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AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE BOOKSHOP ONLINE
AND (Name of Supplier Organisation)
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(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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Region
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Books
(>80gms.)
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Pamphlets(<80gms.)
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| UK |
£1.80 |
£0.30 |
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| Surface |
| Rest of World |
£2..90 |
£0.70 |
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Airmail
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| Europe |
£3.00 |
£1.00 |
| Rest of World |
£5.80 |
£1.50 |
(Click here
for the list of countries in Europe and the Rest of World)
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.
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