Conditions of Entry for the BookRix Free Writing Competition “Cowboy Week”



The participation in the English 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. It is possible to participate in the Competition as an author and/or as a reviewer. This consent to the Conditions and Rules is given regardless whether a User participates in the Competition as author or as reviewer.




2. Applicability of General Terms and Conditions (GTC) and the privacy policy: In general, the Competition is subject to and governed by the 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 registered in the Bookrix.com website can participate in the Competition. Citizens of Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not allowed to take part 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]) are not allowed to participate in the Competition.




4. Payment: There is no fee to participate in the Competition.




5. Participation as author: An author has to register on Bookrix.com and upload his or her self-created book to the site in order to register for the Competition. An author can register more than one book for the Competition. Citizens of Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not allowed to take part in the Competition.




6. Requirements for stories (rights of the author, volume and language): Only self-created books may be registered for the Competition. This means that the author must own all the rights to the registered book and the contents of the book. Books which violate the rights of Third Parties are not allowed to be registered. Moreover, books which are registered for the Competition must be created by using the BookRix Text Editor tool (based on the BookRix format) and must be written in English. Books must have a cover and must be related to cowboys or cowgirls, or a similar Western theme.




7. Participation as reviewer: Every User can participate in the Competition as a book reviewer. Participation as reviewer requires voting with a trophy in favor of a book that has been registered for the Competition. It is possible to vote for more than one book. Citizens of Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not allowed to take part in the Competition.




8. Notes with respect to the number of votes: In case a User votes more than once for a particular book, his or her votes will count as just one vote.




9. Cancellation of the reviewer´s account: The reviewer’s votes for contest books are valid as long as the user does not delete his account on BookRix during the competition. By deleting one’s account, the reviewer cancels his votes and his participation in the Competition.




10. Recommendations with respect to voting: The Provider recommends taking into account the following criteria when rating books: creativity, design, form and style. However, these criteria are neither exhaustive nor binding. Users are free to choose to vote on books based on their own criteria.




11. Registration: deadlines for the registration of stories and voting. Users can register books with the Provider for the Competition between July 21, 2010, and July 29, 2010, 11 p.m. London Time/GMT. Books that are registered after this date and time will not be taken into account. Users can only vote on books that are registered for the Competition between July 21, 2010, and July 29, 2010, 11 p.m. London Time/GMT. Votes can only be made online on the BookRix website.




12. Voting system: BookRix’s online voting system will determine which book received the most votes. If multiple books have the same amount of votes, the selection will be decided by drawing lots. Only one vote per one IP address is counted in the contest voting.




13. Prize for author: For the author contest, the best rated book will receive the prize.




14. Notification and publication of the name of the winner: The Provider will notify the winner on or before August 4, via personal message. In addition, the name of the winner will be published on BookRix as well as in the Provider's newsletter.




15. Publication of the winner’s book: The winner in the contest allows the Provider to use his or her book for promotional and advertising purposes within the newsletter of the Provider and/or other data carriers. The author of the winning book will retain the copyright. Every User (author) who participates in the Competition understands that BookRix does not owe the User any additional consideration, payment, compensation, transfer of profit or forbearance beyond the above-mentioned prize. By uploading the book to electronic form on the Provider’s website, the User who participates in the Competition acknowledges that BookRix is granted the right, free of charge, to publish the electronic file and make it available for downloading and saving by other individuals. The author has the right to remove his book from the competition at any time.




16. Prize for the winner in the Competition: The winner in the Competition will obtain the prizes set out below: First place: $100 gift card to a Western wear store.




17. Payment of monetary prize; non-transferability of claims to prize: The Provider will send the gift card to the winner by e-mail or mail. The winner must not assign his or her claim to the prize from the Provider to other persons.




18 Notification of winner; re-notification deadline for winner; preclusion of claim to prize: The Provider will notify the winner via personal message. Following notification, the winner must send the mailing address or e-mail address to which the non-monetary prize (gift card) is to be sent within one month of receipt of the notification that the prize has been won. Such receipt of notification must be made to the Provider in written form or via e-mail. In case the data or information required are not sent to the Provider within one month, the respective winner will lose his or her claim to the prize.




19. Exclusion of Users from the Competition by the Provider: The Provider is entitled to exclude Users who 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 automatically cease to participate in the Competition.




20. Modification of the rules: The Provider reserves the right to modify the conditions of entry and contest details at any time.




21. Special note with respect to the limitation of liability of the Provider and certain prohibitions: Again, reference is made to sections 10, 11, 22, 23, 24 and 27 of the GTC.




22. Exclusion of legal process: Any recourse to the courts and legal steps are excluded.