Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to Virtual Book Library. These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the virtualbooklibrary.com website and services offered by Virtual Book Library (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us", or "our").

By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you disagree with any part of these terms, you may not access the website or use our services.

2. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using virtualbooklibrary.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, as well as our Privacy Policy. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Virtual Book Library.

If you are accessing and using the website on behalf of a company, entity, or organisation, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in which case the terms "you" or "your" shall refer to such entity.

3. Use of the Website and Services

Virtual Book Library provides an online platform for accessing and reading digital books and related content.

3.1 Eligibility

To use our services, you must be at least 13 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, you must have permission from a parent or guardian to use our services.

3.2 Service Availability

We strive to ensure that our website and services are available at all times. However, we do not guarantee that the website will be available uninterrupted or error-free. We reserve the right to suspend, withdraw, or restrict the availability of all or any part of our website for business and operational reasons.

3.3 Acceptable Use

You agree to use our website and services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website.

4. Account Registration

4.1 Account Creation

To access certain features of our website, you may be required to register for an account. When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form and to keep such information updated.

4.2 Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security.

4.3 Account Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at our sole discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties, or for any other reason.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

5.1 Our Intellectual Property

The website, its original content, features, and functionality are owned by Virtual Book Library and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

5.2 Book Content Rights

The books and literary works available through our platform are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. These works are either owned by us, licensed to us, or made available under arrangements with content providers.

5.3 Limited License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use our website and services for your personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms.

5.4 Restrictions

You must not:

• Republish material from our website
• Sell, rent, or sub-license material from our website
• Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from our website
• Redistribute content from our website, unless content is specifically made for redistribution
• Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on our website
• Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials

6. User Content and Submissions

6.1 User-Generated Content

Our website may allow you to post, link, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material ("User Content"). You are solely responsible for the User Content that you post, upload, link, or otherwise make available via our service.

6.2 Rights to User Content

By posting User Content on or through our website, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content in connection with providing our services.

6.3 Content Standards

You agree that any User Content you post will not:

• Infringe any intellectual property rights of any person
• Be defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory
• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
• Contain sexually explicit material or violence
• Promote illegal activity or invade another's privacy
• Be likely to deceive or mislead any person

7. Prohibited Activities

In addition to the restrictions outlined elsewhere in these Terms, you agree not to:

• Use our website in any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation
• Use our website to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam)
• Use our website to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware
• Gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our website
• Attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack
• Attempt to interfere with the proper working of our website
• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our website

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Virtual Book Library.

Virtual Book Library has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites.

You acknowledge and agree that Virtual Book Library shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such third-party websites or services.

We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that you visit.

9. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

9.1 Disclaimer of Warranties

Our website and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Virtual Book Library disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that:

• The website will function uninterrupted, secure, or available at any particular time or location
• Any errors or defects will be corrected
• The website is free of viruses or other harmful components
• The results of using the website will meet your requirements

9.2 Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Virtual Book Library, its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:

• Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website
• Any conduct or content of any third party on the website
• Any content obtained from the website
• Unauthorised access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content

In no event shall our total liability to you for all claims exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing our website during the 12 months prior to the claim.

9.3 Applicability

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Virtual Book Library, its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, and affiliates, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from:

• Your use of and access to the website
• Your violation of any term of these Terms
• Your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right
• Any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party

This defence and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of the website.

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

11.1 Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

11.2 Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by the courts of the United Kingdom.

11.3 Legal Compliance

You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our website and services.

12. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to our website immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of these Terms.

If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using our website, or contact us to request account deletion.

All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

13. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

By continuing to access or use our website after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use our website.

14. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.

15. Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Virtual Book Library regarding our website and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the website.

16. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: