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Terms of
Service

Last updated: 11 July 2026

Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using Bookroco. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by them.

1. Acceptance of These Terms

Welcome to Bookroco. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website located at bookroco.com and any related pages, features, and services (together, the "Site"), operated by Bookroco ("Bookroco," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site. If you are using the Site on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on its behalf.

2. Definitions

  • "Content" means all text, ebooks, audiobooks, audio files, images, cover art, descriptions, metadata, and other materials available on the Site.
  • "Public Domain Work" means a work that is no longer restricted by copyright under applicable law and may be freely used by anyone.
  • "You" or "User" means any person who accesses or uses the Site.
  • "Third-Party Services" means services operated by others, including advertising, analytics, and linked websites.

3. Eligibility

The Site is intended for a general audience. If you are a minor in your jurisdiction (generally under 18), you may use the Site only with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian. By using the Site you represent that you can form a binding contract and are not barred from doing so under applicable law.

4. Public Domain Content and Intellectual Property

4.1 Bookroco is a library and discovery service for public-domain and freely-licensed literature in ebook and audiobook form. We make good-faith efforts to confirm that the works we host or link to are in the public domain in the United States, where our operations are based.

4.2 Public domain status varies by country. A work that is in the public domain in the United States may still be protected by copyright in your country. Copyright terms differ across jurisdictions — for example, the United States generally uses a fixed 95-years-from-publication rule, while the European Union, the EEA, and the United Kingdom use "life of the author plus 70 years." You are solely responsible for verifying that any work is in the public domain in your own country before downloading, streaming, or using it. If a work is not in the public domain where you live, you should not download or use it.

4.3 Added material may be protected. Even where an underlying text is public domain, newer translations, introductions, annotations, illustrations, cover art, audio narrations, and compilations may carry their own separate copyrights. Any original material created by Bookroco — including our site design, branding, logos, original cover art, curation, and descriptions — is our property or licensed to us and is protected by intellectual property laws. The "Bookroco" name and logo are our trademarks and may not be used without permission.

4.4 Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-commercial license to access the Site and to download or stream public-domain Content for your own private use. Public-domain works themselves carry no such restriction from us; this license concerns your use of the Site and of any original materials we add.

5. User Responsibilities and Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • use the Site in violation of any applicable law, including copyright law in your jurisdiction;
  • use automated tools, bots, scrapers, or crawlers to systematically download or copy the Site or overload our infrastructure;
  • interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or its servers;
  • remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices on original materials we provide;
  • use the Site to distribute malware or engage in fraudulent, harmful, or deceptive activity; or
  • misrepresent copyrighted material as public domain when submitting content to us.

6. Downloads and Use of Content

6.1 Content is provided for reading, listening, education, and research. Files are provided "as is." Public-domain source texts and volunteer or machine-generated narrations may contain errors, omissions, formatting issues, or historical language and viewpoints that some readers find outdated or offensive; inclusion is not endorsement.

6.2 You download and use files at your own risk. You are responsible for scanning files and for the security of your own devices.

7. Content Submissions

If you submit a book, recording, link, comment, or other material, you represent that it is in the public domain or that you have the right to submit it, and you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, distribute, and format it on the Site. We may review, decline, edit, or remove submissions at our discretion.

8. Third-Party Links

The Site may link to Third-Party Services and external sources (such as Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, the Internet Archive, and others). We do not control and are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third-party site. Links do not imply endorsement, and your use of third-party sites is governed by their terms.

9. Advertising and Google AdSense

9.1 The Site is supported by advertising, including Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and/or other sites on the Internet.

9.2 You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads), or opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising via https://www.aboutads.info/. Where required by law, we ask for your consent before advertising and other non-essential cookies are set, and (for users in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland) we use a Google-certified consent management platform to gather that consent.

9.3 We are not responsible for the content of advertisements or for the products or services they promote.

10. Cookies and Analytics

10.1 The Site uses cookies and similar technologies for functionality, advertising, and analytics. For full details, see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

10.2 Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site. Google Analytics sets cookies and collects information such as pages viewed, session duration, approximate location, and device/browser data. Information generated is processed by Google. You can opt out using Google's browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

10.3 Microsoft Clarity. We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with the Site through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve our services. Website usage data is captured using first- and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information, see the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

10.4 Your choices. You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where offered, through our consent tool. California residents and users covered by other privacy laws may have additional rights, including the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising; see our Privacy Policy for how to exercise them.

11. Disclaimers and No Warranty

THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any Content is accurate, complete, or in the public domain in your jurisdiction. Nothing on the Site is legal advice.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BOOKROCO AND ITS OWNERS, OPERATORS, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Site will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100.00). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bookroco and its owners and operators from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any law or third-party right, including your downloading or use of any work that is not in the public domain in your jurisdiction.

14. Copyright Complaints and DMCA Takedown Procedure

14.1 We respect intellectual property rights and respond to notices of alleged infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Although we make good-faith efforts to host only public-domain or properly licensed works, if you believe a work on the Site infringes your copyright, please notify us at contact@bookroco.com.

14.2 Your notice must include: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and its URL/location on the Site sufficient for us to locate it; (d) your contact information (name, address, phone, email); (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on its behalf.

14.3 Copyright / DMCA contact: Bookroco, email: contact@bookroco.com.

14.4 Upon receiving a valid notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material. We will make a good-faith effort to notify the party that submitted the material, who may submit a counter-notice.

14.5 Counter-notice. If you believe your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice with (a) your signature; (b) identification of the removed material and its former location; (c) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; and (d) your name, address, phone, and consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court. We may restore the material as permitted by the DMCA.

14.6 Repeat infringers. We will, in appropriate circumstances, remove content and restrict users who are repeat infringers.

15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

15.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and, to the extent applicable, the jurisdiction in which the operator of Bookroco is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

15.2 You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site will be resolved in the courts having competent jurisdiction over the operator of Bookroco, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts, except where prohibited by applicable law.

16. International Users

The Site is controlled and operated from the United States. We make no representation that the Site or its Content is appropriate or lawful in other locations. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, including verifying the public-domain status of any work in your own country.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms at any time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Material changes may be highlighted on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

18. Termination

We may suspend or terminate access to the Site, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, including violation of these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law) will survive termination.

19. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and Bookroco regarding the Site.

20. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at:

Bookroco
Website: bookroco.com
Email: contact@bookroco.com
Copyright / DMCA notices: contact@bookroco.com