Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to the zeekapublish.com website (the “zeekapublish Site”), a website owned and operated by ipen publishers limited.

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and zeekapublish.com and also ipen publishers limited. Please read these Terms of Use, the terms and conditions posted through any zeekapublish.com device or application, or any additional terms and conditions, policies and guidelines posted on any other website, application, or services provided by zeekapublish.com (collectively, the “zeekapublish.com services”) carefully before using the zeekapublish.com services.

The terms and conditions stated below, along with the policies and guidelines located throughout the zeekapublish.com services (collectively herein the “Terms of Use”) identify what a user of the zeekapublish.com services (“you” or “your” or “User” or “Users”) can expect from zeekapublish.com electronic publishing services, bookstore., its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates (together referred to herein as “zeekapublish.com”, “we”, “us” or “our”), and/or persons who provide products or services to zeekapublish.com customers either directly or through the zeekapublish.com (“zeekapublish.com Providers”) and what zeekapublish.com in turn expects from Users. By visiting any zeekapublish.com service, creating an account, making a purchase via the zeekapublish.com services, downloading a zeekapublish.com application, joining any zeekapublish.com online interactive community, posting a review or creating a profile, or otherwise joining, viewing, visiting or contributing to zeekapublish.com user forums, blogs, or interactive features, you agree that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and to follow all applicable laws, you should leave the zeekapublish.com site or any other zeekapublish.com service immediately.

These Terms and Conditions of Use require the use of binding arbitration to resolve disputes rather than court trials or class actions. Please see Section 16 for details, including instructions to follow in order to opt out of binding arbitration and the class action waiver.

Separate terms and conditions apply to the purchase, download and use of digital content such as software applications, books, magazines, newspapers, periodicals, movies and television shows (“Digital Content”). To review the Terms of Service for such Digital Content, click here.

1. LICENSES AND RESTRICTIONS

1.1 Licenses. zeekapublish.com grants the User a limited, nonexclusive, revocable license to access and make personal, non-commercial use (unless User has a business relationship with zeekapublish.com documented in a separate agreement) of the zeekapublish.com services, its content (as that term is defined in Section 3 below. Additional terms and conditions apply to User Created Content, as that term is defined in Section 11 below. zeekapublish.com further grants the User a limited, nonexclusive and revocable right to create a hyperlink to the zeekapublish.com services so long as the link does not portray zeekapublish.com, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, or their respective products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter and manner.

1.2 Restrictions. The licenses in Section 1.1 do not include any rights to:

2. TRADEMARKS

zeekapublish.com, or its parent, subsidiaries, or affiliates, or third parties from whom zeekapublish.com has permission, own the trademarks or service marks that are used on the zeekapublish.com services. All rights are reserved. These and other graphics, logos, service marks, trademarks and trade dress of zeekapublish.com and its licensors may not be used without prior written consent of zeekapublish.com or its licensor, as the case may be. Without limiting the foregoing, no zeekapublish.com trademark or trade dress may be used in connection with any product or service that is not zeekapublish.com, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among Users, or in any manner that disparages or discredits zeekapublish.com.

3. CONTENT

3.1 Proprietary Rights. User acknowledges that the zeekapublish.com services contain certain content (such as text, graphics, photographs, video, audio, code, and other data or information relating to any subject) (“Content”), that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed. All Content is or may be copyrighted as a collective work under the Nigeria copyright laws, and zeekapublish.com owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such Content on the zeekapublish.com services. User may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any such Content, in whole or in part. If no specific restrictions are displayed, Users may make copies of select portions of the Content, provided that the copies are made only for User’s personal use and that User maintains any notices contained in the Content, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices. Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as permitted by the fair use privilege under the Nigerian copyright laws, User may not upload, post, reproduce, or distribute in any way Content protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the owner of the copyright or other property right. In addition to the foregoing, use of any software Content shall be governed by these terms and any software license agreement accompanying such software.

3.2 Third-Party Content. zeekapublish.com is a distributor and a publisher of Content supplied by third parties and Users. zeekapublish.com may exercise editorial control over such Content; however with the consent of the User. zeekapublish.com is not obligated to review Content, including User Created Content, as that term is defined in Section 11 below. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of Content, including User Created Content, expressed or made available by third parties, including any other User, are those of the respective authors or distributors and not of zeekapublish.com or any zeekapublish.com Provider, unless expressly stated otherwise. Neither zeekapublish.com nor any zeekapublish.com Provider makes any representation, warranty or guarantee on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any third-party Content unless otherwise expressly stated. In many instances, the Content, including User Created Content, available through the zeekapublish.com services represents the opinions and judgments of the third party that provides such Content. Under no circumstance shall either zeekapublish.com or any zeekapublish.com Provider be liable for any loss, damage or harm caused by a User’s reliance on information obtained through the zeekapublish.com services. It is the responsibility of User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the information, opinion, advice, or Content, including User Created Content, available through the zeekapublish.com.

4. PRICES

4.1 Prices. The price for an item on the zeekapublish.com services may differ from the price shown in a User’s shopping cart and it is possible that such price may increase or decrease between the time the item is placed in a shopping cart and the time that the purchase is actually made. On rare occasions, an item may be priced incorrectly on the zeekapublish.com services. If the price for the item on the zeekapublish.com services is incorrect and is actually higher than the price provided at the time of purchase, then, at the sole discretion of zeekapublish.com, zeekapublish.com may either (a) contact the User for instructions before shipping the item or charging the User for such item; (b) cancel the order for such item and notify the User of such cancellation; or (c) ship the item at the incorrect price to the benefit of the User.

4.2 Notice. Please note that this policy regarding prices applies only to items sold and shipped by zeekapublish.com. Any purchases from any third-party sellers on the zeekapublish.com services may be subject to different policies in the event of an incorrectly priced item.

5. RISK OF LOSS

The risk of loss and title for all items purchased via the zeekapublish.com Services pass to the User upon delivery of the item to the carrier.

6. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The items offered for sale on the zeekapublish.com Services contain descriptions that are provided directly by the user, manufacturer, developer or distributor of such item. zeekapublish.com does not represent or warrant that the descriptions of such items are accurate or complete. IF A USER PURCHASES AN ITEM FROM ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM THAT IS NOT AS DESCRIBED IN THE ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM SERVICES, THE USER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO RETURN SUCH ITEM IN AN UNUSED CONDITION FOR A REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE.

7. AGE OF USERS

Our products and services are marketed for and directed towards purchase by adults or with the consent of adults. Individuals under the age of 18 (‘Minors’) are not permitted to use zeekapublish.com websites without the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. Furthermore, we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 16 or knowingly allow such persons to register for an online account or to post personal information on our websites. Should we learn that someone under the age of 16 has provided any personal information to or on any of the zeekapublish.com websites, we will remove that information as soon as possible.

8. TERMINATION OF USAGE

8.1 Termination Rights. zeekapublish.com may issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate any User’s right to use or access all or any part of the zeekapublish.com services including any account thereon, without notice, for any reason in zeekapublish.com sole discretion, including, without limitation, violation of the Terms of Use, zeekapublish.com belief that such access would violate any applicable law or would be harmful to the interests of, or potentially cause financial loss or legal liability to, any zeekapublish.com Provider or another User.

8.2 Restricted Users. In certain cases, in zeekapublish.com sole discretion, may provide written notice (a “Restriction Notice”) to a User (a “Restricted User”) to inform such Restricted User that (i) his or her right to use or access any part of the zeekapublish.com has been terminated, including the right to use, access or create any account thereon; (ii) that zeekapublish.com refuses to provide any services to such Restricted User; and (iii) any subsequent orders placed by a Restricted User will be subject to cancellation. Other conditions may apply and shall be set forth in the Restriction Notice.

