Terms of Use - Bruce H. Becker

Hidden Treasure Books

Terms of Use

Effective Date: August 20, 2026

Welcome to Hidden Treasure Books. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Hidden Treasure Books website, services, content, author resources, promotional services, vendor recommendations, book listings, and any other services we may provide through our website or related platforms.

By accessing or using Hidden Treasure Books, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use our website or services.

1. About Hidden Treasure Books

Hidden Treasure Books is a faith-based, family-owned publishing and book-related business created to support authors, readers, and others involved in the publishing industry.

Our services and activities may include, but are not limited to:

Promoting books and authors.
Providing information and resources to authors.
Selling or facilitating the sale of books.
Connecting authors with publishing-related service providers.
Providing author promotional opportunities.
Publishing or displaying author profiles and book information.
Providing recommendations concerning publishing-related vendors and professionals.
Providing educational and informational material concerning publishing and book marketing.
Developing additional products and services in the future.

Hidden Treasure Books reserves the right to modify, add, suspend, or discontinue any service at any time.

2. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing, browsing, registering with, submitting material to, purchasing from, or otherwise using the Hidden Treasure Books website or services, you agree to these Terms of Use.

These Terms apply to all visitors, customers, authors, vendors, contributors, and other users of the website.

If you are using Hidden Treasure Books on behalf of a business, organization, or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to accept these Terms on behalf of that entity.

3. Changes to These Terms

Hidden Treasure Books may revise these Terms of Use from time to time.

When changes are made, the revised Terms will be posted on the website with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the website after revised Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

We encourage users to review these Terms periodically.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Hidden Treasure Books name, logo, website design, graphics, written material, photographs, videos, promotional materials, original text, and other website content are owned by or licensed to Hidden Treasure Books and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, sell, license, or commercially exploit Hidden Treasure Books’ proprietary content without prior written permission.

The names, trademarks, logos, book covers, photographs, and other intellectual property belonging to authors, publishers, vendors, and other third parties remain the property of their respective owners.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of intellectual property from one party to another.

5. Author Content

Authors may have opportunities to submit books, descriptions, photographs, biographies, videos, reviews, advertisements, testimonials, manuscripts, artwork, or other material to Hidden Treasure Books.

The author or other lawful owner retains ownership of their original intellectual property unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.

By submitting material to Hidden Treasure Books, you represent and warrant that:

You own the material or have the legal right to submit it.
You have obtained all necessary permissions for material belonging to another person.
Your submission does not knowingly violate another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.
Your submission is not knowingly unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, or misleading.
You have authority to grant Hidden Treasure Books the permissions described below.

By submitting material, you grant Hidden Treasure Books a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, distribute, edit for formatting or promotional purposes, and promote the submitted material as reasonably necessary to operate and promote the Hidden Treasure Books website and related services.

This license does not transfer ownership of your book, manuscript, copyright, or other intellectual property to Hidden Treasure Books.

6. Author Responsibility

Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy and legality of the material they submit.

Hidden Treasure Books does not guarantee that an author’s book will receive a particular number of sales, reviews, readers, followers, publicity opportunities, or distribution placements.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their books comply with applicable copyright, trademark, publishing, tax, advertising, consumer-protection, and other laws.

Hidden Treasure Books reserves the right to refuse, remove, modify, or discontinue an author listing or promotional material if we believe it violates these Terms or may create legal, ethical, or reputational concerns.

7. Book Information and Pricing

Information concerning books, including descriptions, photographs, prices, availability, editions, formats, authors, publishers, and distribution information, may be provided by authors, publishers, distributors, retailers, or other third parties.

Although Hidden Treasure Books attempts to provide accurate information, we do not guarantee that all information will always be complete, current, or error-free.

Prices and availability may change without notice.

8. Purchases

When you purchase a book or other product through Hidden Treasure Books, you agree to provide accurate and complete information necessary to process your order.

