Novella Membership Agreement and Terms of Use

September 20, 2026

Novella E-Commerce Inc. (also referred to as “Novella.com,” “Novella,” and the “Site”) is an online print-on-demand and self-publishing platform providing tools for publishing, printing, shipping, and distributing your work.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR THE TOOLS OR SERVICES ACCESSED FROM THE WEBSITE, DENOTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT AND ALL OF ITS TERMS.

Membership Agreement

Before using any Novella app, website (Novella.ink or other), or setting up an account with Novella (herein referred to as the “Site,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Novella”), please read the following Membership Agreement and Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms” or “Agreement”) carefully. These Terms govern your (“you” or “your”) access to and use of the websites and services owned and/or operated by Novella. Your access to and use of the Site are expressly conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. Any use of the Site constitutes your Agreement to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Site. Note that any violation of these Terms may result in termination of your ability to access and use the Site.

We reserve the right at any time to change all or any part of these Terms; change the Site, including eliminating or discontinuing any content or feature of the Site; and change any fees or charges for use of the Site. Any changes we make will be effective immediately upon notice, which we may provide by any means including, without limitation, posting on the Site or by electronic mail. Your continued use of the Site after such notice will be deemed acceptance of such changes. It is your responsibility to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these Terms. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any elimination or discontinuation of any content or feature of the Site; or any change in any fees or charges for use of the Site.

1. Registration

When and if you register to use the Site, you agree to (a) being at least eighteen (18) years old; (b) providing accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by our registration form (including your valid email address); and (c) maintaining and updating your information to keep it accurate, current, and complete. You acknowledge that, if any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, (i) you cannot claim a lack of notice on communications we have attempted to send to you that could materially affect your rights under the Terms, and (ii) we reserve the right to terminate your access to and use of the Site. 

Our Privacy Policy governs the use and disclosure of any information you provide.

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to provide part or all of: your first name, last name, email address, preferred payment currency, and preferred language, phone number. Additionally, you will be asked to create a secure password or connect via passwordless options (such as Google). We may refuse any of the above information for any reason in our sole discretion, including in the event that we determine that such information impersonates someone else, is illegal, vulgar, or otherwise offensive, or is protected by trademark or other proprietary rights law, or otherwise may cause confusion. You will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your personal information and password and agree not to transfer or resell your use of or access to the Site to any third party. 

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR PASSWORD, PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING PURCHASES, AS APPLICABLE) THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.

2. Use of the Site

Subject to and conditioned upon your compliance with these Terms, and solely for so long as you are permitted by Novella to access the Site, we grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited right and license to access the Site, including any text, images, graphics, videos, visuals, sounds, data, files, links, and other materials incorporated into the Site (other than your Content), solely as made available by us, solely as necessary to access the Site, and solely for your own purposes, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You acknowledge and agree that certain features of the Site may include advertisements and that such advertisements are a necessary part of the Site. The Site, including all such materials and all intellectual property rights therein, remains the property of Novella or its licensors or suppliers. Except as expressly authorized by these Terms, you may not use, reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit, perform, display, or create derivative works of any portion of the Site without the written consent of Novella. Nothing herein grants any rights to commercially exploit any portion of the Site or any content therein. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are expressly reserved.

Maintenance and other technical issues may make the Site unavailable. Novella may, in its discretion, modify the features, availability, operation, and/or look and feel of the Site without notice to our users.

NOVELLA MAKES NO COMMITMENT, WARRANTY, OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE IN A TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE MANNER, OR THAT THE SITE WILL MEET THE USER’S PURPOSES.

While using the Site you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. In addition, we expect users of the Site to respect the rights of others. Your use of the Site is conditioned in part on your compliance with the rules of conduct set forth in this section; any failure to comply may result in termination of your access to the Site pursuant to Section 10 below. While using the Site, you agree not to:

WE MAY SUSPEND AND/OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY FEATURES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE RULES OR OTHERWISE FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS. A DETERMINATION TO BE MADE AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

3. Content

In the event that you post or upload to the Site in compliance with Section 2, or otherwise submit to or through Novella as part of your use of the Site, any materials including, without limitation, text, photographs and other images, graphics, videos, visuals, sounds, data, files, links, and other materials (collectively, “Content”); you retain ownership of such Content. You hereby grant us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, royalty-free (except as otherwise agreed during the online publishing process) right to use, reproduce, distribute (through multiple tiers), and publicly display such Content, solely in connection with the Site. Should you decide to limit the access to and distribution of your Content, we will use commercially reasonable means to prevent such access and distribution. However, we cannot guarantee that these means will work all of the time. Please note that, while you retain ownership of your Content, any template or layout in which you arrange or organize such Content through tools and features made available through Novella are not proprietary to you, and can be used by Novella and others for any purposes. You acknowledge and agree that you have no rights in any such template and/or layout, and such template or layout shall be the sole and exclusive property of Novella.

