Red Hollow Publishing Terms & Conditions
Effective Date: August 28, 2026
Welcome to the Red Hollow Publishing website. By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the website.
1. About Red Hollow Publishing
Red Hollow Publishing is an independent publishing company based in Texas, USA. The website provides information about our books, authors, manuscript submissions, publishing activities, bookstore and library resources, news, events, and related services.
2. Website Use
You may use this website for lawful personal, professional, informational, and commercial purposes consistent with these Terms & Conditions.
You may not:
Use the website for unlawful or fraudulent purposes.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.
Interfere with the operation or security of the website.
Copy, scrape, reproduce, or redistribute website content without authorization.
Use Red Hollow Publishing's name, branding, artwork, or content in a misleading or unauthorized manner.
3. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, website content belonging to Red Hollow Publishing, including logos, graphics, page designs, promotional materials, text, branding, and original website content, is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
Books, cover artwork, illustrations, author photographs, excerpts, trademarks, and other materials may be owned by Red Hollow Publishing, individual authors, artists, photographers, licensors, or other rights holders.
Nothing on this website grants permission to reproduce, distribute, modify, publish, or commercially use protected content without written authorization from the applicable rights holder.
4. Book Information
Red Hollow Publishing makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate information regarding books, authors, publication dates, prices, formats, ISBNs, availability, and ordering information.
However, publication schedules, prices, cover designs, specifications, availability, and other details may change without notice.
Images displayed on the website may be promotional representations and may differ slightly from finished products.
5. Manuscript Submissions
Manuscript submissions are governed by the current Red Hollow Publishing Submission Guidelines.
Submitting a manuscript or query does not:
Guarantee review or publication.
Create an author-publisher relationship.
Create a contractual relationship.
Guarantee a response within a particular period unless otherwise stated.
Require Red Hollow Publishing to provide feedback.
A publishing relationship exists only after both parties enter into a separate written publishing agreement.
Authors should retain copies of all materials submitted.
Red Hollow Publishing is not responsible for lost, corrupted, incomplete, or improperly submitted materials.
6. Similar Ideas and Works
Red Hollow Publishing receives and develops many manuscripts, concepts, characters, themes, plots, settings, titles, and ideas.
By submitting material, you acknowledge that other submitted, acquired, or independently developed works may contain similarities to your submission.
Submission alone does not establish ownership over general ideas, themes, genres, concepts, tropes, or other elements not independently protected by law.
Nothing in this section permits Red Hollow Publishing to copy protected expression from a submitted manuscript.
7. Submission Fees
Red Hollow Publishing does not charge authors a fee merely to submit a manuscript for publishing consideration.
Any separate service, product, event, or optional offering that involves a fee will be clearly identified as such.
8. Purchases and Orders
If books, merchandise, or other products are offered for sale through this website, all purchases are subject to the pricing, shipping, availability, and return terms displayed at the time of purchase.
Red Hollow Publishing reserves the right to:
Correct pricing or listing errors.
Refuse or cancel fraudulent or suspicious orders.
Limit quantities where necessary.
Change product availability.
Cancel an order if fulfillment is not reasonably possible.
Any refund or return policy displayed for a particular transaction will control that transaction.
9. Third-Party Retailers and Distributors
Books published by Red Hollow Publishing may be sold through third-party retailers, wholesalers, printers, distributors, or marketplaces.
Transactions completed through third-party websites are governed by those companies' terms, privacy policies, shipping policies, and return policies.
Red Hollow Publishing is not responsible for the operation of independent third-party websites or services.
10. Bookstores, Libraries, and Wholesale Accounts
Wholesale, bookstore, library, school, and institutional purchases may be subject to separate terms concerning:
Wholesale discounts
Minimum quantities
Shipping
Payment terms
Returns
Damaged products
Distributor policies
Where separate written wholesale terms are provided, those terms will control the applicable transaction.
11. Reviews, Media, and Promotional Copies
Review copies, advance reader copies, promotional books, digital review materials, and other complimentary materials may be provided at Red Hollow Publishing's discretion.
Receipt of a complimentary copy does not require a positive review or endorsement unless an agreement explicitly states otherwise.
Recipients are responsible for complying with applicable disclosure requirements when reviewing or promoting complimentary materials.
12. Author Events and Appearances
Author appearances, signings, interviews, bookstore events, library programs, conventions, and other activities may be subject to availability and separate arrangements.
Event details may change because of scheduling conflicts, weather, venue requirements, illness, travel disruptions, or other circumstances outside the publisher's control.
13. External Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites.
Red Hollow Publishing does not control those websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices, accuracy, or security.
A link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement.
14. Email and Communications
When you contact Red Hollow Publishing or subscribe to a mailing list, you consent to receiving communications necessary to respond to your inquiry or provide the requested service.
Marketing emails will include an unsubscribe option where required.
Our collection and use of personal information is also governed by the Red Hollow Publishing Privacy Policy.
15. Disclaimer
This website and its content are provided on an "as available" basis.
Red Hollow Publishing makes reasonable efforts to maintain accurate and useful information but does not guarantee that all website content will always be complete, current, uninterrupted, or error-free.
Nothing on this website constitutes legal, financial, tax, or other professional advice.
16. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Red Hollow Publishing will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of, or inability to use, this website.
This limitation does not exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded.
17. Indemnification
You agree not to knowingly use the website in a manner that violates applicable law or infringes the rights of others.
To the extent permitted by law, you may be responsible for losses resulting from unlawful or unauthorized use of the website.
18. Changes to These Terms
Red Hollow Publishing may revise these Terms & Conditions periodically.
Updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
19. Governing Law
These Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any dispute concerning these website terms will be handled according to applicable Texas and federal law.
20. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms & Conditions may be directed to:
Red Hollow Publishing
Texas, USA
Email: contact@redhollowpublishing.org