Terms of Use

Effective Date: September 19, 2026
(Replaces the version effective 5/24/2023.)

Welcome to StoryBookWriter's Terms of Use. "Site" refers to www.storybookwriter.com. "Service" refers to the Company's services accessed via the Site, including the StoryBookWriter Studio. "We," "us," and "our" refer to the Company. "You" refers to you, as a user of our Site or Service.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms of Use in their entirety. If you do not agree, you may not access or use the Service.

Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose your information. Using the Service signifies your agreement to the Privacy Policy as well as these Terms.

Registration; Account Responsibility

You must be at least 18 years old to register for and use the Service. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activity under it. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. We may suspend, disable, or delete your account if we determine you have violated these Terms.

Account Inactivity

If you do not log in to the Service for a continuous period of six (6) months or more, we may treat your account as inactive and, at our discretion, delete the account along with Your Content associated with it — including your books, pages, characters, and illustrations. We are not obligated to provide notice before deleting an inactive account, though we may attempt to notify you at the email address on file before doing so. Deleted content cannot be recovered. This section does not limit our other rights to suspend or delete accounts under these Terms.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

The Service uses artificial intelligence — including models provided by OpenAI and infrastructure provided by Google Cloud — to generate story text and illustrations based on the prompts, descriptions, and (where applicable) images you submit. AI-generated content:

  • may not always be accurate, original, or free of unintended similarity to existing works, characters, or real people;
  • should be reviewed by you before you rely on it, share it, or publish it; and
  • is provided without any guarantee of originality, non-infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose, beyond what is stated elsewhere in these Terms.

Ownership of Your Content

As between you and StoryBookWriter, you own the story text, characters, and illustrations contained in the books you create using the Service ("Your Content"), subject to the license below and to the rights-tier limitations described in "Publishing and Commercial Rights."

You grant StoryBookWriter a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and process Your Content solely as necessary to provide, maintain, and improve the Service (including generating, storing, and delivering your books and exports).

Your Responsibility for What You Submit and Publish

You are solely responsible for Your Content, including for ensuring that you have the right to create, use, publish, sell, or distribute it. Without limiting the foregoing, you represent that:

  • Your Content does not infringe or violate any third party's copyright, trademark, right of publicity, privacy right, or other legal right;
  • you have not submitted material that is plagiarized, or that you know or have reason to believe belongs to someone else without permission; and
  • if Your Content includes the name, likeness, image, voice, or other identifying information of a real person — including a photograph you upload, where that feature is available — you have that person's consent, or, if that person is a minor, the consent of their parent or legal guardian, to submit that material and to have it processed by our AI providers to generate derivative content.

StoryBookWriter does not review Your Content for originality, infringement, or accuracy, and makes no representation that any AI-generated output is free of third-party rights. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless StoryBookWriter, its officers, directors, employees, and affiliates from any claim, demand, loss, or damage (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to Your Content or your use of the Service to create, publish, or distribute it.

Publishing and Commercial Rights

The rights you have to publish, sell, or otherwise commercially distribute a book you create depend on your plan or purchase at the time the book is created, as described on the Site:

  • Preview and personal-use books — for personal, non-commercial use only (e.g., viewing, sharing with family, personal printing).
  • Publish Pack and Creator purchases — include the commercial publishing rights described at the time of purchase (e.g., a clean, unwatermarked export suitable for outside publication such as Amazon KDP).

Template-based and life-event books. Books created using a StoryBookWriter-provided template — including any future feature offering templates for family life events, milestones, or memories — are licensed to you for personal, non-commercial use only. Commercial publishing rights are not included for template-based books, regardless of your plan, unless we expressly state otherwise at the time of purchase.

Use Restrictions

You agree that you will not:

  • use the Service for any purpose beyond what your plan or purchase permits (including exceeding personal, non-commercial use where you have not purchased commercial publishing rights);
  • collect or harvest personal data of other users;
  • distribute any part of the Site or Service without our written permission;
  • use the Service for any unlawful purpose;
  • harass, abuse, or harm another person;
  • use another user's account, or allow another person to use yours, without permission;
  • provide false information when registering;
  • interfere with the proper functioning of the Service, or make automated use that imposes unreasonable load on our systems;
  • bypass access restrictions, scrape or crawl the Service, or circumvent security features; or
  • publish or link to malicious content.

Refunds and Purchases

Purchases of credits, exports, or other one-time products are processed through Stripe. All sales are final. We do not offer refunds, except where required by applicable law.

Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe material on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to support@storybookwriter.com containing: identification of the copyrighted work, identification of the infringing material and its location, your contact information, a good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. We may terminate accounts of repeat infringers.

Our Intellectual Property

Apart from Your Content, we and our licensors retain ownership of all intellectual property in the Service itself, including its software, design, and StoryBookWriter trademarks. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.

Communications

By using the Service, you consent to receive communications from us electronically, including notices about these Terms and the Privacy Policy. You may opt out of promotional (but not administrative) email at any time.

Warranty Disclaimer

THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY AI-GENERATED CONTENT, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT AI-GENERATED CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, ORIGINAL, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, STORYBOOKWRITER AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, YOUR CONTENT, OR ANY AI-GENERATED OUTPUT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE.

Dispute Resolution

Any claim arising from your relationship with the Company must be brought within one year after it accrues, or it is permanently barred. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

General Terms

If any part of these Terms is found invalid, the remainder stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. We may assign these Terms; you may not assign your rights without our written consent.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, which together represent the complete agreement between us regarding the Service.

Last Updated: September 19, 2026