Abebooks Community Policies
The Abebooks Community Forums (“Forums”) have been created
to promote productive communication within our community of book lovers.
Abebooks members who search for, buy and sell books are welcome to participate
in our forums.
The Abebooks Community Forums are intended to be helpful, informative
and educational for all of our book lovers. When forum members follow
the Policy and treat all other members with courtesy and respect, the
Forums are a positive experience for everyone.
Messages posted on the Forums are the opinions of the posters, and
do not represent Abebooks.
Abebooks reserves the right to remove posts at our discretion.
By using the Forums, you agree to abide by the Forum Policy. This Policy
may be modified from time to time without notice. Violation of this Policy
may result in your suspension or expulsion from the Forums.
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Use of the Forums |
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The Abebooks Community Forums are a public outlet for users
of the Abebooks Web sites ("Members") to post their opinions.
As such Abebooks does not guarantee, warrant or verify the accuracy,
quality, or integrity of the information presented. By using the
Forums, you understand that you are solely liable for any and all
information in any form that you upload, download, or otherwise
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Usage Guidelines |
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Usage of the Abebooks Community Forums is governed by the Terms
and Conditions of the Web site. By using the Web site, and the
Forums, you acknowledge that you agree to these Terms and Conditions,
and are eligible to use the Web site as described. Review the Terms
and Conditions.
- Posts should be directly related to the specific thread and
not stray off topic.
- Profanity and obscenities are not permitted.
- Contact information including phone numbers, mail addresses,
and URLs is not permitted.
- Any information posted with commercial implications including
availability, price, or alternative ordering information is not
permitted, except in "Classifieds", where Abebooks
reserves the right to remove any content deemed "too commercial" and
does not hold to the values of the Abebooks Community.
- Solicitations of any kind for external Web sites or products
are not permitted; however, you are allowed to post links and
URLs to sites of interest to the community. Abebooks reserves
the right to remove content deemed "too commercial" and
does not hold to the values of the Abebooks Community.
- The purpose of the Abebooks Community Forums is for interaction
with other members of the Abebooks community of buyers and sellers,
and as a source of information from Abebooks staff members. Direct
help with site problems, your account, and your orders should
continue to be accessed through the Abebooks
Help Pages.
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Prohibited Activities |
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The Abebooks Community Forums may be used only for lawful
purposes. We reserve the right to remove any content that we determine
in our sole discretion is harmful in any way to our systems, network,
reputation, goodwill, to other Abebooks customers, or to any third
party. Prohibited activities include:
- The upload, download, or transmission of any content that
would violate, or would facilitate the violation of, any applicable
law, regulation, Abebooks rule or policy, or encouraging others
to violate these laws, rules or policy.
- Posting another individual’s contact information, including
e-mail addresses.
- Using profanity, vulgarity, threats of violence, or comments
that are abusive, harassing, or threatening.
- Posting graphics or text that are obscene, pornographic, or
adult in nature.
- Attempting to impersonate Abebooks staff members, Abebooks
booksellers, buyers or any other entity.
- Ignoring or refusing to follow Abebooks staff requests or
instructions.
- Posting e-mail content from private parties.
- Posting new threads in the inappropriate folder.
- Posting suspected examples of Bookseller Policy Violations.
Please contact Customer Support directly to report a Policy Violation.
- Discussing or reposting deleted posts or warning letters.
- Discussing forum members who have been banned or suspended
from the forums.
- Posting messages on behalf of members that have been banned
or suspended from the forums.
- Repeatedly posting identical or similar threads.
- The upload, download, or transmission of any content that
infringes the intellectual property rights or rights of others,
including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent,
or trade secrets
- The upload, download, or transmission of any harmful content,
including, without limitation, viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
or any other harmful computer programs that may damage or interfere
with any system, program, data, or personal information.
- The upload, download, or transmission of any content for the
purpose of distributing chain letters, pyramid schemes or other
similar solicitations.
- The upload, download, or transmission of any domain names,
URLs, or hyperlinks, however you are allowed to post links and
URLs to sites of interest to the community. Abebooks reserves
the right to remove content deemed "too commercial" and
does not hold to the values of the Abebooks Community.
- The use of the Abebooks Community Forums for any commercial
purpose including, but not limited to advertising, promotion,
or solicitation, except in "Classifieds", where Abebooks
reserves the right to remove any content deemed "too commercial" and
does not hold to the values of the Abebooks Community.
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How to Report a Violation |
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If you feel a post violates our Terms of Service and would like
to request its removal, we require you to submit the following
information:
- Violation: for example, Spamming or Advertising, Vulgarity
or Profanity, Personal Attack, Invasion of Privacy, Impersonating
another member or Other
- Your Membername
- Additional Comments
Additional information on reporting
a violation, and on how to avoid viewing posts from other
users.
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