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AbeBooks is the world's largest online marketplace for books. Many of our booksellers also offer other items and ephemera such as music, posters, and other collectible items. However, there are certain items that we do not permit to be sold on our Web sites. AbeBooks reserves the right to remove any listing at AbeBooks' discretion, including without limitation requests from rights holders and publications deemed defamatory or illegal. All booksellers must have the legal right and the ability to sell the items they list on the AbeBooks web sites.
a. Acceptable Listings
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Books |
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Ephemera |
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Print on Demand listings are items that are not in printed form at the time of order. Print on Demand listings are permitted as long as the description clearly states, "This item is printed on demand." Booksellers must adjust the shipping matrix to represent printing and shipping times to accurately reflect the ultimate delivery speed. |
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Photocopies are permitted as long as they are free of copyright and in the public domain, or where the bookseller has received prior permission in writing from the copyright holder to reproduce the content. The bookseller must be able to provide proof of permission to AbeBooks upon request. The description must clearly state, "This is a photocopy." |
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E-books are permitted as long as they clearly state they are e-books in the title and the description reads, "This is an e-book." Booksellers are permitted to have a 'Final Sale' policy on e-books as long as the description includes, "This is an e-book. All sales final." |
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International Editions are permitted for sale on the AbeBooks web site as long as they are clearly identified as such, with the statement, "This is an International Edition," (no abbreviations), in the book’s description field, but they may not be sold to customers in the United States or Canada unless the publisher has authorized such sales. Please note that the publishers of International Editions generally do not authorize the sale and distribution of International Editions in the United States and Canada, and such sale or distribution may violate the copyrights and trademarks of the publishers of such works.. If an image of the cover of the book is provided, it must be the cover of the Internatioal Edition, and not the North American or any other edition. |
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Audio books are permitted in CD and DVD format. The description should clearly state, "This is an audio book." All other DVDs and CDs are not permitted for sale on AbeBooks. |
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Multiple items of the same or similar title shall only be listed as individual and separate listings when these items are shown to be materially different and are priced and described in a way to reflect these differences. Otherwise, a bookseller shall only list a maximum of two (2) of the same title, or use a quantity field so that the title displays only once. Booksellers shall not manipulate listings by price and / or description to display an unreasonable number of listings for a search result. Material differences and unreasonable numbers are defined at the sole discretion of AbeBooks. |
b. Unacceptable Listings
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Items in violation of copyright laws |
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We consider any work produced in a tangible form of expression and associated with an original authorship to be covered by copyright laws and to be bound by the terms set out by the original owner or publisher. The original author, holder of copyright or the publisher determines the copyright. |
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Unauthorized copies |
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Any item that has been pirated, illegally obtained or breaches terms and conditions set out by the original owner or publisher |
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Photocopies |
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Bookseller may list photocopied material only if they hold the legal right to reproduce it or have obtained permission from the rights-holder. |
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Prelisting |
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•Booksellers may not pre-list books that have not yet been made available to the public. AbeBooks may, from time to time, invite some booksellers to pre-list certain titles. This is within the sole discretion of AbeBooks. |
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Banned Books |
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•Specific books are banned from the AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.fr sites due to European laws. |
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Non-books, non-ephemera items |
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Any item that does not constitute one of the acceptable lists, as defined above |
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AbeBooks will review all complaints received about unacceptable listings and will obtain information to validate a complainant’s claim of ownership or publishing rights. Booksellers found to be listing items deemed unacceptable will be subject to the following actions: |
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AbeBooks will request the item be removed |
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Failure to do so may result in AbeBooks removing the listing |
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Continued violations of listing unacceptable items may result in suspension or cancellation of the bookseller account |
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