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1. Acceptance
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2. What Adopt Shoppe Books provides
Adopt Shoppe Books is a shoppe literary library for public-domain books — curated aisles, verified covers, and chapter HTML of legally distributable texts, editorial notes, themed collections, and reference metadata. We are not a file locker, torrent index, or paid ebook store.
3. Acceptable use
You agree to use Adopt Shoppe Books only for lawful purposes. You agree not to:
- Use the Site to facilitate copyright infringement or unauthorized distribution of modern paid works.
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- Scrape or harvest the library at scale without prior written permission.
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- Interfere with other readers’ ability to use the Site.
4. Public-domain texts and intellectual property
Reading texts on Adopt Shoppe Books are believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Copyright status may differ by country. Literary works remain the intellectual property of authors and lawful heirs where applicable.
Original editorial content on Adopt Shoppe Books — including shelf notes, summaries, layout, and branding — is owned by Adopt Shoppe Books or its licensors and protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Book titles, author names, and cover images are used to identify works under principles of nominative fair use and editorial reference. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by rights holders.
5. Reading platform usage
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7. External links
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8. No download abuse
Adopt Shoppe Books does not offer bulk downloads, automated ripping tools, or circumvention of paywalls for modern works. Optional references to external archives are editorial pointers, not invitations to piracy.
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10. Disclaimer of warranties
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13. Governing law
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14. Changes
We may revise these Terms. Continued use after updates constitutes acceptance. The revision date appears above.
15. Contact
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