Submitting Your Book To FreeBookExcerpts.com

This site is owned by Angela and Richard Hoy, owners of BookLocker.com and WritersWeekly.com

This service is offered at no charge. We fund our efforts through Amazon affiliate sales and Google Adsense advertising. It is open to any author or publisher, as long as the books have ISBNs and are listed on Amazon.com.

We consider the information you provide to us in the signup process private. It is not shared with anyone outside of our company.

There are two steps involving in submitting a book excerpt to the site.

In step one, you'll provide some basic information about the book, yourself and your publisher, as well as accept our agreement terms.

In step two, you'll provide more detailed information about the book and submit the actual excerpt.

No need to provide cover art, as we can pull it off of Amazon by using the ISBN you provide

Ready?

Step 1

Book Information ----------------------------------------------

book title

10-digit ISBN (please, no dashes or spaces)

13-digit ISBN (please, no dashes or spaces)

Author/Publisher Information -------------------------------

first name

last name

address

city

state / province

zip /postal code

country

email address

secondary email address (if you have one)

author's website (if applicable)

publisher's name (if different from the author above)

publisher's website

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND
THE COMPANY SHOWN BELOW AND AGREE TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS LISTED
HEREIN.

 

Please Read This Agreement

Agreement Version Date: 01/29/2008 Only the original author or current publisher of a book may submit an excerpt for inclusion on FreeBookExcerpts.com. FreeBookExcerpts.com provides a posting service for book excerpts. This service is available to authors and publishers. It is currently a free service. FreeBookExcerpts.com is not a publisher and retains no rights to the author's Work. Authors/Publishers retain all rights to their Work. There are no time limitations imposed by this agreement and it may be terminated by either party, for any reason, immediately by e-mailed request, with or without cause. This Agreement is between FreeBookExcerpts.com, hereafter referred to as the "Company", and the Author/Publisher or duly authorized legal representative (herein represented as "Author"), in regards to the Work (herein represented as "Work") named at the end of the contract, and shall be considered legal and binding in all countries, and its separate or conglomerate governments. I. CLAUSES REGARDING RIGHTS GRANTED TO COMPANY The author grants the non-exclusive right to publish the Work in digital format, including, but not limited to: computer disk, data bases, CD ROM, and any and all other computer and computer related or digital based storage medium, known and unknown. Company claims no other rights to the Work. II. CLAUSES REGARDING WORK SUBMITTED The Author hereby states that the Work submitted to the Company is free and clear of any counts of libel, plagiarism, breach of privacy or misrepresentation of facts. The Author also states that the Work, if biographical or "as told to the Author" is, to the best of the Author's knowledge, factual and true. The Author agrees to pay the Company's legal fees and any resulting judgment against the company if legal action arises from any known or unknown libel, plagiarism, breach of privacy or misrepresentation of facts, whether known or unknown by the author, medical and/or legal damages, copyright infringement or any other legal dispute related to the authenticity, character or content of the Author's Work. The Author hereby states that the Work does not infringe on the privacy of any third party; that he or she is owner of any trademarks and/or trade names associated with the Work; that the Work does not constitute obscenity, hate literature or illegal content and that the author has the right to enter into this Agreement. The Author states that the Work is not currently in the public domain and that the Author is the sole owner and copyright holder of the work, with full power to enter into this contract. The Author states that if the Work has previously been published in whole or in part, that author currently holds all copyrights to the Work and that the author is legally permitted to enter into this agreement. The Author releases the Company from any responsibilities relating to any legal actions incurred by the contents of the Work or the Author. Author agrees to not enter into any agreements with any person, firm or corporation that will conflict with the rights granted to the Company as stated in this contract without first terminating Author's contract with the Company. (This means you need to ask us to remove the Work if you sell the copyrights to another.) The Company reserves the right to stop displaying any Work that may be involved in any legal dispute or pending legal dispute. The Author agrees to submit Work according to the Company's specifications. If, during the existence of this Agreement, any entity makes unauthorized use of the author's Work, it is the sole responsibility of the author to take legal action as may be required to restrain such wrong or to seek damages and the author shall bear all costs and expenses and, subsequently, the Author shall keep all remunerations resulting from the legal actions. The author is responsible for keeping the Company current on any and all email address and mailing address changes. The Company will be forced to terminate an author's contract without notice if the author does not respond to the Company's communications. If an Author uses an email service that filters incoming email for spam, this may create communication difficulties for the Company and the Author. The Author is encouraged to provide the Company with at least two email addresses from different services to further prevent communication difficulties. III. LINKS PUBLISHED ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMPANY The Company currently offers this service at no charge to authors. The Company reserves the right to insert advertisements on any page of the website. The only outside links permitted on the site are those inserted by the Company. The Company will point most links to the Company's affiliate pages on Amazon.com. However, the Company reserves the right to change these links to the bookstore/retailer of its choice. IV. CLAUSES REGARDING THE FORMAT OF WORK The Company displays Works in text-only format in the form is a blog. The Company may also display the Work's cover art or provide a link to where the cover exists on an outside server. Works in electronic format are delivered to the customer as digital files via their web browser or by email. The Author acknowledges that because of the digital nature of these files, it is possible for them to be replicated and distributed illegally by the customer and outside of the control of the Company. The Author agrees to not hold the Company liable in any way whatsoever if such a situation should occur. V. SPAM FILTERS The Company responds to ALL author emails. If you're not hearing from us, send a fax to 