9. INDEMNITY

User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold zeekapublish.com (and its affiliates, employees, contractors, agents, suppliers and partners) and each zeekapublish.com Provider harmless from any and all claims, suits, actions, losses, costs, damages, and any other liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, brought by any third party due to or arising out of (i) such User’s use of the zeekapublish.com services, (ii) any alleged breach or violation of the Terms of Use or (iii) such User’s violation of any law or the rights of a third party. zeekapublish.com reserves the right, at User’s expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which such User is required to indemnify zeekapublish.com, and User agrees to cooperate with zeekapublish.com defense of such matter. This defense and indemnification obligation is intended to extend to the fullest extent permitted by law and will survive the Terms of Use and your use of the zeekapublish.com services.

10. PASSWORD AND ACCOUNT SECURITY

10.1 Account Password. Every User that has an account for the zeekapublish.com Services is responsible for (i) keeping his or her account password confidential and secured; (ii) avoiding unauthorized access to such User’s computer or other devices; and (iii) keeping the contact information associated with that account current. User acknowledges that it is necessary to keep the e-mail address associated with his or her account current because although the User may be able to log into his or her zeekapublish.com account using an old e-mail address, such User will not receive messages from zeekapublish.com about his or her orders and inquiries or other matters.

10.2 Account Security. User accepts full responsibility for all activities that occur within such User’s zeekapublish.com account or within the zeekapublish.com Services interactive community, whether or not authorized by the User.

11. INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY

11.1 Interactive Community Users. The zeekapublish.com Services offer numerous opportunities for interactive activities, which enable Users to communicate with each other directly, or which enable Users to post information and other material that will be visible to other Users of those services (“Interactive Community”). This Section 11, Interactive Community, applies to the activities of persons who are using the interactive features within the zeekapublish.com Services (“Interactive Community Users”). The scope of these features may change from time to time, with or without notice. You are using Interactive Community features if you post a review or blog entry, create a list, create a profile, submit any other User Created Content, as defined below, or otherwise participate in any interactive feature.

11.2 Interactive Community Services. Interactive Community features may be used only for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms of Use. If you are using any zeekapublish.com Services Interactive Community features, and post, publish or communicate any information, data, software, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material on or through the Interactive Community features, please choose carefully the information that you post and/or provide to other Users (“User Created Content”). User is prohibited from posting on or transmitting through the zeekapublish.com Services any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable law. zeekapublish.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting or other User Created Content (including private messages) by you, or to deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate access to all or any part of the Interactive Community features at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability.

11.3 Right to Remove Profile or Terminate Access. zeekapublish.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove your profile and/or deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Interactive Community features for any reason.

11.4 Misuse of Interactive Community Services. If you become aware of misuse of the Interactive Community features, including any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any applicable law, please activate the “Flag” feature on the page in question.

11.5 User Created Content.

12. NOTICES

User consents to electronic communications with zeekapublish.com, whether addressed to the e-mail address associated with such User’s zeekapublish.com account or posted on the zeekapublish.com Services. User acknowledges and agrees that any communication via e-mail or by postings on the zeekapublish.com Services satisfies any legal requirement that such communications be made in writing.

13. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

13.1 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

13.2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

14. SEVERABILITY

The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any applicable jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction. The failure of zeekapublish.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.

15. APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION

15.1 Applicable Law. The zeekapublish.com Services are created and controlled by ipen publishers limited in FCT-Abuja. The Laws of Nigeria will govern the Terms of Use, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

15.2 Jurisdiction. Each of zeekapublish.com and User agrees to submit to the nonexclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts located within FCT-Abuja, Nigeria and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any litigation in said courts.

16. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOU AND THE OWNERS OF ZEEKAPUBLISH.COM TO AGREE TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN US THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION.

