Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: August 13, 2026

Welcome to AuthorJohnD.com. These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of this website, its memberships, subscription services, digital content, physical products, Fiction Fan Club benefits, educational materials, community features, and any other products or services offered through the website.

By accessing this website, creating an account, purchasing a product, or subscribing to a paid or free membership, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the website or purchase a membership.

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1. Age Requirement and Parental Consent

You must be at least 18 years of age to independently purchase, subscribe to, or participate in paid membership services offered through this website.

Individuals under the age of 18 may only access, purchase, subscribe to, or participate in membership services with the knowledge, authorization, and consent of a parent or legal guardian. By allowing a minor to use the website or participate in a membership, the parent or legal guardian accepts responsibility for the minor’s use of the website and agrees to these Terms and Conditions on the minor’s behalf.

Certain fictional, literary, satirical, comedic, artistic, or mature materials may not be appropriate for all audiences. Parents and legal guardians are responsible for determining whether particular material is appropriate for a minor.

2. Paid Memberships and Recurring Billing

Certain portions of AuthorJohnD.com may require a paid membership or subscription. Memberships may be processed through Paid Memberships Pro, PayPal, Stripe, another payment processor, or another service made available through the website.

When you purchase a recurring membership, you authorize the applicable payment processor to charge the payment method you provide according to the billing interval displayed at checkout. Recurring memberships continue until canceled.

Membership pricing, benefits, features, availability, and membership tiers may change from time to time. Any changes will apply in accordance with the terms presented at the time of purchase, renewal, or modification of the applicable membership.

3. Cancellation

You may cancel a recurring membership at any time. Cancellation prevents future recurring membership charges after the cancellation becomes effective.

Cancellation does not create a right to a refund for membership fees, subscription fees, physical products, digital products, shipping charges, or any other amounts previously paid.

Unless otherwise stated, access to paid digital membership content may continue through the remainder of the already-paid membership period after cancellation.

4. No Refund Policy

This no-refund policy applies to memberships, subscription payments, digital products, downloadable materials, books, handmade products, merchandise, Fiction Fan Club payments, educational content, access fees, and other products or services purchased through the website.

Failure to use a membership, failure to download available content, dissatisfaction with the amount of content consumed, cancellation after a payment has processed, or failure to participate in available membership activities does not create a right to a refund.

5. Fiction Fan Club

The Fiction Fan Club is a membership program that may include access to digital materials, fiction-related content, books, handmade materials, collectible items, promotional materials, care packages, and other benefits described on the applicable membership page.

Fiction Fan Club members may receive physical mailers containing items such as handmade books, independently produced materials, selected third-party press books, printed materials, collectibles, promotional items, or other fiction-related merchandise.

Each Fiction Fan Club package may be different. The contents, number of items, format, estimated retail value, design, edition, author, publisher, and combination of materials are not guaranteed to be identical from one shipment to another.

Domestic Fiction Fan Club Mailers

Domestic Fiction Fan Club physical care packages are generally mailed periodically, with anticipated mailing intervals ranging from approximately one to six months, depending on the applicable membership, production schedule, available materials, and other circumstances.

Membership should not be interpreted as a promise that a physical package will be shipped every month unless a specific membership offer expressly states otherwise.

International Fiction Fan Club Mailers

International Fiction Fan Club physical mailers are generally consolidated into less frequent shipments. International members should generally expect physical care packages on an approximately three-month or longer mailing cycle, subject to production, postal, customs, transportation, and international delivery conditions.

When an international Fiction Fan Club membership is specifically sold as including international shipping, the standard international shipping cost for the applicable Fiction Fan Club package is included in the membership price unless otherwise disclosed at checkout.

Customs inspections, import requirements, taxes, duties, government charges, prohibited-item restrictions, delivery interruptions, or delays imposed by a destination country are outside the control of AuthorJohnD.com. Unless expressly stated otherwise, members remain responsible for any customs duties, import taxes, government assessments, or similar charges imposed directly by their country.

6. Shipping and Physical Products

Handmade books, Fiction Fan Club packages, signed materials, merchandise, and other physical products may require additional preparation time because some products are individually created, assembled, signed, packaged, or produced in limited quantities.

Shipping or delivery dates displayed on the website are estimates unless expressly identified as guaranteed. Delivery may be affected by postal carriers, weather, customs, international transportation, supply availability, production schedules, holidays, or circumstances outside the website owner’s reasonable control.

Customers are responsible for providing an accurate and complete shipping address. Additional shipping expenses caused by an incorrect, incomplete, outdated, or undeliverable address may be the customer’s responsibility.

7. Fiction, Satire, Commentary, and Creative Works

AuthorJohnD.com may contain novels, short stories, fictional journals, fictional correspondence, satire, parody, comedy, dramatizations, hypothetical scenarios, artistic works, commentary, podcasts, videos, essays, and other forms of creative expression.

Unless expressly identified as factual reporting, biographical material, autobiography, documentary material, or another form of nonfiction, fictional works should be understood as works of imagination, satire, parody, artistic expression, or entertainment.

Names, characters, businesses, organizations, locations, events, conversations, circumstances, and incidents appearing in fictional works may be invented, fictionalized, dramatized, exaggerated, combined, altered, or used for satirical or artistic purposes.

Any resemblance between fictional characters, situations, organizations, conversations, events, or story elements and actual persons, living or deceased, actual businesses, organizations, locations, or events may be coincidental unless expressly stated otherwise.

Satirical, fictional, comedic, artistic, or dramatic content should not automatically be interpreted as a literal factual assertion about a real person, company, organization, event, or circumstance.

8. Opinions and Commentary

Opinions expressed in podcasts, videos, articles, books, fiction, commentary, live broadcasts, membership materials, or other content represent the views, interpretations, artistic expression, or commentary of the respective creator unless otherwise stated.

Commentary may include humor, criticism, rhetorical statements, exaggeration, satire, opinion, or personal interpretation. Users are responsible for distinguishing opinion and artistic expression from statements specifically presented as verifiable factual claims.

9. Educational Content Disclaimer

Educational materials provided through this website are offered for educational and informational purposes only. They are not a substitute for instruction, requirements, grading standards, academic policies, or decisions made by a school, college, university, professor, employer, licensing organization, or other institution.

No particular grade, academic outcome, employment outcome, research result, admission decision, certification, professional opportunity, income level, or career outcome is guaranteed.

Members and students remain responsible for following the academic-integrity, examination, assignment, artificial-intelligence, collaboration, citation, and plagiarism policies of their respective educational institutions.

10. No Professional Advice

Materials appearing on this website are not intended to constitute legal, medical, financial, tax, investment, mental-health, or other regulated professional advice.

You should consult an appropriately qualified professional when making decisions requiring professional advice.

11. Membership Access

Membership access is intended for the individual member who purchased or was authorized to use the account. Members may not sell, transfer, publicly distribute, share, sublicense, or provide unauthorized access to paid membership materials unless written permission has been provided.

Account holders are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and for activity occurring through their accounts.

12. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise identified, original books, written materials, videos, recordings, artwork, graphics, lessons, educational materials, downloads, website content, course materials, branding, photographs, designs, and other original content available through AuthorJohnD.com are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Purchasing a membership or product provides access to or ownership of the purchased copy or item as applicable. It does not transfer copyright, trademark rights, publication rights, reproduction rights, distribution rights, or other intellectual-property ownership.

Users may not reproduce, republish, upload, distribute, sell, commercially exploit, scrape, systematically download, or create unauthorized derivative copies of protected membership content without permission, except as permitted by applicable law.

13. Third-Party Materials

Certain Fiction Fan Club packages, articles, educational resources, recommendations, or website pages may reference or contain materials created or published by third parties.

Third-party books, websites, publishers, platforms, payment processors, shipping carriers, services, and products remain subject to their respective owners’ rights and terms. The inclusion of third-party material does not necessarily constitute an endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, or affiliation.

14. Community Conduct

Members participating in comments, live sessions, private communities, research meetings, discussions, or other interactive portions of the website must conduct themselves in a lawful and reasonable manner.

The website reserves the right to restrict or terminate access for conduct involving harassment, threats, impersonation, fraud, deliberate disruption, unauthorized distribution of protected materials, attempts to compromise website security, illegal activity, or substantial violations of these Terms and Conditions.

Termination for violation of these Terms does not automatically entitle a member to a refund.

15. Website Availability

The website and its membership services may occasionally be unavailable due to maintenance, hosting issues, security updates, software changes, technical failures, internet outages, third-party services, or other circumstances.

Continuous, uninterrupted, or error-free availability of the website is not guaranteed.

16. Changes to Content and Membership Benefits

Content, membership benefits, live-session schedules, downloadable materials, physical mailer contents, website features, and other offerings may be added, replaced, updated, reorganized, or discontinued when reasonably necessary.

Changes may be made to improve the website, accommodate production schedules, replace unavailable materials, address technical requirements, or modify future membership offerings.

17. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, AuthorJohnD.com and its owners, operators, contributors, contractors, and affiliates shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of or inability to use the website, membership services, content, products, third-party services, or linked resources.

Users access and use the website and its materials at their own discretion and risk. Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.

18. External Websites and Services

AuthorJohnD.com may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, video platforms, payment services, retailers, publishers, educational resources, or other external services.

AuthorJohnD.com does not control the privacy practices, availability, security, content, policies, pricing, or actions of independent third-party websites and services.

19. User Information and Privacy

Information submitted through membership registration, checkout, contact forms, mailing lists, payment systems, or other website functions may be processed as necessary to operate the website, administer memberships, fulfill orders, provide customer service, communicate with users, prevent abuse, and comply with applicable obligations.

Payment-card information may be processed directly by independent payment processors and may not be stored directly by AuthorJohnD.com.

20. Chargebacks and Payment Disputes

Members should contact the website regarding legitimate billing concerns before initiating a payment dispute when reasonably possible.

Fraudulent chargebacks, intentionally false payment disputes, or attempts to retain paid products or services while reversing legitimate charges may result in suspension or termination of membership access and may be contested using applicable transaction, login, delivery, shipping, and account records.

21. Account Termination

Users may discontinue use of the website at any time and may cancel recurring memberships according to the applicable cancellation procedure.

AuthorJohnD.com reserves the right to suspend or terminate an account when reasonably necessary to address fraud, illegal activity, security threats, payment abuse, unauthorized redistribution of protected content, serious misconduct, or material violations of these Terms.

22. Electronic Communications

By creating an account, making a purchase, or subscribing to a membership, you understand that certain transactional communications may be necessary to administer your account, payment, shipment, membership, or purchase.

These communications may include purchase confirmations, payment notices, membership notifications, shipping information, account notices, security messages, and service-related communications.

23. Changes to These Terms

These Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to memberships, services, website functionality, business practices, or applicable requirements.

Updated Terms become effective when posted on this page unless another effective date is specifically stated. Continued use of the website after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of those revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

24. Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

25. Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions, together with any applicable Privacy Policy, membership-specific terms, checkout disclosures, product descriptions, and other policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the agreement governing use of the website and applicable services.

26. Acceptance of Terms

By using AuthorJohnD.com, establishing an account, purchasing a membership, purchasing a product, or accessing paid membership content, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agree to these Terms and Conditions.

These Terms and Conditions are intended to establish the rules governing use of AuthorJohnD.com and its memberships. They should be reviewed alongside any separate Privacy Policy, membership description, checkout disclosure, or other policy applicable to a particular service or purchase.