207-262-5544 and/or send us an alternative email address where we can attempt to send copies of your missing emails. XI. CLAUSES REGARDING THE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY OF AUTHORS AND SPAMMING When an Author's Work is made available online, the Company issues the Author a Web page at a Company URL where a customer may read an excerpt of Work. The Author may use their Company's URL in any promotion they see fit, provided that promotion is not illegal and does not have the potential to damage the Company's brand. If the Author is unsure about a specific promotional tactic, the Author is required to seek the advice of the Company before proceeding with the promotion. The Company is adamantly against the tactics of spam. Spam is defined as: 1.) sending a form email en masse to people who have not requested it, 2.) posting a form message en masse to newsgroups or discussion lists, 3.) any unsolicited electronic posting or mailing that results in complaints to the Company, the Company's web hosting service or an anti-spam group whether made by the Author of the Work or by a third party without the Author's knowledge, The Author should never use spam tactics when promoting their Work. Authors who use spam tactics when promoting their Work shall have their contract immediately terminated, their Work removed instantly from the Company's website and become ineligible to do business with the Company in the future. OWNERSHIP OF NAMES, URLS, ETC. The Author will not have any rights to or in any trademark, service mark, trade name, mark or colophon used or licensed by the Company without written permission from the Company. The Company is the sole owner of all URLs (Web site addresses) on the Company's web sites. The Company will not post nor redirect URLs outside of our Web sites under any circumstances, including upon termination of an author's contract. XIII. CLAUSES REGARDING DEALS NEGOTIATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH THIRD-PARTIES The Author and the Company are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. This agreement does not create an exclusive relationship between the Author and the Company. The Author will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on the Company's behalf. The Author agrees not to make any statement, written or oral, that would contradict the above. XIV. CLAUSES REGARDING THE HANDLING OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION The Company's website contains personal information of individual readers/customers. Per the Company's Privacy Policy, this data is not shared with anyone outside of the Company. Customer/Reader information is not given to Authors as this would be a violation of the Company's Privacy Policy. XVI. CLAUSES REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF WORKS FOR VIEW The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to keep its Web sites and publishing structure viable at all times. Temporary lapses in the site's presence on the Internet or World Wide Web occurring through natural or technical causes do not constitute an exhaustion of edition. The company can not be held responsible for any loss of sales due to website errors or downtime or World Wide Web or electronic transmission problems. The Company will be dismissed from its obligations in this contract if events occur outside of the Company's control, including natural disaster, acts of God, fire, power or other service outages at the Company and/or the printer's facility, or labor problems at the printer's and/or distributor's facility. Should any type of service interference occur, the Company will notify all authors and provide a good faith estimate as to when the problems will be resolved. XVIII. GENERAL CLAUSES The Company is owned by BookLocker.com, which also owns WritersWeekly.com. While the Company will post excerpts submitted by self-published authors who have published their books elsewhere, the Company will not enter into a business relationship with an individual or company that competes, either directly or indirectly, with Booklocker.com. The Company shares sensitive, strategic information with authors. To share this information with individuals and firms who may have the opportunity to use this information in competition with Booklocker would, of course, be a bad business decision. If your book was published by a firm that competes with BookLocker.com, you will need to submit your excerpt yourself. The Company will not allow your Publisher to submit it for you. The Company may at any time sell itself, or the majority of self, its holdings, licenses or grants. Current contracts would automatically transfer to the new owner and the Author's contact information would also need to be transferred to the new owner. If the Company is legally judged bankrupt or liquidates its business, this Agreement shall be effectively terminated and all rights granted to the Company shall be terminated. During the course of this contract and beyond, the Author may receive information relating to the Company and related entities that is not known to the general public ("Confidential Information"). Confidential Information includes, without limitation, information relating to sales consummated. The Author agrees that: 1.) all Confidential Information will remain the Company's exclusive property; 2.) the Author will use Confidential Information only as is reasonably necessary for the relationship with the Company; and 3.) the Author will not disclose Confidential Information to any individual, company, or other third party. The Company may amend any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any time and solely at its discretion. Any changes will be effective upon posting of the revisions on the Internet. The Author is responsible for reviewing the notice and any applicable changes. The Company will make every effort to contact the Author if this agreement changes, but the Company cannot be held responsible for electronic transmission problems. Changes to this agreement, however, may be posted without notice to the Author. THE AUTHOR'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE (PUBLICATION OF THE EXCERPT) AFTER THE COMPANY'S POSTING OF ANY CHANGES WILL CONSTITUTE THE AUTHOR'S ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS. IF THE AUTHOR DOES NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE AUTHOR MUST TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the state of Maine, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located in Bangor, Maine and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without the Company's prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to, and be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company's failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement subsequently. Any notice or other communication under this Agreement will be given in writing and will be delivered by e-mail. The parties agreed that except as specifically provided herein, all disputes arising under this Agreement shall be settled by binding arbitration in Bangor, Maine and submitted to the American Arbitration Association for final disposition.