Hidden Treasure Books reserves the right to refuse or cancel an order when appropriate, including because of:

Incorrect pricing or product information.
Product availability.
Suspected fraud.
Payment problems.
Shipping or fulfillment problems.
Technical errors.
Other circumstances that make fulfillment impractical or impossible.

If an order is canceled after payment has been received, the appropriate refund will generally be provided in accordance with the applicable purchase terms.

9. Third-Party Vendors and Recommendations

Hidden Treasure Books may provide information about publishing companies, editors, designers, printers, website developers, marketing professionals, distributors, consultants, or other third-party service providers.

A vendor recommendation does not constitute a guarantee, endorsement, warranty, or representation that the company itself will provide satisfactory services.

In some cases, Hidden Treasure Books may specifically identify an individual whom we have personally dealt with and recommend that individual based upon our own experience.

Our experience with one employee, representative, or contractor does not necessarily represent the experience you may have with another person at the same company.

If a recommended individual leaves a company, changes positions, or is no longer involved with the services for which we recommended them, Hidden Treasure Books may change, suspend, or remove the recommendation.

You are responsible for conducting your own due diligence before entering into a business relationship with any third-party vendor.

Any agreement for services between you and a third-party vendor is between you and that vendor. Hidden Treasure Books is not a party to that agreement unless expressly stated otherwise in a separate written contract.

10. Third-Party Services and Websites

Hidden Treasure Books may provide links to websites, retailers, publishers, vendors, social-media platforms, payment processors, distributors, or other third-party services.

These third parties operate independently from Hidden Treasure Books.

We are not responsible for:

The availability of third-party websites.
Their content.
Their privacy practices.
Their pricing.
Their services.
Their products.
Their business practices.
Their security.
Their representations or warranties.

Your use of a third-party website or service is governed by that third party’s own terms and policies.

11. User Conduct

You agree not to use Hidden Treasure Books to:

Violate any applicable law or regulation.
Infringe another person’s intellectual-property rights.
Submit fraudulent or intentionally misleading information.
Impersonate another person or business.
Harass, threaten, or abuse another person.
Upload malicious software or harmful code.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or another user’s account.
Interfere with the operation or security of the website.
Use automated systems to improperly collect information from the website.
Submit material that is unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, or intentionally deceptive.
Use Hidden Treasure Books to conduct fraudulent transactions.
Attempt to manipulate reviews, ratings, recommendations, or promotional services.
Use information obtained through the website for unlawful purposes.

Hidden Treasure Books reserves the right to restrict or terminate access for users who violate these provisions.

12. Reviews, Testimonials, and Comments

Users may be given opportunities to submit reviews, testimonials, comments, recommendations, or other feedback.

You are responsible for ensuring that your submissions are truthful and based upon your actual experience.

You may not knowingly submit false reviews, fabricate experiences, impersonate another person, or attempt to unfairly damage the reputation of another person or business.

By submitting a review, testimonial, or comment, you grant Hidden Treasure Books permission to display and use that material for website and promotional purposes, subject to applicable law.

Hidden Treasure Books reserves the right to remove submissions that violate these Terms.

13. Privacy

Your use of Hidden Treasure Books may involve the collection and use of certain information.

Our privacy practices are described in our Privacy Policy, which should be reviewed together with these Terms of Use.

By using the website, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the applicable privacy provisions.

14. No Guarantee of Results

Hidden Treasure Books makes no guarantee concerning the commercial success of any author, book, promotional campaign, vendor relationship, advertising campaign, or publishing project.

Publishing and selling books involve numerous factors outside of Hidden Treasure Books’ control.

Examples include:

Consumer demand.
Retailer decisions.
Distributor decisions.
Book reviews.
Advertising performance.
Market conditions.
Printing delays.
Shipping delays.
Changes in retailer policies.
Changes in distribution platforms.
Actions of third-party vendors.

Any statements concerning potential results should not be interpreted as a guarantee of future performance.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Hidden Treasure Books website and services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Hidden Treasure Books does not guarantee that:

The website will always be available.
The website will be uninterrupted.
The website will be free of errors.
Information will always be accurate or current.
Services will meet every user’s expectations.
Third-party services will perform as expected.
The website will be free of harmful code or security vulnerabilities.

