TERMS AND CONDITIONS

THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS, INC. (“AAP”) OWNS AND OPERATES THE BOOKJOBS.COM WEB SITE. BELOW ARE THE “TERMS AND CONDITIONS” UNDER WHICH YOU MAY USE BOOKJOBS.COM. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. BY USING THIS SITE YOU AGREE TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHICH AAP MAY CHANGE, MODIFY OR SUPPLEMENT AT OUR DISCRETION BY POSTING NEW OR REVISED TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR SITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY CHANGES TO THESE TERMS MEANS YOU ACCEPT SUCH CHANGES.

Website Content

The content of this web site and of other web sites under AAP’s control, including text, images, icons, and logos, is protected under United States intellectual property and other laws and is the property of AAP, its members, or its content suppliers and members. The collection, arrangement, and assembly of content on this web site is the exclusive property of AAP and is also protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws. Any unauthorized use of the content contained on this web site may violate these laws.

Acceptable Site Use

General Rules

You are only authorized to access and view a single copy of the content available on or from BookJobs.com solely for your personal, internal and noncommercial use. Any commercial use of the information and materials included in this site, without written permission from AAP, is strictly prohibited. Although you may modify the personal information that you provide to BookJobs.com, you are not authorized to modify, remove, or supplement any other information or images contained on the web site.

You may not use this web site to distribute, transmit, store or destroy material, including any web site content: (a) in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, (b) in any manner that will infringe the intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) in any manner that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Security Rules

You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the BookJobs.com web site, including, without limitation: (a) accessing or trying to access data which you are not authorized to access, (b) logging or trying to log into a server or account which you are not authorized to access, (c) trying to probe, scan or otherwise test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach the security or authentication measures used in this web site without proper authorization, (d) trying to interfere with service to any other user, host, or network by sending a virus to this web site, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing,” “crashing,” or by any other method of interference, (e) using the web site to send unsolicited emails, including promotions and/or other forms of advertising for products and services, or (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting. Any violations of the system or network security could result in civil or criminal liability. We will investigate any occurrences which may involve such violations and may call upon and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who participate in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses

BookJobs.com may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment in or information about the publishing industry. All users are prohibited and agree to refrain from using the web site, for any of the following purposes:

(a) Deleting, modifying, or supplementing any information provided by another person or entity.

(b) Submitting any information that you do not have the full rights to use or share.

(c) Using any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of or activities conducted on BookJobs.com.

(d) Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on BookJobs.com’s infrastructure.

(e) Disclosing or sharing with third parties the password which you have to access non-public areas of the web site and using that password for unauthorized purposes.

(f) Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising in any way any part of this web site.

(g) Aggregating, copying, or duplicating in any way any of the content contained in or information available on BookJobs.com.

(h) Copying or adapting the HTML created to generate the content on this site.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or trying to use an engine, software, tool, agent, or other device (such as browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this web site other than the search engine and search agents available on this site and other generally available third party web browsers such as Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft Explorer.

User Information

When you access our jobs database for the first time, you will be asked to provide certain personally identifying information, including your name and email address. Our collection, use, and disclosure of this information is described in further detail in our privacy policy.

User Submissions

Although we always appreciate hearing from our users and welcome any comments regarding our web site, our policy does not permit us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions or materials other than those which we specifically request. Therefore, while we value specific comments regarding our service, we request that you refrain from submitting creative ideas, suggestions, inventions, or materials. If you ignore this request, any material you send shall become the property of AAP and AAP shall own all rights to the material and be able to use or disclose that material for any purpose without liability and without compensating you.

AAP does not have an obligation to screen or monitor the information provided to us. If notified that any information does not conform to these Terms and Conditions, AAP may investigate the allegation and has the sole discretion to determine in good faith whether to remove or request the removal of that information. AAP has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. AAP reserves the right to remove users from the web site and prevent any further access if they violate any of the Terms and Conditions or the law.

Password

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. If anyone uses your password without your authorization you are responsible for that use and agree to inform AAP of it.

Links

This site contains links to other third party web sites. However, the provision of these links is not an endorsement of their contents. AAP is not responsible for the contents of third party web sites accessible through links from this site and does not make any representations about their accuracy. AAP is not responsible for the data collection and use policies and practices of third party sites, and those sites are not governed by the BookJobs.com privacy policy. If you wish to access any of these linked third party sites, you do so at your own risk.

Disclaimer

BookJobs.com is only a venue for employers to post jobs and potential applicants to view those job postings. AAP has no involvement with, or responsibility for, the actual communications or transactions between the employers and applicants. Therefore, AAP does not control the quality, safety, legality, truth or accuracy of the jobs posted. You assume all risks, including the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, minors or people acting under false pretenses with whom you come in contact through BookJobs.com. You also acknowledge and agree that any reliance by you on the information contained on web site will be at your own risk.

This site is for informational purposes only. The information and materials contained in this site are provided “as is,” AAP does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information and materials located on the site and expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in this information and materials. No warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, is given in conjunction with the information and materials. In addition, AAP does not warrant that BookJobs.com will operate error-free or that the site or server are free of all computer viruses and other harmful components. If your use of the BookJobs.com web site results in costs relating to the servicing, repair, or correction of your equipment or data, you and not AAP are responsible for those costs.

Limitation of Liability

AAP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSSES, DAMAGE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE), INJURY, CLAIM OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING THOSE RESULTING FROM VIRUSES) BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM THE USE THEREOF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE BY ANY PARTY.

Termination

AAP has the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate your rights to access BookJobs.com, erase your information on BookJobs.com, and pursue all other legal remedies upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Indemnity

You shall indemnify and hold AAP, its officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless from claims by or liability to any third party for loss, damage or injury to persons or property or which results from your breach of these Terms and Conditions, in each case including but not limited to legal fees and costs and other expenses associated with or incurred in connection with such loss. AAP shall promptly notify you of any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Governing Law

The foregoing terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of New York, and any legal action related to this site or its usage may be brought only in New York Supreme Court in Kings County and federal district court in the Southern District of New York.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Association of American Publishers, Inc. (“AAP”) owes and operates the BookJobs.com web site. This policy describes our information collection, usage, and disclosure practices with regard to the BookJobs.com web site. By using the BookJobs.com web site, you consent to the policies and practices described herein.

Collection of Personal and Non-Personal Information

Any personal information you provide to us will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. If you access BookJobs.com outside the United States, your usage of the web site constitutes consent to the transfer of your information to the United States. It is not necessary to provide any personally identifiable information or demographic or profile data to access the BookJobs.com web site to learn more about the publishing industry, upcoming publishing events, and internships in publishing.

In order to access our database of jobs in publishing and receive e-mails of job postings and important publishing events, you will be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information about yourself, specifically your name and email address. You may also choose to provide us with your address and phone number, however, that information is not required to access the database.

We may also request information that is not personally identifiable, such as your college major and job preference information, also known as demographic or profile data.

We also may gather information about your use of the site, including what areas you visited and what services you accessed. In addition, we may collect information about the computer hardware and software that you use to access the BookJobs.com web site, such as the IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring web site addresses. We will use this information to improve the performance of our website.

Storing and Updating Personal Information

You may review and change the information you provide in your BookJobs.com profile at any time. To do so, simply access your profile and edit the information contained therein.

If you change your mind about whether you wish to receive emails about new job posting or upcoming publishing events, you may let us know by checking or unchecking the email option in your profile box.

Use of Personal Information

We use the information you provide to send you listings of new jobs or upcoming publishing events and to customize the job listings we provide to you. We also may use such information to monitor and improve the operation and functionality of the web site.

We do not sell, rent or otherwise use for any commercial purpose, the personally identifiable information you provide to us, unless you have consented to such use.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We will not disclose your personal information to third parties, except in the circumstances identified below.

1) We will disclose your personal information if you consent to such disclosure. Specifically, if you indicated in your personal profile that you would like to receive job listings and event information, we may give your contact information to third parties that we believe may be interested in sending job listings and event information to you. We may also use the data you provide to us to determine what job listings offered by a third party might be of particular interest to you.

2) We may disclose your personal information to the companies and individuals we work with and employ to perform functions on our behalf. Such functions include, but are not limited to, hosting our web servers, providing technical support to the site, promoting the publishing industry, and marketing the site. These companies and individuals will only have access to your personal information to the extent necessary to perform their specific functions, however, they will not be permitted by us to share this information with third parties or to make independent commercial uses of this information.

3) We reserve the right to disclose your personal information: (a) if we are required to do so by law; (b) requested to so by a governmental entity, or in connection with a legal, judicial, regulatory, or administrative proceedings; or (c) if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to: (i) protect AAP’s rights or property; (ii) prevent a crime; (iii) protect national security; or (iv) protect the safety of our users or the public at large.

4) We will disclose your personal information in the event that we sell the BookJobs.com web site to a third party and will post the notification of the sale on the web site.

Cookies

“Cookies” are pieces of information that are placed on an individual’s computer hard drive to enhance the browsing experience within a particular web site. BookJobs.com does not currently employ “cookie” technology or track visitors to the web site. However, we reserve the right to do so in the future to enhance the operation of the web site.

Other Sites

Our site contains links to other sites. Other sites may also reference or link to our site. We are not responsible for, and have no control over, the privacy practices or the content of such other sites.

Security

We have implemented reasonable technical and other measures to secure your personal information from loss, unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. However, such measures may not prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information in every situation.

Children

Bookjobs.com is not intended for the use of children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information provided by children under the age of 18.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify, or supplement our privacy policy at any time by posting those changes here. Your continued use of the web site following the posting of any changes means you accept such changes.