Any dispute or claim arising from, relating to, or connected with these Terms of Use, the zeekapublish.com Services, the zeekapublish.com Content including Digital Content, any zeekapublish.com account and/or any Digital Library (each a “Claim”) will be resolved by binding arbitration (rather than in court). All Claims submitted to arbitration under these Terms of Use will be Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 2023 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and its Rules (including the Amendments, Supplementary Procedures/Provisions for Consumer-Related Disputes, if applicable), and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of arbitration shall be the State of FCT-Abuja or, may be conducted by telephone, online, virtual or based solely upon written submissions where no in-person appearance is required. Notwithstanding this Section 16, we may bring a Claim for injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction as necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights or those of our affiliates, suppliers, or licensors.

WAIVER OF CLASS ACTIONS. We each agree that any Claim will be arbitrated or litigated, as the case may be, on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated with any Claim of any other party whether through class action proceedings, class arbitration proceedings or otherwise. WE EACH AGREE THAT WE ARE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVING ANY RIGHT WE MAY HAVE TO A COURT TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE DIGITAL CONTENT TERMS OF SALE OR PUBLISHING.

OPTION TO OPT-OUT. To opt out of the arbitration and class-action waiver terms in this Section 16, you must notify us in writing within 30 days of the date that you first accept these Terms and Conditions of Use (unless a longer period is required by applicable law). You must mail your written notification to zeekapublish.com, and your written notification must include your name, address and an unequivocal statement that you want to opt-out of this arbitration agreement.

You acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any Claim or cause of action you may have must be filed within one (1) calendar year after such Claim or cause of action arises, or forever be barred.

For purposes of any Claim that is not subject to the arbitration procedures in this Section 16, we both agree to the governing law and jurisdiction as set out in Section 15.1 above.

17. EXPORT

Any software distributed by zeekapublish.com is “commercial computer software” or “commercial computer software documentation.” The Nigerian Government’s rights with respect to the zeekapublish.com Services are limited by these Terms and Conditions of Use; pursuant to applicable Laws. User agrees that by installing, copying, or otherwise using the zeekapublish.com Services that: (i) User does not reside in a country subject to embargo or export controls by the Nigerian Government; (ii) User is not on the List of Denied Persons as published by the Nigerian Government; and (iii) User will not use the zeekapublish.com Services for any illegal purpose. Because the zeekapublish.com Services, and related technical data are subject to Nigerian export controls, User agrees that User shall not upload, export or “re-export” (transfer) the zeekapublish.com Services or any Content, including User Created Content, unless User has complied with all applicable Nigerian export controls.

18. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In addition to the policies and guidelines located throughout the zeekapublish.com Services, the following policies are incorporated into the Terms of Use:

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Terms of Use, including all documents referenced herein, represents the entire understanding between User and zeekapublish.com regarding User’s relationship with ipen publishers limited and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous statements or representations. Headings used in the Terms of Use are for reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any terms. As used in these Terms of Use, “including” means “including, without limitation.”

20. MODIFICATION

These terms were last revised on October 1, 2023. zeekapublish.com and ipen publishers limited reserve the right to modify the terms and conditions of use as the need arises without recourse to the users or subscribers.

21. ROYALTY AND SHARED INCOME:

(A) The zeekapublish.com website among other things undertakes exclusive electronic publishing of books, literary works, and any genre of literature and by so doing exercises exclusive proprietary right to market & sell the electronic version of the work ONLY in zeekapublish.com or any other platform created by ipen publishers limited. The proceeds and revenues generated from the work published by zeekapublish.com will be shared between the author/owner and ipen publishers limited owners of zeekapublish.com in the ratio of 85: 15 per cent. In other words, ipen publishers limited will be entitled to fifteen percent (15%) while the author/owner will be entitled to eighty-five percent (85%).

(B) zeekapublish.com will also feature book stores of all genres for adverts and sale of literatures and literary works in our book store by the users or authors. By using the zeekapublish.om website for the sale and promotion of any literature, literary work or book; the owners of the website will be entitled to 10% per cent of the proceeds of sale of any of the literature, literary work, or book.