Terms of Use
The rules for using RNKD. Short, because reading a review site should not require a lawyer.
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What RNKD is
In shortOpinions from real readers, published for your information.
RNKD publishes book reviews written by individual contributors. Reviews are opinions. They are not professional advice, and RNKD makes no guarantee that you will agree with them.
Using the site
In shortRead, link, quote briefly with credit.
You may read RNKD, link to any page, and quote short excerpts with attribution to RNKD and the reviewer. You may not copy reviews wholesale, scrape the site, or republish reviewer content as your own.
Contributor content
In shortReviewers own their words; RNKD has a license to publish them.
Reviews are the copyright of the contributors who wrote them, published under a license to RNKD. Contributors agree to separate contributor terms covering originality, disclosure, editing, and removal.
Accuracy and corrections
In shortWe fix meaningful errors publicly.
RNKD tries to get facts right and corrects factual, attribution, and disclosure errors openly on the Corrections page. Opinions are not corrected.
Liability
In shortStandard limits, as far as the law allows.
[Placeholder for counsel: limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, governing law, and dispute terms.]
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