Novella may provide automatically generated example language, such as standard copyright practices, based on the information you provide during the publication process. You will hold Novella harmless in using said language and guarantee you are providing and validating appropriate and accurate information regarding the copyright of your material. It is your obligation to review and verify the automatically generated example language if you choose to use this language in your book.

You represent, warrant and covenant that (a) you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to your Content; (b) your Content does not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any intellectual property or proprietary right of any third party, and are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable; (c) at Novella's request, and without further consideration, you will promptly provide Novella with reasonable evidence of such adequate and enforceable rights of third parties (i.e., consents, approvals, licenses or sublicenses), and agree that Novella may provide a copy of these Terms to anyone claiming an infringement of copyright/trademark relating to your Content or to law enforcement or other entities as required by law or as Novella reasonably determines to be necessary to protect Novella’s rights or the rights of others; (d) you will abide by any Content policy established in these terms and/or posted on the Site; and (e) you hereby consent to the use of your likeness, and you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in your Content to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the Content in the manner outlined by these Terms (including for purposes of promoting the Site); or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from said individual's parent or legal guardian (and you agree to provide to Novella a copy of any such consents, releases and/or permissions upon request). 

Any violation of this Section, as determined in Novella’s sole discretion, can be cause to remove any and all of your Content from the Site, and to terminate your account and access to the Site.

None of the Content will be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution or otherwise, on our part and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content. You acknowledge and agree that we may (but are not obligated to) do any or all of the following, at our discretion: (a) monitor and/or filter any Content (including without limitation by means of blocking or replacing expletives or other language that may be deemed harmful or offensive); (b) alter, remove, or refuse to send, transmit or otherwise use any Content (including, without limitation, by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to any Content); and/or (c) disclose any Content, and the circumstances surrounding the transmission or use thereof, to any third party in order to operate the services on the Site; to protect us and our affiliates, distributors, partners, licensors, advertisers and sponsors, and our and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, other representatives, and users; to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests; to enforce these Terms; or for any other reason or purpose.

All Content created and/or made available via Novella and its sites is the sole responsibility of the account holder. Novella reserves the right to use artificial intelligence, language models, or other automated machine processes to review and enforce our Content policies.

Please note that we may also provide users with an automated method of reporting Content that they believe to be inappropriate. If we do provide such a method, Content that receives a predetermined number of unique reports may be automatically removed from the Site at our sole discretion. Novella has no obligation to remove Content in response to user reports or requests. Novella is not responsible for, and will have no liability for, the removal or non-removal of any Content from the Site. 

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR RETAINING COPIES OF ANY CONTENT UPLOADED TO THE SITE. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RETAINING YOUR FILE(S), AND MAINTAIN NO LIABILITY FOR THE LOSS OF FILES THAT ARE REMOVED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS AND THE SITES NORMAL FUNCTIONS. 

Novella reserves the right to (a) reserve a portion of the back cover of any printed book or any other Content for placement of a unique identifying number and barcode, (b) reserve a portion of the last pages of any printed book or any other Content for placement of a unique identifying barcode and any mandatory legal information, and (c) delete Content from Novella’s database after a defined period of time, as set forth in the then current policies of Novella.

Policy and Guidelines

Content uploaded to the Site as a print or electronic Product, or as a comment, review, idea, suggestion, or request, must follow the content policy and guidelines detailed below. If Novella determines that the Content violates any local, state, national, or international laws and regulations, we may modify or remove the Content from our sites, apps, and associated channels. Novella reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine whether the Content is appropriate for fulfillment through our Site or any other Novella channels.

The following Content is not permitted and will be removed from the Site:

Content Retention

Novella reserves the right to delete user’s content as defined below at Novella's schedule but at durations no sooner as set forth below.

4. Purchases

To make a purchase on the Site, you must accept these Terms and supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us or our third-party payment processor must be accurate, current, and complete. 

YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) OR OTHER PAYMENT MEANS USED TO INITIATE ANY TRANSACTION. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any user of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment mechanism) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You are responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchase. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order. Except at our sole discretion, tax cannot be refunded after the purchase is complete.

Products, pricing, availability of any products and services, images, references, features, content, and specifications, are subject to change without notice and may be subject to restrictions to comply with local laws. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the applicable colours; however, the actual colours you see will depend on your device screen, and we cannot guarantee that your device will accurately display such colours. The inclusion of any products or services on the Site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time.

It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use, and sale of any item purchased through the Site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service; to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of any coupon, discount, or promotional code or other similar promotions; to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s); and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to our carrier. We reserve the right to ship partial orders (at no additional cost to you), and the portion of any order that is partially shipped may be charged at the time of shipment.

We may contact you via the contact information you provided to inform you about any product recalls, safety warnings, or corrective actions. 

5. Refund & Return Policy

For refund and return information, please see our Shipping and Refund Policy.

6. Term and Termination

These Terms shall remain effective until terminated as set forth herein. We may, in our sole discretion, immediately terminate these Terms, and/or your access to and use of the Site or any portion thereof, at any time and for any reason, including if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms. 

Upon termination of these Terms, your right to access and/or use the Site will immediately cease. 

You agree that any termination of your access to or use of the Site may be effected without prior notice, and that we may immediately deactivate or delete your password and username, and all related information and files associated with it (including all Content), and/or bar any further access to such information or files. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site or to any such information or files, and shall not be required to make such information or files available to you after any such termination.

7. Third-Party Websites, Software, and Services

Novella may direct you to websites, software, or services owned or operated by third parties (“Third-Party Properties”). Third-Party Properties, to which you may be directed, operate under their own Terms, and we have no control over such Third-Party Properties. We are not responsible for (a) the content and operation of such Third-Party Properties, or (b) the privacy or other practices of such Third-Party Properties. The fact that the Site directs you to such Third-Party Properties does not indicate any approval or endorsement of any Third-Party Properties. We direct you to such Third-Party Properties only as a convenience. You are responsible for the costs associated with such Third-Party Properties, including any applicable license fees and service charges.

Other websites may provide links to the Site with or without our authorization. We do not endorse such sites, and are not and shall not be responsible or liable for any links from those sites to the Site, any content, advertising, products, or other materials available on or through such other sites, or any loss or damages incurred in connection therewith.

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE APPLICABLE TO SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES.

We shall have the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to block links to the Site through technological or other means without prior notice.

8. Promotions

In addition to these Terms, any contests, sweepstakes, surveys, games, or similar promotions (“Promotion” or “Offer”) made available through the Site may be governed by specific rules that are separate from this Agreement. By participating in any such Promotion, you will become subject to those rules, which may vary from the Terms set forth herein. You are solely responsible for reviewing and agreeing to any specific rules applicable to a particular Promotion, which will be linked from such Promotion and to review our Privacy Policy that, in addition to these Terms, governs any information you submit in connection with such activities. To the extent that the terms and conditions of such rules conflict with these Terms, the terms and conditions of such rules shall control. 

In addition, Promotions are generally subject to the following rules and restrictions, though Novella reserves the right to amend, update, change, or eliminate these Promotion rules at our sole discretion:

When you redeem an Offer, Novella can tell that you are part of a select group of customers to whom the promotional code was sent or distributed. For more information about data that Novella collects, please read our Privacy Policy.

9. Retiring Content, Termination of Membership, and Data and Content Retention Policies

You may choose at any time to Retire (remove) your published Content on Novella. Should you do so, the Content will not be visible to you and will not be available on our Site. Retired Content will be deleted from Novella’s database after a defined period of time, as set forth in the then-current policies of Novella.

Unpublished (Draft) content can be deleted by you. Deleted draft content is removed from Novella’s database after a defined period of time, as set forth in the then-current policies of Novella.

You may terminate your membership by navigating to My Account > Account Settings > Account Management; or by contacting Novella Support with a specific request to do so. Your request to terminate will become effective within 30 days after the acknowledgment by Novella of the receipt of your request. All terms above regarding retiring or deleting Content continue to be applicable.

Novella will retain any part of your Personal Data for as long as is reasonably required to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Data retained in backups will be removed only as the backups are purged in the normal course of Novella’s backup procedures.

Your Content will only remain accessible for defined periods of time, depending on the type of Content (quarantined, retired, draft, previous version, etc.). This type of Content will be deleted from Novella’s database after a defined period of time, as set forth in the then-current policies of Novella.

10. Privacy

Our services are subject to Novella’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://novella.ink/privacy.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, distributors, partners, licensors, advertisers and sponsors, and our and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, and other representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (a) your breach of these Terms, including any violation of the rules set forth in Section 2 above; (b) your Content; and/or (c) your activities in connection with the Site (including, without limitation, any and all purchases).

You will not do anything to intentionally prejudice the rights granted hereunder, but in the event that you lose any rights or other licenses, consents, or permissions relating to specific Content that is necessary for you to grant the rights you grant to us hereunder, or you receive notice of a third-party claim relating to Content which you reasonably deem to be of concern, you will immediately retire or delete such Content from our Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the rights to the Content that you provide to us under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph is intended to relieve you of your indemnification obligation above.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL MATERIALS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND ALL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NOVELLA AND ITS AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, ADVERTISERS AND SPONSORS, AND OUR AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. 

Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you. 

WE, OUR AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, ADVERTISERS AND SPONSORS, AND OUR AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE, THE SERVER(S) ON WHICH THE SITE IS OFFERED OR ANY SOFTWARE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE THEREON. NO OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT OF NOVELLA AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, ADVERTISERS AND/OR SPONSORS, AND/OR OUR AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, WHETHER MADE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR OTHERWISE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. 

YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER NOVELLA NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, ADVERTISERS OR SPONSORS, NOR OUR OR THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOST PROFITS), UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL MATERIALS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND ALL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE). YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOLE, EXCLUSIVE, AND MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF NOVELLA ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE SITE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE $100. 

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

14. Intellectual Property

Novella is the owner of all intellectual property rights, including all copyright, patents, and trademarks, associated with the Site, with all rights reserved, exclusive of Content provided by third parties, which is owned by the licensors of such Content. Novella owns the design, format and layout of the Site. The Site is https://novella.ink. All rights reserved.

All trademarks and service marks on the Site not owned by us are the property of their respective owners. The trade names, trademarks and service marks owned by us, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of our trade names, trademarks or service marks without our express prior written consent.

FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO POST, MAKE AVAILABLE TO OTHERS, OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTE IN ANY FORMAT ANY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE OR ANY DERIVATIVE WORKS OF SUCH MATERIALS, WITHOUT OUR PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.

15. Ideas, Suggestions, and Requests

Many of our customers are interested in submitting ideas and suggestions for products and services to be used at Novella, either independently of, or in conjunction with, our internally developed products and services. 

Any ideas or suggestions that you submit will be owned by Novella, and you hereby irrevocably assign any intellectual property rights to such ideas and suggestions to Novella. In the event that the foregoing assignment is held to be ineffective for any reason, your ideas and suggestions will be treated as Content, subject to the license granted to Novella in Section 3 of these Terms. If you intend to retain any intellectual property rights to your ideas and suggestions (patent, trade secrets, copyright, trademark, etc.) please do not submit them to us. 

16. Jurisdictional Issues

The Site is controlled and operated by Novella in the United States of America and is not intended to subject Novella to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country, or territory other than that of the United States of America. Novella does not represent or warrant that the Site or any part thereof is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations. We may limit the Site's availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and at our sole discretion.

Novella makes no representation that material on the Site is appropriate to or available at locations outside of the United States. You may not use the Site or export the Contents in violation of United States export regulations. If you access this Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws and payment of any local taxes that may be payable in connection with any purchase from the Site.

17. Miscellaneous

This Agreement shall be construed under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without giving effect to any conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware, USA or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, USA. The sole jurisdiction for any dispute shall be Delaware, USA.

Except for delay in payments due, if anything happens that is beyond the reasonable control of either party, then delays will be expected and performance may be excused. Novella and its subcontractors or suppliers shall not be liable for any delay caused by the occurrence of such an event beyond their reasonable control.

This Agreement does not designate either party as the agent, employee, legal representative, partner, or joint venturer of the other party for any purpose.

References to businesses in connection with Novella’s operations refer to organizations with which Novella has business relationships and does not imply formal legal partnerships.

Every term of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any term of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then such term will be deemed amended and interpreted, if possible, in a way that renders it enforceable. If such an interpretation is not possible, then the term will be deemed removed from this Agreement and the rest of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default, nor shall any delay or omission on the part of either party to exercise or avail itself of any right or remedy that it has or may have hereunder operated as a waiver of any right or remedy.

This is the entire Agreement between you and Novella relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between us with respect to such subject matter.

These Terms are not assignable, transferable, or sublicensable by you except with our prior written consent.

These Terms may not be modified or amended except with our prior written consent.

Any heading, caption, or section title contained in these Terms is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof.

If you have any questions or comments regarding these Terms, please contact: hello@novella.ink