Terms of Service

Last updated: March 26, 2026

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of noveltree, a digital book marketplace and related services operated by Fictiondex Inc. for readers, authors, publishers, collaborators, and other users.

1. Company Information

noveltree is provided by Fictiondex Inc., 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, ON, M5C 1C4, Canada.

2. Acceptance Of Terms

By accessing or using noveltree, joining our waitlist, creating an account, or purchasing anything through the service, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Virtual Items Policy. If a separate product, promotion, subscription, or publishing agreement applies, that separate agreement will control to the extent of any conflict.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to access or use noveltree, join our waitlist, create an account, submit content, or otherwise provide information through the service. If local law requires a higher age for a particular transaction or feature, that higher age requirement still applies.

By using noveltree, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old. We may suspend or terminate access, or delete related data, if we reasonably believe an under-18 person has signed up for or used the service in violation of these Terms.

4. Accounts And Organizations

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity under your account. If you use noveltree on behalf of an author, publisher, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

5. Marketplace Role

noveltree may host, distribute, recommend, license, and make available digital books, excerpts, annotations, profiles, collections, storefronts, and other content. Depending on the offering, Fictiondex Inc., an author, a publisher, or another rights holder may be the provider of the digital content, subscription, or service you receive. Where relevant, the checkout flow or applicable product page will identify the responsible seller, licensor, or plan provider.

6. Creator And Publisher Content

You retain ownership of the content you submit, subject to the rights necessary for us to host, reproduce, format, display, distribute, promote, secure, and operate the service. If you upload or import books, cover art, metadata, collaborator credits, or related materials, you represent that you have the rights necessary to do so.

Where available, creator and publisher tools may include file import, chapter organization, collaboration and crediting features, storefront controls, DRM or content access settings, analytics, and forecasting tools. You are responsible for how you use those tools and for the accuracy and legality of the materials and information you submit.

7. Reader Licenses And Access

When you access digital content through noveltree, you receive a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use that content only through authorized noveltree interfaces, subject to these Terms, applicable product terms, and any technical restrictions disclosed at the point of access.

8. Purchases, Pricing, And Subscriptions

noveltree may offer waitlist registration, direct purchases of digital content, coins, chapter-by-chapter unlocks, full-book purchases, direct tipping, publisher subscriptions, and other paid features. Before you complete a covered transaction, we will provide the material information required by applicable law, which may include the identity of the seller, the main characteristics of the product or service, the total price, applicable taxes, billing frequency, cancellation or withdrawal rights, technical requirements, and any restrictions or limitations that apply.

Where required by law, we will also provide or make available a confirmation record of your order or internet agreement after purchase.

If we offer an automatically renewing subscription, we will disclose the renewal terms before you sign up. Unless stated otherwise at checkout or required by law, your subscription will continue until you cancel. Cancellation will stop future renewals and will not usually affect charges already due for the then-current billing period.

9. Virtual Items

Coins and other virtual items are governed by our Virtual Items Policy. The Virtual Items Policy controls to the extent it conflicts with these Terms on matters specific to virtual items.

10. Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse noveltree. This includes attempting unauthorized access, interfering with the service, violating laws, infringing intellectual property rights, harassing others, manipulating tags, reviews, or discovery systems, scraping protected content at scale, bypassing payment flows or DRM, or using noveltree to distribute malware, unlawful content, or fraudulent materials.

11. Intellectual Property

Fictiondex Inc. and its licensors own noveltree and related software, branding, design, and service content other than user-submitted content. Except as expressly allowed by law or by us in writing, you may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from noveltree or its non-user content.

12. Service Changes, Suspension, And Termination

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of noveltree where reasonably necessary for security, maintenance, legal compliance, product changes, or abuse prevention. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these Terms or create risk for noveltree, users, creators, or rights holders.

We will not limit non-waivable consumer rights, and we will not use these Terms to unfairly deprive you of paid digital content, paid virtual items, or mandatory remedies where the law requires otherwise.

13. Recommendations And Discovery

Search, recommendation, ranking, analytics, and forecasting features may rely on automated systems, editorial choices, user activity, and other marketplace signals. We do not guarantee any specific placement, visibility, traffic, sales, earnings, or reading outcomes.

14. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, noveltree is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Except for rights that cannot be excluded by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement.

15. Limitation Of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Fictiondex Inc. is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunities arising from or related to noveltree. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada, without regard to conflict of law principles. If you are a consumer, any mandatory consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction continue to apply and are not displaced by this section.

17. Changes To Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date and provide any additional notice required by law. Continued use of noveltree after the updated Terms become effective means you accept the updated Terms.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be directed to Fictiondex Inc., 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, ON, M5C 1C4, Canada.