1. Using Avelrow Authors
Avelrow Authors is a publishing, distribution, direct-sales, reader-access and royalty workspace operated by Avelrow Publishing. You must provide accurate account information, keep your login secure, and use the service only for books and assets you have the right to submit.
2. Approval is required
Creating an account or uploading a book does not guarantee publication. Author accounts, books, editions, metadata, covers and production files may be reviewed before they are approved, distributed, printed, sold or made available to readers. Avelrow may request corrections or reject material that does not meet legal, technical, editorial, rights or catalogue standards.
3. You keep your copyright
You keep ownership of your copyright unless you have separately transferred those rights in writing. By submitting an approved work, you grant Avelrow the non-exclusive permissions described in the Publishing Agreement so Avelrow can host, display, market, sell, deliver, distribute and technically prepare that edition.
4. Your responsibility for rights
You must have the rights needed for the manuscript, cover, illustrations, photographs, fonts, logos, quotations, metadata and other material you submit. Do not upload material that knowingly infringes copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other legal rights. Avelrow may pause or remove material while a rights concern is investigated.
5. Royalties
The signed Publishing Agreement controls royalty economics. Under the current agreement, qualifying paid sales pay the author 70% of Net Receipts and Avelrow retains 30%. The Readers+ Author Royalty Pool receives 40% of eligible Net Receipts from Readers+ membership revenue and is allocated under the qualified-read rules. A help page, dashboard or marketing statement cannot reduce a royalty rate that is locked by the signed agreement.
6. What Net Receipts means
Net Receipts is not automatically the same as the reader-facing list price. It means the amount actually received and retained by Avelrow after only the transaction-specific deductions permitted by the Publishing Agreement. For direct electronic sales this normally includes payment-processing costs. For physical books it can also include actual printing, manufacturing, fulfilment and order-specific shipping charges. General Avelrow overhead is not deducted unless a separate written agreement specifically allows it.
7. The 60-day payout maturity window
Royalty entries normally remain pending for 60 days before they become eligible for automatic payout. This maturity period gives time for ordinary refunds, payment reversals, processor corrections and similar issues to appear. After an earning reaches 60 days, Avelrow checks payout eligibility daily.
A matured balance is normally transferred automatically through Stripe Connect when the author account is approved, Stripe payouts are enabled, the configured minimum payout amount has been reached, and there is no unresolved hold or adjustment affecting the balance. Amounts below the minimum roll forward.
The 60-day maturity period is a reserve policy, not a guarantee that a card payment can never later be disputed. A later refund, reversal, chargeback or correction may still be applied as an adjustment under the Publishing Agreement.
8. Refunds, reversals and disputes
If money from a transaction is refunded, reversed, charged back or otherwise not retained by Avelrow, the corresponding royalty may be adjusted using the same royalty rule that applied to the original transaction. An unpaid adjustment may reduce a pending balance. If the royalty was already paid, the adjustment may be carried forward against future royalties where permitted by the Publishing Agreement and applicable law.
9. Stripe Connect and payout information
Author payouts are handled through Stripe Connect. Stripe may require identity, tax, banking or business information before payouts are enabled. Avelrow does not need to store your bank-account credentials in the Author Studio. If Stripe places a restriction or requires more information, your Avelrow royalties can remain in the ledger until payout capability is restored.
10. Print editions
Print-on-demand editions require production specifications and approved manufacturing files. Avelrow may generate a paperback wrap from author-supplied artwork or accept a compatible author-supplied print-ready PDF. Manufacturing acceptance is not guaranteed until the printer validates the files. Print royalty calculations use the verified transaction proceeds and actual permitted print or fulfilment costs rather than a calculator estimate.
For an ISBN, the author may supply an ISBN they own, control or are authorized to use for that exact print edition. Where an eligible print provider offers a provider-supplied ISBN, that provider's ISBN terms, imprint or publisher-of-record rules and portability restrictions apply. Avelrow does not fabricate ISBNs or treat a provider-supplied ISBN as author-owned. See ISBN guidance for print editions before choosing an ISBN route.
11. Royalty calculator
The Author Studio royalty calculator is an estimate to help with pricing. It is not a final statement. Actual royalties are calculated from the verified transaction data, permitted deductions, real print costs where applicable, and the royalty-rule version attached to the earning.
12. Pricing, distribution and availability
Authors may choose from the publishing and distribution options made available in Author Studio, subject to approval and the requirements of each channel. Retailers, distributors, printers and payment providers may impose their own technical, pricing, territorial or content requirements. Avelrow may require reasonable changes before an edition can be activated in a particular channel.
13. Prohibited activity
Do not use Avelrow Authors for fraud, impersonation, unauthorized copyrighted material, malware, deceptive metadata, fabricated ownership claims, payment manipulation, artificial qualified-read activity, or attempts to interfere with the security or operation of the service. Avelrow may investigate suspicious activity and may temporarily hold publication or payout while a genuine fraud, rights or payment concern is reviewed.
14. Removing a book or ending participation
Because the relationship is non-exclusive, an author may request that future Avelrow participation end, subject to the Publishing Agreement. Avelrow may also end or suspend participation for a material breach, rights problem, fraud, legal requirement or persistent failure to meet production requirements. Ending participation does not erase obligations relating to already-paid orders, refunds, accounting, taxes, customer fulfilment or royalties already earned.
15. Service changes
Avelrow may improve or change Author Studio features, printers, distributors, payment providers, technical workflows and non-economic operating policies. Changes to locked royalty percentages or the permitted Net Receipts deductions cannot be made merely by changing these Terms, a help page or the dashboard; the signed Publishing Agreement controls those economic terms.
16. Taxes
Authors are responsible for their own income-tax reporting and other author-specific tax obligations unless applicable law requires Avelrow or a payment provider to withhold, report or remit an amount. Stripe or another payment provider may request tax information where legally required.
17. Privacy and account data
Avelrow uses account, publishing, transaction and reading data to operate Author Studio, calculate royalties, protect the service, fulfil orders and meet legal obligations. Payment and banking information handled directly by Stripe remains subject to Stripe’s own privacy and security practices. Avelrow’s general Privacy Policy also applies.
18. No guarantee of sales or earnings
Avelrow does not guarantee that a book will be approved, accepted by a third-party channel, sell a particular number of copies, receive a particular number of qualified reads, or earn a particular amount. Forecasts, calculators and examples are estimates only unless an amount has been recorded as an actual earning in the author ledger.
19. Mandatory legal rights
Nothing in these Terms removes rights or remedies that cannot legally be waived. If a provision is unenforceable in a particular jurisdiction, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
20. Relationship to the Publishing Agreement
These Terms govern use of the Author Studio and supplement the signed Avelrow Author Publishing Agreement. If these Terms, a FAQ, a dashboard or marketing copy conflicts with the signed Publishing Agreement about royalties, Net Receipts, rights granted for an accepted work, or other agreement-controlled terms, the signed Publishing Agreement controls.
21. Contact
Questions about these Terms, an author account, a royalty statement or a publishing decision can be sent to hello@avelrow.com or through Avelrow Help & Support.