Effective date: March 19, 2026
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The Knew York Times is a book ranking platform that allows authors and publishers to bid for featured placement on curated best seller lists. The Service provides:
Placement on any list is determined by bid amount and is not an endorsement of literary quality. The Knew York Times does not represent that any ranking reflects editorial judgment or sales data.
To access certain features of the Service, you must create an account. You may register using email and password, Google OAuth, or Apple Sign In. You agree to:
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or that we reasonably believe have been compromised.
The Service operates a competitive bidding system for placement on best seller lists. By placing a bid you agree to the following:
Placing a bid does not guarantee your book will appear on any best seller list. Rankings are determined by relative bid amounts within each genre — the top 15 highest bids earn a spot each week. You may be outbid, in which case your payment will be fully refunded.
In the event of tied bids at the cutoff, all tied bids receive placement. If two users submit the same book (identified by ISBN) in the same genre and week, only the higher bid will be ranked; the lower bid will be refunded in full.
We reserve the right to remove any book or bid from the rankings at our discretion if it violates these Terms. Appearance on our lists does not constitute an endorsement of literary quality, commercial viability, or good taste. We are, after all, selling prestige.
We believe in a simple refund policy: if you don't win, you don't pay. Here's the fine print (which, for once, is actually in your favor):
All refunds are processed through Stripe and returned to the original payment method. Please allow 5–10 business days for refunds to appear on your statement. We know that feels like a lifetime, but blame the banking system, not us.
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You may submit content to the Service, including book listings, book descriptions, author biographies, and cover images (“User Content”). By submitting User Content you represent and warrant that:
You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting it, you grant The Knew York Times a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute your User Content in connection with operating and promoting the Service.
We reserve the right to remove any User Content that violates these Terms or that we find objectionable, without prior notice.
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We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service at our sole discretion, without prior notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties. You may also delete your account at any time through your account settings. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution — will remain in effect.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Effective date” at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you via email or an in-app notice. Your continued use of the Service after the revised Terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
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