SOVABOO

Terms of Use and Digital Content Purchase Terms

Effective date: April 28, 2026

These Terms of Use and Digital Content Purchase Terms (the “Terms”) govern access to and use of the website, digital publishing platform, online reading services, digital bookstore, user accounts, and related services provided by Sovaboo Digital OÜ, a private limited company incorporated in the Republic of Estonia, registry code 17150442, VAT ID: EE102923917, with its registered office at Harju maakond, Tallinn, Kesklinna linnaosa, Narva mnt 5, 10117, Estonia (“Sovaboo Digital”, “Sovaboo”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

These Terms apply to all visitors, registered users, customers, and any other persons who access or use our website, purchase or access digital content, create an account, or otherwise interact with our services (“User”, “Customer”, “you”, or “your”).

By accessing or using the Website, creating an Account, placing an Order, purchasing Digital Content, starting Online Reading, downloading a Digital File, or otherwise using any part of the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Services, create an Account, place an Order, purchase Digital Content, start Online Reading, or download any Digital File.

1. Definitions

For the purposes of these Terms:

Account means a registered user account created on the Website or within the Services, allowing the User to access certain features, purchased Digital Content, order history, account settings, and related services.

Customer means a User who places an Order, purchases Digital Content, receives paid or free access to Digital Content, or otherwise enters into a contractual relationship with Sovaboo Digital.

Digital Content means books, literary works, electronic books, EPUB files, PDF files, online books, excerpts, samples, covers, illustrations, metadata, text materials, and any other digital materials made available through the Services, whether paid or free of charge.

Digital File means a downloadable file containing Digital Content, including EPUB, PDF, or any other digital format made available by Sovaboo Digital.

Online Reading means access to Digital Content through a web-based reader, online interface, account library, or other non-download access method provided by Sovaboo Digital.

Order means a request submitted by a Customer to purchase, pre-order, obtain, or otherwise access Digital Content through the Website or Services.

Pre-order means an Order for Digital Content that is not yet available at the time of payment or order placement and is expected to become available at a later date.

Services means the Website, online bookstore, digital publishing platform, Online Reading functionality, Digital File delivery, account functionality, customer support, and any other services provided by Sovaboo Digital in connection with Digital Content.

Website means the website operated by Sovaboo Digital, including sovaboo.com, its subdomains, and any related online pages or digital interfaces controlled by Sovaboo Digital.

2. About the Services

Sovaboo Digital operates a digital publishing and online book distribution service. Through the Services, Users may browse, discover, purchase, access, read, and, where available, download Digital Content published, licensed, distributed, or otherwise made available by Sovaboo Digital.

The Services may include digital catalogues, free excerpts, paid books, Online Reading, downloadable Digital Files where available, user accounts, personal digital libraries, order history, transactional communications, age notices, content notices, and customer support.

Sovaboo Digital may publish and distribute Digital Content under its own publishing imprint, under licence from authors or other rightsholders, or through other lawful arrangements.

3. Eligibility and Accounts

You may use the Services only if you are legally capable of entering into a binding contract under the laws applicable to you.

If you are under the age of legal majority in your country of residence, you may use the Services only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Some Digital Content may include mature themes, violence, psychological themes, sexual references, or other materials that may not be suitable for minors or all audiences. Where applicable, Sovaboo Digital may display content notices, age recommendations, or access restrictions. You are responsible for ensuring that any Digital Content you access is appropriate for you and lawful in your jurisdiction.

Certain features of the Services may require you to create an Account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to keep it reasonably up to date. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account credentials and for activities conducted through your Account, unless such activity results from circumstances for which you are not legally responsible under applicable law.

You must notify us without undue delay if you become aware of any unauthorised access to or use of your Account. Sovaboo Digital may suspend or restrict access to an Account where we reasonably suspect unauthorised access, fraud, misuse, security risk, breach of these Terms, infringement of intellectual property rights, or other unlawful conduct.

