuthorVault services may require an account.

You are responsible for:

• Providing accurate account information.
• Keeping your login credentials secure.
• Activities performed through your account.
• Informing us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.

Accounts are intended for the individual or organisation that purchased access unless the offer specifically states otherwise.

You may not sell, transfer, lease or share access with unrelated third parties without our permission.

4. Purchases and Payments

Prices and payment terms are displayed before purchase.

Certain AuthorVault products may be sold through third-party platforms such as WarriorPlus and may use third-party payment processors.

Your payment may therefore also be subject to the terms of the applicable payment provider.

Unless specifically described as a subscription or recurring payment, a product advertised as a one-time payment will not automatically become a recurring charge.

Optional upgrades, additional products or future services may be sold separately.

5. Digital Delivery

AuthorVault products are primarily digital products and services.

Access may be provided immediately or shortly after successful payment.

You agree that digital delivery may begin immediately after purchase where applicable.

Nothing in these Terms limits any cancellation, refund, repair, replacement or other rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable consumer law.

6. Refunds

Any voluntary money-back guarantee specifically advertised on the sales page or checkout page for the product you purchased will apply according to the conditions stated for that offer.

Where no separate voluntary guarantee is advertised, refund requests will be considered in accordance with the purchase terms and applicable law.

Refund requests should be sent to: support@yourpublishingempire.com

Purchasing through a third-party marketplace does not remove any mandatory consumer rights you may have.

7. AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Content

AuthorVault incorporates artificial-intelligence technology.

AI output is generated probabilistically and may occasionally:

• Contain factual inaccuracies.
• Produce inconsistent information.
• Repeat material.
• Misunderstand instructions.
• Create continuity errors.
• Generate content similar to commonly occurring material.
• Produce material requiring editing or verification.

AuthorVault's Continuity Auditor and similar tools are designed to help identify potential problems, but they do not guarantee that a manuscript will be completely accurate, consistent, original or error-free.

You are responsible for reviewing, editing and approving all output before using or publishing it.

AuthorVault is a tool and does not replace professional editing, proofreading, fact-checking, legal review or your own judgement.

8. Ownership of Your Content

As between you and AuthorVault, you retain your rights in original material that you submit to the service, including manuscripts, story concepts, characters and other original content, subject to any rights belonging to third parties.

You grant AuthorVault and its service providers the limited rights necessary to host, transmit, process and analyse your content for the purpose of providing the services you request.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to upload and process any content you submit.

9. AI Output and Commercial Use

Subject to these Terms and the terms applicable to any underlying third-party AI provider, you may use output generated for you through AuthorVault for personal or commercial publishing purposes.

However, AuthorVault does not guarantee:

• That AI-generated material qualifies for copyright protection in every jurisdiction.
• That every output is completely unique.
• That an output will not resemble existing material.
• That a publishing platform will accept AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
• That publishing rules will remain unchanged.
• That use of an output will not require additional disclosure.

It is your responsibility to comply with the current rules of Amazon KDP, other publishing platforms, retailers and jurisdictions where you publish or distribute content.

10. Your Responsibilities

You agree not to use AuthorVault to:

• Violate applicable laws.
• Infringe copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual-property rights.
• Impersonate another person.
• Upload material you do not have permission to use.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems.
• Circumvent usage restrictions or security systems.
• Distribute malware or malicious code.
• Interfere with the operation of AuthorVault.
• Resell access unless expressly authorised.
• Use automated means to overload or abuse the service.
• Engage in fraudulent or deceptive activity.

11. Publishing Responsibility

You are solely responsible for deciding whether a manuscript or other material is suitable for publication.

Before publishing, you should review the material for matters including:

• Accuracy.
• Originality.
• Continuity.
• Grammar.
• Formatting.
• Copyright or trademark issues.
• Platform compliance.
• Defamatory content.
• Factual claims.
• Appropriate disclosure of AI use where required.

AuthorVault does not act as your publisher, lawyer, literary agent, financial adviser or professional editor.

12. Third-Party Platforms

AuthorVault may integrate with, link to or rely upon third-party products and services.

These may include AI providers, hosting providers, payment processors, email services, publishing platforms and marketplaces.

We do not control third-party services and cannot guarantee their continuous availability.

Your use of those services may also be governed by their own terms and policies.

13. Availability and Changes

We aim to keep AuthorVault functioning reliably but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

Software may occasionally be unavailable because of:

• Maintenance.
• Updates.
• Technical failures.
• Third-party outages.
• Security issues.
• Events outside our reasonable control.

We may improve, replace, modify or discontinue features where reasonably necessary.

14. Intellectual Property

The AuthorVault website, brand, software, interface, proprietary workflows, templates, documentation, training materials, designs, graphics and other materials supplied by us remain the intellectual property of AuthorVault, Macuno Ltd or the applicable rights holder.

Your purchase gives you a licence to use the product according to these Terms.

Unless expressly authorised, you may not:

• Copy or clone the AuthorVault software.
• Sell or redistribute our templates as standalone products.
• Republish our training materials.
• Share paid downloads publicly.
• Reverse engineer or reproduce proprietary software.
• Remove copyright or proprietary notices.
• Represent AuthorVault materials as your own software or training product.

This does not prevent you from commercially using books and other legitimate output you create using AuthorVault.

15. Affiliate Promotions

AuthorVault may operate an affiliate programme.

Affiliates are independent third parties and are not employees, agents or representatives of AuthorVault.

Affiliates must not make false, misleading or unauthorised claims about AuthorVault.

Statements made independently by an affiliate that have not been authorised by AuthorVault do not modify these Terms or the official product offer.

16. No Guarantee of Results

AuthorVault provides tools and resources. We do not guarantee:

• That you will complete a book.
• That a book will be accepted by a publisher or marketplace.
• Sales.
• Rankings.
• Reviews.
• Royalties.
• Profit.
• Income.
• Bestseller status.
• Audience growth.
• Any specific business result.

Results depend on numerous factors outside our control.

Please also read our Earnings & Results Disclaimer.

17. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, AuthorVault is supplied on an "as available" basis.

We do not promise that every feature will always operate without interruption or that every AI-generated result will be accurate, suitable, complete or error-free.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot legally be excluded.

18. Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of AuthorVault, including loss resulting from:

• Publishing decisions.
• Lost sales.
• Lost profits.
• Lost opportunities.
• Marketplace decisions.
• AI-generated inaccuracies.
• Reliance on unreviewed content.
• Third-party service interruptions.

Where liability can legally be limited, our total liability arising from a particular purchase will not exceed the amount you paid us for the product giving rise to the claim.

19. Indemnity for Business Users

If you use AuthorVault in the course of a business, you agree to be responsible for losses, liabilities or reasonable costs resulting from your unlawful use of the service, infringement of third-party rights or material breach of these Terms.

This section does not apply to consumers to the extent prohibited by consumer law.

20. Suspension or Termination

We may suspend or terminate access where we reasonably believe that an account:

• Is being used fraudulently.
• Has materially breached these Terms.
• Is attacking or abusing our infrastructure.
• Is being illegally resold.
• Presents a security risk.
• Is being used for unlawful activity.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory consumer protections available to you in the country where you live.

If you are a consumer, nothing in this section removes any rights you may have to bring a claim in a court available to you under applicable consumer law.

22. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms as AuthorVault develops or where required by law.

The most recent version will be published on the AuthorVault website with its effective date.

23. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the relevant product description, Privacy Policy, Earnings & Results Disclaimer and any specific purchase conditions presented at checkout, form the agreement governing your use of AuthorVault.

24. Contact

Macuno Ltd
Trading as AuthorVault
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
United Kingdom
WC2H 9JQ
Email: support@yourpublishingempire.com