Terms and Conditions of Use

Effective Date: 20/08/25

Welcome to RustBooks (“we”,” us” or “our”), a social platform for audiobook and eBook lovers. By using the RustBooks application or website (collectively, the “Site”), the user (“you”) agrees to the following Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully before using the application, website and content (hereinafter referred to as “Services”).

  • GENERAL TERMS

1.1 These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you and us. You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Site by us, including the Privacy Policy.   

1.2 we may change these Terms from time to time and may provide you with notice through email or by posting notifications on the Services (not obliged to do so in every case) about some critical changes. If you do not agree to the changes, you should stop using the Services. The continuing use of Services after any changes shall be constituted as an acceptance of these Terms. 

1.3 The Site is intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. All users who are minors (according to the age prescribed by the law in the jurisdiction where you reside) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Site. In case you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read, agree and consent to use these Terms before you use the Site; failure to obtain such consent by you may not access and/ or use the Services or any part thereof. 

1.4 IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THESE TERMS, OR IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OR AUTHORIZED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE APP OR OTHERWISE ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES.

 

2. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS

2.1 The App contains summaries and audiobooks based on key insights from books that are already provided in the public domain. The information provided within the summaries and audiobooks is for the sole purpose of education. 

2.2 Any ideas described within the particular summary are the respective author’s thoughts and not ours. we make no guarantees concerning the level of success you may experience by following the advice and strategies contained in a particular book summary or audiobook, and you accept the risk that results will differ for each individual. 

2.3 The Site is in-built with a Chatbot facility for assistance of our users. By using the Chatbot, you agree that RustBooks shall not be liable for any damage or loss caused to you due to reliance on any information/ response provided by the Chatbot to you. You further agree not to misuse the Chatbot by entering abusive, harmful or unlawful Content. 

2.4  None of the authors mentioned in the App, summary or audiobook endorses or sponsors the App or any of our commercial products, Services, or activities. Neither the book summary constitutes an endorsement by us of any of the authors mentioned in the App. Nothing in App shall be considered to authorize, support, endorse, or sponsor any product or Services of ours resulting from mentoring them in App.

  • PROFILE REGISTRATION

    1. To access the Site, view content and use the Services, you are required to register your profile in the Site (“Profile”) and create an account. By registering your Profile, you represent, warrant and covenant to us that:
  1. all information required for registration that you have provided is truthful and accurate;
  2. you will maintain the accuracy of such information and;  
  3. your use of the Services does not violate any applicable laws or regulations or these Terms.
  1. You shall not:
  1. create any account for anyone other than yourself without such person’s consent.
  2. use a username of another person with an intention to impersonate that person.
  3. use a username that is subject to any rights which may include Intellectual Property Rights of another person unless and until authorized by the person for such use.
  4. use a username that sounds offensive, vulgar, obscene or otherwise unlawful.
  5. use a username that RustBooks rejects or denies to use for any such reason in its sole and absolute discretion. 
  1. we reserve the right to refuse, remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we believe, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. 
  2. we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Profile, or your access to the Services, with or without notice to you, if you breach these Terms. we will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these Terms. 
  3. you are solely responsible and liable for activity that occurs on your account and shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password or any Profile login information. You agree to immediately inform us of any suspicion or unauthorized use of your Profile or any breach of security. we will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements. 

 

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

4.1 Unless otherwise expressly indicated by these Terms, the Site is our proprietary property and all source code, any information, databases, functionality, images, software, compilations, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs and graphics (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Content”) made available on the Site or through Services is the sole property of ours. 

4.2 All the trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Marks”) contained herein are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws of India, foreign jurisdictions, and international covenants. 

4.3 Unless otherwise indicated by these Terms, RustBooks expressly reserves all rights, including all intellectual property rights, in all of the foregoing, and any use, redistribution, modification, preparing derivative work of, sale, de-compilation, reverse engineering, disassembly, translation or other exploitation of them is strictly prohibited. 

4.4 You grant us the non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable right to publish, distribute, publicly display and perform the user Content in connection with the Services. 

4.5 Subject to these Terms, we grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive license (without the right to sublicense) to:

  1. use the Services solely for your non-commercial purposes
  2. install and use the App solely on your handheld mobile device and solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. 

 

5. SERVICES

5.1 You agree, represent and warrant that your use of the Services, or any portion thereof, will be consistent with the foregoing license, covenants and restrictions and will neither infringe nor violate the rights of any other party nor breach any contract or legal duty to any other parties. Additionally, you agree to comply with all the applicable laws and regulations (“Laws”) relating to the use of the Services or your use of it, and you will be solely responsible for any violations of such Laws. 

5.2 we retain the right to implement any changes to the Services at any time, without notice to you or our liability. You acknowledge through these Terms that a variety of our actions may impair or prevent you from accessing the Services at certain times and/ or in the same way, for limited periods or permanently, and agree that we have no responsibility or liability as a result of any such actions or results, including, without limitation, for the deletion of, or failure to make available to you, any Content or Services. 

5.3 Your access to and use of the Services is at your own risk. we will have no responsibility for any harm resulting from your access to or use of the Services to you or any third party.

5.4 we have no obligation to provide you with customer support of any kind. However, it is the sole discretion of RustBooks to provide you with customer support from time to time.

 

6. USER REPRESENTATION & RULES OF CONDUCT

6.1 As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Service for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms. You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Services.

6.2 By way of example, and not as a limitation, you represent and warrant that you shall not (and shall not permit any third party to) either (a) take any action or (b) upload, download, post, submit, use or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any Content on or through the Site that:

  • belongs to another person, impersonates another person and to which the user does not have any right;
  • advertise or offer to sell goods and services;
  • is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, invasive of someone’s privacy, including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing based on gender, race, or ethnicity or any way objectionable, relating to or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise inconsistent with or contrary to the laws in force;
  • interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or Services connected to the Site
  • is harmful to children or violates any law for the time being in force;
  • infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
  • threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India or negatively impacts India’s friendly relations with foreign states, or public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting to another nation;
  • contains virus, corrupted data, trojan horse, bot, keystroke logger, worm, time bomb, cancelbot, or any other computer code, file or program designed to (1) damage, interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource, or (2) damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or mine, scrape or expropriate any system, data, or personal information;
  • attempts to disable or circumvent any measures that we use to prevent or restrict access to our accounts, servers, databases, data, computers, and networks;
  • is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person; or
  • restricts or inhibits any other person from using the Site or Services (including, without limitation, by hacking, cracking, or defacing any portion of such websites or services);

6.3 You agree, represent and acknowledge that any violation of the Rules of Conduct set forth above in Section 6.2 constitutes grounds for us to suspend and/or terminate your account. 

 

7. COMMUNICATIONS 

7.1 RustBooks provides ways for you to communicate and contribute with other users within the Site, which includes community chat, personal direct messages, comments, mentions, and likes (“Communications”). All Communications that you do through our Site must comply with our Rules of Conduct outlined in Section 6.2 above. You agree, represent and warrant that you shall be liable for any Communications made by you to others.

7.2 All of your Communications on the Site and through the Services will pass through and be stored on our servers. ALL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ENCRYPTED, WITH NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY OR CONFIDENTIALITY, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER USERS. THIS MEANS THAT DATA WILL BE STORED AND TRANSMITTED IN A READABLE FORM AND MAY BE ACCESSED BY AUTHORISED ADMINISTRATORS AT ANY TIME FOR MODERATION. However, RustBooks respects the privacy of its users and ensures that the personal information/ personal chats of users are used only for public safety and to comply with the Rules of Conduct outlined in these Terms or any applicable laws of the jurisdiction. For further information relating to how we manage the privacy and personal information of our users, please refer to our Privacy Policy 

7.3 RustBooks shall not be liable for any harm caused to you or by you to others due to any Communication made by any users through the Site. 

7.4 In case of any such violations of the Rules of Conduct by a user, the other user can contact the customer service representative. RustBooks reserves the right, but undertakes no obligation, to monitor, filter, modify, block, and/or remove any Communication that does not comply with these Terms. 

 

8. ADVERTISEMENT

8.1 we allow the display of advertisements, promotions, and links to third-party websites or resources (collectively “Third-Party Ads”) such as sidebar advertisements or banner advertisements. Such Third-Party Ads are not under the control of RustBooks, and we expressly disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy, content or availability of any information found on third-party websites or resources that link to or are linked from any Services. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources. 

8.2 You agree, represent and warrant that any transactions or other dealings made by you with Third-Party Ads, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, are solely between you and such merchant or advertiser. You further acknowledge that RustBooks shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any goods or services from such third-party website, service or content. 

 

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

9.1 Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand, agree and represent that the Services are provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. IN NO EVENT WILL RUSTBOOKS OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDRS (COLLECTIVELY CALLED AS “RUSTBOOK ENTITIES”) INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, SERVICES, AND/ OR CONTENT. IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST RUSTBOOK ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, SERVICES, AND/OR CONTENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, THE DAMAGES TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND RUPEES ONLY (Rs. 1000 /-) FOR USERS IN INDIA AND ONE HUNDRED USD ($ 100.00) FOR USERS OUTSIDE IN INDIA. 

9.2 YOU AGREE TO HEREBY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST RUSTBOOKS WITH RESPECT TO USE, THE SITE, SERVICE, AND/OR CONTENT ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISES. 

9.3 Nothing in these terms shall be deemed to exclude or limit your liability in respect of any indemnity given by you under these Terms. In no event shall you have any right to recover or obtain any rights in or to the Site, Content, or Services, or to enjoin or otherwise interfere with Rustbooks’ development, licensing, use, publishing, marketing, sale, distribution or exploitation of the Site, Content, or Services, or any rights assigned, transferred or reserved to Rustbooks under these Terms.

 

10. INDEMNIFICATION

You hereby agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Rustbooks Entities, harmless from and against any claims, disputes, costs, losses, liabilities, damages, expenses and judgments of any and every kind, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of use or misuse of: (1) your Services; (2) your Content; (3) use of the Site; (4) breach of these Terms; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding that is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.

 

11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES 

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. The RustBooks Entities make no warranty or representation and disclaim all responsibility for (i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timelines, security or reliability of the Services or any Content; (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services or any Content; (iii) the deletion of, or failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services; and (iv) whether the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the RustBooks Entities or through the Services, will create any warranty or representation not expressly made herein.

 

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION & GOVERNING LAW

12.1 You and RustBooks (collectively, the “Parties” & individually, a “Party”) agree that any dispute, claim or controversy including arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services (collectively “Disputes”) shall be settled through Negotiation in the first instance upon sending a written notice (in English) from either of the Parties to another. Neither of the Parties can invoke arbitration unless the Parties have unsuccessfully pursued Negotiation in good faith. However, if the Parties failed to resolve the Disputes in writing through negotiation within the thirty (30) days of commencement of such first negotiation proceedings or if either Party refuses to comply with the provisions of any written negotiation settlement (collectively “Failure of Negotiation”), such Disputes shall be referred to a sole arbitrator mutually appointed by the Parties. 

12.2 The Parties hereby agree, represent and warrant that all Disputes shall be resolved through binding, individual arbitration and not in a class representative or consolidated action or proceeding. The Arbitration proceedings can be initiated by either of the Parties by sending a written notice in writing to the other Party if there is a Failure of Negotiation. The arbitrator’s decision will follow the terms of these Terms and will be final and binding. The cost of the arbitration shall be split between the Parties. 

12.3 The Parties agree, represent and warrant that the arbitration proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (if the Party is an Indian citizen) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules (if the Party is other than an Indian citizen). The Parties further agree to opt for Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), i.e., the arbitrator shall conduct any hearings through teleconference or videoconference, rather than holding a venue-specific hearing, unless the arbitrator determines, upon request by either Party, that an in-person hearing is appropriate. Any in-person appearances will be held at a location which is reasonably convenient to both parties, with due consideration of their ability to travel and other pertinent circumstances. 

12.4 To the extent that any action relating to any dispute hereunder is for whatever reason not submitted to arbitration, each of the parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction to the courts of the Republic of India to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Terms and that accordingly proceedings must be brought in such courts. The parties irrevocably waive any defenses of improper venue or forum non convenience.

 

12. MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS

12.1 These Terms may be updated from time to time. we reserve the right, in its sole and absolute discretion to modify or replace, in whole or in part, these Terms or change, suspend, or discontinue the Services (including without limitation, the availability of any feature, database, or Content) at any time, and to provide you with notice of such modifications by any reasonable means, including, without limitation, by posting a notice on the Site or by sending you notice on your registered email. 

12.2 we reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. you agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Services/ Site. By continuing to access or use the Services/ Site shall imply your agreement to the updated Terms. 

 

13. TERM AND TERMINATION

13.1 These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services / Site. RustBooks reserve the right to, in sole discretion to suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, to any user for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation for breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in these Terms or any applicable law or regulation. we may terminate your use or participation in the Site or delete your account and any Content or information that you posted at any time, without warning, in our sole discretion. 

13.2 you agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension, restriction or termination of your access to the Site, Content, and Services, and we will not be required to make the Site, Content, and Services associated with your account available to you after any such termination, suspension or restriction.

 

14. MISCELLANEOUS

14.1 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, these Terms set forth the entire agreement between you and RustBooks regarding its subject matter, and supersede all prior promises, agreements or representations, whether written or oral, regarding such subject matter. In these Terms, the words “including” and “include” mean “including, but not limited to”. 

14.2 All information communicated between you and RustBooks, either on the Services or via other forms of electronic media, such as e-mail, you are communicated to us electronically. You agree that all electronic communication, notices, disclosures, agreements, and other communications that we provide to you electronically are equivalent to communications in writing and shall have the same force and effect as if they were in writing and signed by the Party sending it. 

14.3 YOU FURTHER AGREE, REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT BY CLICKING ON A BUTTON LABELED “SUBMIT”, “CONTINUE”, “REGISTER”, OR “SIGN IN” OR SIMILAR LINKS OR BUTTONS, YOU ARE SUBMITTING A LEGALLY BINDING ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION, WHICH CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT AND INTENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. 

14.4 These Terms are personal to you, and cannot be assigned, transferred or sublicensed by you except with RustBooks’ prior written consent. If any provision of these Terms is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any law, such provision or part thereof shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of these Terms without affecting the legality of the whole Terms. 

14.5 In no event shall Rustbooks be liable for any failure to comply with these Terms to the extent that such failure arises from factors outside RustBooks’ reasonable control.

 

15. CONTACT

If you want to send any notice under these Terms or have any questions regarding the Services, you may contact us at rustbooks.yt@gmail.com

I HAVE READ THESE TERMS AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.

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