Terms & Conditions
and Privacy Policy

You must be at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction, or have the permission of a parent, guardian, educational institution, or employer, to create an account and use the eLibrary.

You agree that all information provided during registration is accurate and current.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. You agree to:

• Keep your password secure.
• Notify River Publishers immediately of any unauthorized access.
• Be responsible for all activity occurring under your account.

River Publishers reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts involved in fraudulent, abusive, or unauthorized activities.

Access to the eLibrary may be provided through:

• Individual subscriptions
• Institutional subscriptions
• Trial subscriptions
• Promotional access
• Purchased perpetual access (where specifically offered)

Subscription fees are displayed at the time of purchase. Unless otherwise stated, subscriptions automatically renew until cancelled.

Where offered, free trials are limited to one per user unless otherwise specified.

If payment information is collected at the start of a trial, your subscription will automatically convert to a paid subscription unless cancelled before the trial expires.

Payments are processed securely through authorized payment providers. By purchasing a subscription, you authorize recurring charges where applicable.

Taxes, VAT, GST, or similar governmental charges may be added where required by law.

You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings.

Cancellation prevents future renewals but does not normally entitle you to refunds for the current subscription period unless required by applicable law.

Except where required by law, subscription fees are non-refundable.

Refund requests may be considered for duplicate charges, billing errors, or exceptional circumstances at River Publishers' discretion.

All books, chapters, figures, illustrations, metadata, software, branding, and website content remain the intellectual property of River Publishers or the respective copyright holders.

Your subscription grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access content for personal, educational, or authorized institutional use.

You may not:

• Redistribute content
• Upload content to public websites
• Remove copyright notices
• Sell or sublicense content
• Use automated systems to harvest content
• Circumvent security or access controls

Users agree not to:

• Share account credentials.
• Attempt unauthorized access.
• Introduce malware or malicious code.
• Reverse engineer platform software.
• Interfere with platform security.
• Use automated scraping tools.
• Violate applicable laws or regulations.

Violation may result in suspension or permanent termination.

Institutional subscriptions are governed by the applicable license agreement. Authorized users may include faculty, staff, students, researchers, or employees as defined within the institutional subscription.

Institutions are responsible for managing authorized access.

While River Publishers strives for continuous service availability, uninterrupted access cannot be guaranteed. Maintenance, upgrades, network failures, or events beyond our control may temporarily interrupt service.

The eLibrary may integrate with third-party services including payment processors, authentication providers, analytics platforms, and institutional access systems.

River Publishers is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party services.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, River Publishers shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of the eLibrary.

Our total liability shall not exceed the amount paid for your subscription during the preceding twelve months.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

River Publishers may update, modify, expand, or discontinue features of the eLibrary without prior notice. Reasonable efforts will be made to minimise disruptions.

We may revise these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through the website, email, or other reasonable means.

Continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with applicable laws governing River Publishers' operations.

Where mandatory consumer protection laws apply in your country or region, those rights remain unaffected.