4. Digital Content Licence and Restrictions

When you purchase or otherwise receive access to Digital Content through the Services, you do not acquire ownership of the intellectual property rights in that Digital Content. Unless expressly stated otherwise, Sovaboo Digital grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to access and use the relevant Digital Content solely for your personal, private, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms and applicable law.

This licence allows you to read Digital Content through Online Reading, download a Digital File where download functionality is expressly provided, store permitted copies on your personal devices for private reading, and access your purchased Digital Content through your Account subject to technical availability, account status, these Terms, and applicable law.

You must not, and must not permit any third party to:

  1. sell, resell, rent, lend, lease, sublicense, assign, distribute, donate, share, publish, upload, transmit, or otherwise make Digital Content available to any third party;
  2. upload Digital Content to file-sharing services, cloud folders intended for sharing, social networks, forums, messaging channels, pirate libraries, public repositories, or any other third-party resource;
  3. reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, edit, transform, or create derivative works from Digital Content except where expressly permitted by law;
  4. remove, alter, obscure, or tamper with copyright notices, watermarking, identifiers, metadata, ISBN information, publisher information, author information, or other rights-management information;
  5. circumvent, disable, bypass, interfere with, or attempt to defeat any DRM, watermarking, access control, download limitation, technical protection measure, or security feature;
  6. use Digital Content for commercial purposes, public performance, public display, training of artificial intelligence systems, machine learning models, datasets, or automated content generation systems without prior written permission;
  7. scrape, crawl, extract, mine, harvest, or systematically collect Digital Content, metadata, user data, pricing data, or other materials from the Services;
  8. use the Services or Digital Content in any manner that infringes intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, contractual rights, or any other rights of Sovaboo Digital, rightsholders, Users, or third parties.

All rights not expressly granted to you under these Terms are reserved by Sovaboo Digital and the relevant rightsholders. Unauthorised use of Digital Content may give rise to civil, administrative, or criminal liability.

5. Prices, Checkout, Payment, and Orders

Prices for Digital Content are displayed on the Website before you place an Order. Prices may vary by country, currency, tax treatment, promotion, distribution channel, payment method, or other lawful factors.

Unless otherwise stated, prices may include applicable value added tax, goods and services tax, sales tax, or other indirect taxes where required by law. The final price, including applicable taxes where technically and legally determinable, will be displayed before payment is completed.

To purchase Digital Content, you may be asked to select the relevant Digital Content, review the title, access format, price, applicable taxes, and other order details, and complete the checkout process using one of the available payment methods.

Before completing an Order, you may be required to confirm that you accept these Terms, the Refund Policy, and, where applicable, that you consent to the immediate supply of Digital Content and acknowledge the consequences for your statutory right of withdrawal.

Payments may be processed by third-party payment service providers. By placing an Order, you agree to comply with the applicable payment provider’s terms, payment flow, authentication requirements, and fraud-prevention procedures. Sovaboo Digital does not store complete payment card numbers or full payment authentication credentials.

An Order is considered accepted when payment is successfully confirmed and Sovaboo Digital provides or initiates access to the purchased Digital Content, unless otherwise stated during the order process.

If payment is not authorised, fails, is cancelled, or is reversed, Sovaboo Digital may refuse, cancel, reverse, or revoke access to the relevant Digital Content. Sovaboo Digital may also refuse, cancel, or reverse an Order where we reasonably suspect fraud, payment error, unlawful activity, breach of these Terms, pricing error, technical error, rights restriction, sanctions issue, or other legal or operational reason.

6. Delivery, Access, and Pre-orders

Digital Content is delivered electronically. Delivery may occur by making Digital Content available in your Account, by enabling Online Reading, by providing a download link, by enabling download functionality, or by any other digital delivery method made available by Sovaboo Digital.

Unless otherwise stated, Digital Content will normally be made available after successful payment confirmation. In some cases, access may be delayed due to payment verification, technical processing, fraud-prevention checks, system maintenance, rights restrictions, or other circumstances.

Digital Content is considered supplied when access to the relevant Digital Content is made available to you through the Services, including through your Account, Online Reading interface, download link, or digital library.

You are responsible for ensuring that your device, software, browser, internet connection, and reading application are compatible with the Digital Content format and access method stated on the Website, where such requirements are reasonably disclosed.

Sovaboo Digital may provide Digital Content in one or more formats, including EPUB, PDF, web-based reading, or other formats. The availability of a specific format may vary by book, territory, licence, device, technical method, or rightsholder requirements.

Sovaboo Digital may offer Pre-orders for certain Digital Content. The expected availability date, price, access method, and other relevant terms will be displayed where applicable. You may cancel a paid Pre-order before the Digital Content becomes available, unless otherwise stated and unless immediate supply or another specific arrangement has already started with your express consent.

Sovaboo Digital may cancel a Pre-order if the Digital Content is not released, if publication is delayed indefinitely, if rights become unavailable, if the Order cannot be lawfully fulfilled, or if payment cannot be processed. In such cases, we will provide an appropriate refund where required by law.

7. Withdrawal, Refunds, and Technical Issues

Consumers in the European Union and certain other jurisdictions may have a statutory right to withdraw from distance contracts within 14 days without giving any reason, subject to exceptions and conditions provided by applicable law.

Digital Content is subject to specific legal rules. Where you expressly consent to the immediate supply of Digital Content before the expiry of the withdrawal period and acknowledge that you will lose your right of withdrawal once the supply of Digital Content has begun, you may lose the right to withdraw from the contract after Online Reading starts, a Digital File is downloaded, a download link is activated, or access to the Digital Content is otherwise supplied.

Before supplying paid Digital Content immediately, Sovaboo Digital may ask you to confirm that:

  1. you expressly consent to the immediate supply of the Digital Content before the end of the 14-day withdrawal period; and
  2. you acknowledge that, once the supply of the Digital Content has begun, you will lose your statutory right of withdrawal, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms by reference. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or stated in the Refund Policy, refunds are generally not available where:

  1. you have started Online Reading of the purchased Digital Content;
  2. you have downloaded the Digital File;
  3. a download link or access method has been used to supply the Digital Content;
  4. the Digital Content is technically accessible and corresponds to its description, but you subjectively dislike its plot, genre, style, characters, literary quality, artistic value, typography, or other creative aspects;
  5. the purchase was made using promotional credit, bonus credit, discount value, or other non-refundable non-cash benefit.

If purchased Digital Content is not supplied, cannot be accessed due to a technical issue attributable to Sovaboo Digital, or has a technical defect that prevents normal reading, you should contact us using the contact details specified in these Terms. Where required by applicable law, Sovaboo Digital will provide an appropriate remedy, which may include restoring access, providing a replacement file, correcting the technical issue, supplying the Digital Content again, offering an alternative access method, or issuing a refund.

Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory consumer rights that cannot be excluded or restricted under applicable law.

8. Intellectual Property and Copyright

All Digital Content, Website materials, design elements, logos, trademarks, trade names, service names, text, graphics, covers, illustrations, metadata, software, databases, user interfaces, and other materials available through the Services are protected by copyright, trademark, database rights, trade secret rights, contractual rights, and other intellectual property laws.

Sovaboo Digital, authors, translators, illustrators, designers, licensors, publishers, and other rightsholders retain all rights, title, and interest in and to their respective works and materials.

The name “Sovaboo”, the Sovaboo brand, logos, visual identity, and related marks may not be used without prior written permission from Sovaboo Digital, except where permitted by applicable law.

Copyright complaints, notice-and-takedown requests, and related rights issues are governed by our Copyright Policy.

9. User Conduct, Security, and Suspension

You must use the Services lawfully, responsibly, and in accordance with these Terms.

You must not:

  1. interfere with, disrupt, overload, damage, or impair the Services, Website, servers, networks, payment systems, security systems, or related infrastructure;
  2. attempt to gain unauthorised access to any Account, system, database, Digital Content, payment flow, administrative interface, source code, or non-public area of the Services;
  3. use malware, bots, scripts, scrapers, crawlers, automated tools, or other technical means to access, extract, copy, or manipulate the Services or Digital Content without permission;
  4. engage in fraud, payment abuse, chargeback abuse, identity misuse, account sharing, or other deceptive conduct;
  5. use the Services in violation of sanctions, export controls, anti-money-laundering rules, intellectual property laws, consumer protection laws, data protection laws, or other applicable laws;
  6. misrepresent your identity, age, location, authority, payment entitlement, or relationship with any person or organisation.

Sovaboo Digital may investigate suspected misuse and may take appropriate measures, including restricting access, suspending an Account, cancelling Orders, removing access to Digital Content, blocking technical access, notifying payment providers, preserving evidence, or contacting competent authorities where lawful and appropriate.

Sovaboo Digital may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Services or Account if you materially breach these Terms, misuse Digital Content, engage in fraud or unlawful conduct, create legal or operational risk, or where we are required to do so by law, court order, competent authority, payment provider, or rightsholder obligation.

10. Promotions, Availability, and Third-Party Services

Sovaboo Digital may offer promotional prices, discounts, coupons, free samples, free Digital Content, bundles, limited-time offers, or other promotional benefits. Promotional offers may be subject to additional conditions, including eligibility criteria, territory restrictions, time limits, quantity limits, format restrictions, account requirements, or other lawful limitations.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, promotional benefits have no cash value, are non-transferable, may not be exchanged for money, and may be changed or withdrawn in accordance with applicable law. If a refund is issued for a purchase made using a discount, coupon, bonus, promotional credit, or similar benefit, the refundable amount may be limited to the amount actually paid by you in money, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

Sovaboo Digital aims to provide reliable access to the Services but does not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free, or permanent availability. The Services may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, technical failures, cyber incidents, payment provider issues, hosting provider issues, internet disruptions, legal requirements, rights restrictions, or other circumstances.

The Services may include links to third-party websites or integrations with independent providers, including payment providers, authentication providers, analytics tools, hosting providers, email services, or social media platforms. Third-party services are subject to their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, fees, and technical requirements. Sovaboo Digital is not responsible for third-party services except to the extent required by applicable law.

11. Privacy and Personal Data

Sovaboo Digital processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation where applicable.

Information about how we collect, use, disclose, store, protect, and delete personal data is provided in our Privacy Policy and, where applicable, our Cookie Policy. These Terms do not replace those policies.

12. Disclaimers and Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Services are provided on an “as available” basis. Sovaboo Digital does not guarantee uninterrupted availability, complete compatibility with every device or software environment, or that any Digital Content will meet your subjective expectations, personal preferences, literary tastes, emotional expectations, or individual interpretation.

Subjective dissatisfaction with a book’s plot, genre, ending, style, characters, themes, artistic merit, literary quality, typography, cover design, or authorial choices does not by itself constitute a technical defect or non-conformity where the Digital Content is supplied as described and is technically accessible.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Sovaboo Digital will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill, data, or opportunity arising out of or in connection with the Services, Digital Content, or these Terms. Sovaboo Digital’s aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with a paid Order will not exceed the amount actually paid by you for the specific Digital Content giving rise to the claim.

Sovaboo Digital will not be liable for delay, failure, or interruption in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, civil unrest, epidemic, pandemic, labour dispute, government action, sanctions, power failure, internet disruption, hosting provider failure, payment provider failure, cyberattack, or other force majeure events.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability, remedies, or statutory consumer rights that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

13. Changes, Governing Law, and Dispute Resolution

Sovaboo Digital may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Services, