Terms & Conditions For Nekadu Shop’s Premade Book Cover Art
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By purchasing a premade for sale at Nekadu Shop, the purchaser, known as The Author, agrees and accepts these Terms & Conditions.
If you do not agree to these terms or my other terms for commissioned artwork, do not purchase a premade design.
These Terms and Conditions are to protect the rights of photographers, other artists, as well as myself. If there is anything you think should be clarified or expanded upon to ease your mind, please use this contact form and ask!
I do not use AI generated images, nor do I accept AI generated images to ‘tweak’ in any of my premades and custom design services.
By purchasing a premade design, you agree to the below Terms & Conditions.
Upon receipt of purchase, you have exclusive, non-transferable rights to use the book cover design for its intended use as: an e-book, paperback, audio-book cover, or magazine cover, and any promotional materials in which the design elements play a major role in the production of those materials. (Bookmarks, advertisements, etc.) The Artwork and design may not be resold, reused, provided as a template for sale to a third party, used out of context, or transferred to another person or company.
You (The Author) agree to abide by the terms of any license agreement for any stock images purchased by (Rebecca Treadway) Nekadu Shop through a third-party image provider for use as a book(magazine/audio) cover design. You (The Author) understand images used for premade book covers are royalty-free; and the photographer owns the copyright to the photographs used.
The Author understands any modifications not described or made by Nekadu Shop are not covered with the standard license of the premade design and the purchased stock used in the premade is not used in a fashion that is covered by the standard license, or breaches the stock photo contract, The Author agrees Nekadu Shop is not at liability.
Nekadu Shop is not responsible for any penalties brought by The Author’s misuse of the purchased design, including stock licensing infringement.
Should any intellectual property dispute arise involving the premade The Author purchased, The Author assumes full legal and financial responsibility.
Nekadu Shop will not be held financially or legally responsible for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by The Author as a result of using the book cover design.
Nekadu Shop will not be held liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including loss of revenues or profits, loss of business or reputation, or loss of data, in any way related to the purchase of a premade design sold by Nekadu Shop .
Nekadu Shop is not responsible for any claim, loss, or injury based on errors or any other inaccuracies as a result of any breach of the terms and conditions of this agreement.
Nekadu Shop retains the right to use The Author’s final book cover design, name, and book title in Nekadu Shop portfolio and to market and promote our services.
Most of the stock used is purchased directly from Depositphotos, and as such, on purchase, you are accepting their standard licensing rights as described here: https://depositphotos.com/license.html
Other stocks, include similar agreements from Dreamstime, Shutterstock, or iStock photo with similar licensing agreements, may also be used. Other images include creative commons websites such as Unsplash, or NASA.
- Image links are provided on request as assurance you have the right to use the design as an e-book, print edition, audio-book cover, or magazine cover with unlimited web impressions, and up to 500,000 print editions.
- It is the responsibility of The Author to pay for an extended license if the premade design using the stock images surpass 500,000 print editions.
- The Author understands Nekadu Shop did not purchase an extended license, and can only transfer the royalty free rights to use the design one-time per customer.
- The Author agrees not to resell or transfer rights to the design to a third party.
The Author has the right to pass down the cover art as a legacy file for so long as the book is in print or available as an e-book to a designated heir.
The Author agrees to hold harmless, and free of liability Rebecca Treadway, working as Nekadu Shop for any misuse of the above stated Terms & Conditions.
Updated February 2026: If you want to buy a design as a gift, or for someone under the age of 18, contact me first, and I will invoice you instead. You cannot buy a design to pass along. I can amend the licensing agreement to the gift recipient’s name. This is required by the ToS from stock photo websites. I cannot transfer licensing multiple times or to a third party. Please be advised this is a requirement based on the terms of service for most stock websites currently online, but most particularly from websites I buy from, which includes: Depositphotos, iStock Photos, and Dreamstime.