Conditions of Entry for the BookRix-Competition 'From Web To Reality' in English

The participation in the BookRix-Competition (hereinafter: "Competition") arranged by BookRix GmbH & Co. KG ("Provider") are subject to and governed by the conditions of entry hereinafter ("Conditions and Rules") set out below:


1. Approval to Conditions and Rules by the User

The User approves and consents to the Conditions and Rules by participating in the Competition.

2. Applicability of GTC and the privacy policy

In general, the Competition is subject to and governed by the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) and the privacy policy of BookRix GmbH & Co. KG (Provider) unless these Conditions and Rules provide for deviant or special rules.

3. Possible entrants

Any User can participate in the Competition. The participation of minors is subject to prior consent of their legal representative(s). Personnel of the Provider or of BookRix Verwaltungs-GmbH and their respective relatives (§ 15 of the German revenue code [Abgabenordnung - AO]) must not participate in the Competition.

4. Payment

Participation in the Competition is not subject to a payment.

5. Participation

Participation is effected by the upload of a self-created book by the author on BookRix. One author can upload more than one book for the Competition.

6. Requirements for books (rights of the author, language)

Only self-created books in english language may be registered for the Competition. This means that the author must own all rights in the registered book and the work in such book. Books which violate the rights of Third Parties must not be registered.

7. Registration; deadlines for the Competition

Users can enter the Competition with every uploaded book. Each uploaded book counts as a new entry into the Competition. Special registration is not needed. Reviews will be counted up until august 1. Reviews which are given after such date and time will not be taken into account.

8. Prizes

The first 50 users who reach the given criteria will win. The number of winners is limited to 50.
The first three users need 25 reviews from different people to win. Every following user needs 50 reviews from different people to win.

In case a User uploads more than one book for the Competition and more than one book of such User (author) gets the number of reviews required to win a publication, such User (author) will only win with the first book that reaches the criteria. Users can win only one prize.

9. Notification and publication of the names of the winners

The Provider will notify all winners, via e-mail. In addition, the names of the winners will be published on BookRix as well as in the Provider's newsletter.

10. Publication of books of winners; transfer of rights to Provider

The Provider is entitled to publish the books which won publication in this Competition within and/or in the context of reports covering this Competition as well as for the purpose of advertising and promotion of BookRix. The publication is effected by presentation of the respective book as an electronic file which can be downloaded and saved by anybody within and/or in the context with reports covering the Competition and/or for the purposes of advertising and/or promotion of BookRix on BookRix, within the newsletter of the Provider and/or on other data carriers. The Provider obtains this right to publish free of charge and without the respective Users (winners) having any claim to consideration or compensation.

Every User who participates in the Competition hereby expressly approves and consents to publication of his or her book within and in the context of reports covering the Competition as well as for the purposes of advertising and promoting BookRix in case the respective User wins a publication. For this case every User participating in the Competition as an author hereby expressly states and represents that the Provider does not owe to User any consideration, payment, compensation, transfer of profit or forbearance as a result of or in connection with the publication of his or her book.

This means that every User who participates in the Competition hereby grants to the Provider, free of charge, the right to publish the respective book as an electronic file which can be downloaded and saved by anybody within and/or in the context with reports covering this Competition and/or for the purposes of advertising and/or promotion of BookRix on BookRix, within the newsletter of the Provider and/or on other data carriers in case the User wins a publication.

11. Prizes for winners

Every winner will obtain the prize set out below:
Voucher for publication of a book (max. 200 pages, black & white, format 6x9) with its own ISBN and five copies for free. The voucher is valid for three month after receiving.

The printing and the shipment will be fulfilled by our printing partner Unibook (Unibook).

12. Exclusion of Users from the Competition by the Provider; consequences of exclusion

The Provider is entitled to exclude Users which violate the GTC of the Provider, these Conditions and Rules and/or the Code of Conduct from the Competition. Users, who are excluded from the Competition according to the rules, automatically lose the right to participate in the competition.

13. Special note with respect to the limitation of liability of the Provider and certain prohibitions

Again, reference is made to sections 7, 12 and 14 of the GTC.

14. Exclusion of legal process

Any recourse to the courts and legal steps are excluded.