Users assume responsibility for their use of the website and services.

16. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hidden Treasure Books, its owners, employees, contractors, representatives, affiliates, and agents shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of the website or services.

This includes, without limitation, losses relating to:

Lost profits.
Lost sales.
Lost business opportunities.
Lost data.
Business interruption.
Third-party services.
Publishing delays.
Distribution problems.
Advertising results.
Vendor relationships.
Website interruptions.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Hidden Treasure Books and its owners, employees, contractors, representatives, and affiliates from claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to:

Your violation of these Terms.
Your violation of applicable law.
Your submitted content.
Your infringement of another person’s intellectual-property rights.
Your transactions with third-party vendors.
Your misuse of the website or services.
Your fraudulent or intentionally wrongful conduct.

18. Account Termination and Removal of Content

Hidden Treasure Books may suspend or terminate access to the website or services when we reasonably believe that a user has violated these Terms or engaged in conduct that could harm Hidden Treasure Books, another user, an author, a vendor, or the public.

We may also remove content that we believe is inappropriate, unlawful, misleading, inaccurate, or inconsistent with the purpose of Hidden Treasure Books.

Termination does not eliminate obligations that, by their nature, should continue after termination, including intellectual-property provisions, disclaimers, indemnification obligations, and limitations of liability.

19. Copyright Complaints

Hidden Treasure Books respects the intellectual-property rights of others.

If you believe that material appearing on the Hidden Treasure Books website infringes your copyright, please contact us with sufficient information to identify:

The copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
The material you believe is infringing.
Where the material appears on the website.
Your contact information.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized.
A statement that the information you provide is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, when applicable.

Hidden Treasure Books may remove or restrict access to material when appropriate.

20. Children’s Use of the Website

Hidden Treasure Books is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising minors’ use of the internet and our website.

21. Faith-Based Content

Hidden Treasure Books is a faith-based, family-owned business.

Some website material may express Christian beliefs, values, opinions, interpretations, or perspectives.

Such material is provided as part of the identity and purpose of Hidden Treasure Books and should not be interpreted as legal, financial, medical, or professional advice.

22. No Professional Advice

Information provided by Hidden Treasure Books is intended for general informational and educational purposes.

Nothing on the website constitutes legal, tax, accounting, financial, investment, medical, or other professional advice.

Users should consult an appropriately qualified professional when professional advice is required.

23. Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable in the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the use of the Hidden Treasure Books website shall be handled in a court of competent jurisdiction as permitted by applicable law.

24. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be interpreted or modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

The remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

25. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, together with any additional agreements, policies, or terms specifically incorporated by reference, constitute the agreement governing your use of the Hidden Treasure Books website and services.

If a separate written agreement between Hidden Treasure Books and a user specifically conflicts with these Terms, the separate written agreement shall control with respect to that particular matter.

26. Contact Information

Questions concerning these Terms of Use may be directed to:

Hidden Treasure Books
Virginia, United States

Email: hiddentreasurebooks911@gmail.com

Website: www.hiddentreasurebooks.com

27. A Final Word from Hidden Treasure Books

Hidden Treasure Books was created with a simple goal: to help authors and readers discover the treasures found in books.

We believe authors deserve to be treated honestly, vendors deserve to be treated fairly, and readers deserve accurate information.

Our goal is not to promise that every book will become a bestseller or that every vendor will be perfect. Instead, we intend to share our experiences, provide useful resources, introduce authors to people who may be able to help them, and build relationships based upon honesty and trust.

We encourage every author and customer to ask questions, conduct their own research, read agreements carefully, and make informed decisions.

Thank you for visiting Hidden Treasure Books.

Books That Reveal Eternal Treasures.

Last Updated: August 20, 2026

This Terms of Use document is a general business template and should be reviewed by a qualified attorney before publication, particularly with respect to Virginia law, consumer protection, privacy, online sales, intellectual property, and liability provisions.