Legal

Terms of Service

Last updated: April 11, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to SelfPublishing.pro (the “Website”), a digital platform operated by Archieboy Holdings, LLC (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We provide publishing, distribution, and book marketing services to authors and publishers. By using our Website and services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (the “Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully before using our services. Section 18 contains an agreement to resolve disputes by binding arbitration and a waiver of class-action rights; please review it.

2. Acceptance of Terms

Your access to and use of our services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. By accessing or using the service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of the Terms, you may not access the service.

3. Registration

To use most of our services you must register an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep your account information up to date — including your name, email address, mailing address, country of residence, and payment details. We rely on this information to pay royalties and to comply with applicable tax reporting obligations; inaccurate information may result in payment delays or withholding at the statutory default rate.

4. Service Description

We offer publishing, distribution, marketing, and related services to authors and publishers as described on our Website. Specific services, deliverables, and pricing are listed on SelfPublishing.pro. We may add, change, or discontinue specific services at our discretion; material changes will be communicated to active clients in advance where reasonably practical.

5. User Responsibilities and Content

You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account and for keeping your credentials secure. You agree not to interfere with the performance of our services or with other users’ ability to use them. You further represent and warrant that any manuscript, cover art, metadata, audio, or other content you upload to us:

  • is owned by you or licensed to you with the right to distribute;
  • does not infringe any third-party copyright, trademark, publicity, or privacy right;
  • does not contain unlawful, defamatory, or obscene material; and
  • complies with the content policies of the retailers and distributors we submit to on your behalf (including Amazon KDP, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, IngramSpark, and others).

You grant the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, format, distribute, and sublicense your content solely as necessary to perform the services you have engaged — including converting your book to required file formats, submitting it to retailers, and remitting royalties. This license terminates when you remove your content from the platform, except for copies retained by third-party retailers and distributors outside our direct control.

6. Payment and Fees

Fees for publishing services and products are as stated on our Website at the time of purchase. Payments are due upfront unless otherwise specified in a separate written agreement.

Refund policy. Except as expressly set out below, all payments are non-refundable.

  • Services not yet started. If you request a refund for a service where no work has been performed, we will refund the fee in full, less any third-party costs already incurred on your behalf (for example, ISBN purchases, retailer setup fees, or artwork licenses).
  • Services in progress. For services where work has begun but is not complete, refunds are at the Company’s discretion on a pro-rata basis reflecting work performed and materials produced. Partial deliverables created for you will be provided on request.
  • Completed services. Services that have been delivered are non-refundable.
  • Advertising and marketing spend. Amounts already paid to third-party advertising platforms (Google Ads, Meta Ads, Amazon Ads, etc.) on your behalf are non-refundable regardless of the campaign outcome.
  • Subscription and recurring fees. Recurring subscription fees are non-refundable for the current billing period. You may cancel future renewals at any time through your account dashboard.
  • Chargebacks. Initiating a credit card chargeback rather than requesting a refund through us may result in immediate suspension of your account and withholding of any pending royalty balances until the dispute is resolved.

Refund requests must be submitted via our contact form within thirty (30) days of the original charge.

7. Royalty Payments to Authors

For books distributed through our retail and wholesale channels, we collect sales proceeds from the retailers on your behalf and remit royalties to you on a monthly basis, subject to the terms below.

  • Royalty share. Your royalty is calculated as the net amount received from retailers multiplied by the platform share stated in your service agreement (typically 85% of net; certain channels, co-publishing arrangements, or 50/50 splits may use different rates). Itemized royalty statements are available in your account dashboard.
  • Currency conversion. Foreign-currency sales are converted to U.S. dollars at exchange rates captured at the time of the monthly report. These rates are documented in your royalty statement for each cycle.
  • Minimum payout threshold. To control payment processing fees and banking overhead, we release royalty payments only when an author’s available balance reaches twenty-five U.S. dollars (USD $25). Balances below the threshold are carried forward to subsequent months and remain your property until paid or escheated (see Section 8).
  • Tax withholding. U.S. authors who have provided a valid Taxpayer Identification Number receive payment without withholding. Non-U.S. authors must have a valid, signed IRS Form W-8BEN on file. Without a current W-8BEN we are required to withhold U.S. tax at the statutory default rate (currently 30% for most royalty income) or hold payments entirely, at our discretion, until the form is received and approved. Treaty-reduced rates apply only where the W-8BEN validly claims them.
  • Payment method. Default payment method is PayPal. Authors may alternatively request payment by check on an as-needed basis, or may elect to place all payments on hold. You are responsible for keeping your payment preference and PayPal address current in your account.
  • Disputed amounts. If you believe a royalty amount is incorrect, you must notify us within sixty (60) days of the royalty statement date using the contact form linked below. We will investigate and, if warranted, adjust the next cycle’s payment accordingly.

8. Unclaimed Balances

We hold royalty balances owed to you indefinitely while your account remains active and your payment details remain valid. If we are unable to reach you (for example, because your email bounces and your PayPal account is closed), your balance will be held as dormant property and, after the statutory dormancy period, reported and remitted to the State of Florida Division of Unclaimed Property pursuant to Chapter 717 of the Florida Statutes. Before escheatment, we will attempt to contact you at your last known address. Once funds are remitted to the state, you must claim them directly from the state treasury.

9. AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Content

If any portion of the material you submit to us — manuscript text, cover art, audio narration, metadata, or illustrations — was generated by or created with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools, you represent and warrant that:

  • your use of those tools did not violate their terms of service;
  • you have the legal right to commercialize the output in the jurisdictions where we will distribute the work;
  • you will disclose AI involvement to us and to retailers to the extent the retailer’s policy requires it (for example, Amazon KDP’s AI-content disclosure requirement, or Audible/ACX’s prohibition on AI-generated narration through their own service); and
  • you accept responsibility for any consequence of a retailer refusing, delisting, or taking down your work due to an AI-related policy violation.

10. Intellectual Property Rights

All website content, software, branding, logos, and compilations are the property of Archieboy Holdings, LLC and/or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You retain full ownership of the manuscripts, cover art, and other content you upload. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our services, subject to these Terms.

11. Copyright Infringement — DMCA Notice and Takedown

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512. If you believe that content hosted on our Website or distributed through our services infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notice of infringement to our Designated Agent via our contact form, selecting “DMCA Notice” as the subject. Your notice must include:

  • a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
  • identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  • identification of the allegedly infringing material with enough detail to let us locate it (for example, the book title, author, URL, or account);
  • your contact information (full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address);
  • a statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Counter-notice. If you believe content of yours was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to our Designated Agent with substantially the same information required for a takedown notice, a statement under penalty of perjury of your good-faith belief that the material was removed in error, and your consent to federal-court jurisdiction in the State of Florida.

Repeat infringers. It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers.

Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing, or that material was removed in error, may expose you to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Consult an attorney before submitting a notice or counter-notice.

12. Privacy

Your use of our services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information. By using the services you acknowledge that you have reviewed the Privacy Policy and consent to the practices described there.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT YOUR BOOK WILL ACHIEVE ANY PARTICULAR LEVEL OF SALES, RANKING, REVIEWS, OR REVENUE. ANY ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS, OR ILLUSTRATIVE RESULTS WE PROVIDE ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE A GUARANTEE.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages, including lost profits, lost sales, or lost goodwill, arising from your use of or inability to use our services, or from any information provided on the Website. Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of these Terms or your use of the services is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of our services, your content, or your breach of these Terms — including without limitation any third-party claim that your content infringes or misappropriates intellectual property or other rights.

16. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us via the contact form below. We may suspend or terminate your account at our discretion if you materially breach these Terms, if your content creates legal exposure for the Company, or if your account is inactive for an extended period. Upon termination we will stop distributing new copies of your work through active channels; sales already in the retailer pipeline and royalties owed for prior periods will still be paid subject to Section 7.

17. Governing Law and Forum

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Subject to Section 18 below, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the services shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Florida, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

18. Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

Read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights.

Agreement to arbitrate. Except for disputes that qualify for small-claims court and except for claims seeking injunctive relief to protect intellectual property rights, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the services (each, a “Dispute”) shall be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, as modified by these Terms. The arbitration shall take place in the State of Florida or, at your election, by video/telephone or based on written submissions only. The arbitrator’s decision shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class action waiver. YOU AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding, and may award relief only to the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice through our contact form with the subject “Arbitration Opt-Out” within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms. An opt-out will not affect any other provision of these Terms.

Severability. If the class-action waiver in this Section is found unenforceable as to any particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) shall be severed from the arbitration and brought in the courts identified in Section 17. The remainder of this Section 18 shall remain in force.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated to active account holders via email where reasonably practical. Continued use of the services after a revision takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

20. Contact

Questions about these Terms, requests for account changes, payment inquiries, DMCA notices, and arbitration opt-outs should all be submitted through our contact form. We do not accept legal notices by email.