AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE BOOKSHOP ONLINE AND (Name of Supplier Organisation)…………………………………………………..………………………………………………(hereafter referred to as the Supplier) submits to Alternative Bookshop Online (hereafter referred to as ABO) the following details of publications for inclusion in the ABO Catalogue: Title, Author(s), Publisher's Name, ISBN, Recommended Retail Price, Number of Pages, Format (see below), Description of Contents (not exceeding 60 words).

Publications submitted must conform to ABO Policy Guidelines as set out in Appendix 1 to this Agreement. ABO reserves the right not to offer for sale or withdraw publications which contravene these Policy Guidelines.

The Supplier must have distribution rights for the publications submitted and is responsible for any liabilities arising out of breach of copyright.

Publications are offered for sale at the Supplier's Recommended Retail Price.

ABO reserves the right to access similar or identical publications from other suppliers.

The Supplier accepts that purchasers of publications are customers of ABO. ABO issues Invoices to customers.

Orders for publications are sent to the Supplier by e-mail. The Supplier confirms receipt of and despatch of orders by e-mail to ABO. The Supplier notifies ABO if the order cannot be met. ABO sends receipts to the Supplier for orders despatched to customers.

All publications supplied are in new condition and are the latest edition available.

The Supplier adequately packages orders and despatches them to customers together with a Delivery Note. The Supplier is responsible for the cost of any orders that do not reach customers.

Orders should normally reach customers not more than fourteen days after the Supplier has received the order but, in accordance with UK distance selling regulations, must reach customers in the European Union area within twenty-eight days of the order being received by the Supplier.

Customers have the right to cancel an order within seven days of it being placed. If an order already has been despatched to a customer before notice of cancellation has been received by ABO then the customer is responsible for the cost of returning the order to the Supplier. Returned publications must be in new condition for ABO to refund the customer's payment. The Supplier must notify ABO upon receipt of the returned order and whether or not the publications are in new condition.

The Supplier receives seventy per cent of the recommended retail price of their publications sent to customers plus postage costs as follows:

POSTAL CHARGES

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Customers are not charged and suppliers are not paid postage costs in the case of periodicals.

For the purposes of this agreement a pamphlet format is a publication weighing up to eighty grams and a book format is a publication weighing more than eighty grams.

Payments to the Supplier will be on a monthly basis with payment for the previous month's orders being made by the end of the current month. Payments will normally be made by BACS electronic transfer.

It is the supplier's responsibility to give the correct bank information for purposes of BACS credits. ABO do not accept responsibility for monies credited to the wrong bank account by third parties.

The term of this agreement begins when the Supplier receives notice of acceptance from ABO. Thirty days notice must be given by ABO or the Supplier in order to terminate this contractual agreement.

The Supplier may not assign this agreement without the permission of ABO.

The Supplier will be notified of any changes that ABO may wish to make to these terms and conditions. If the Supplier does not accept any such changes then this agreement with ABO ends thirty days after notification of the proposed changes.

Appendix 1

POLICY GUIDELINES ON PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED

The publications accepted for distribution must display a general respect for human freedom and dignity.

In particular, Alternative Bookshop Online will not distribute publications that have any racist, sexist, pornographic (as opposed to erotic) or fascist content.

ABO reserves the right not to offer for sale or withdraw publications which contravene these guidelines.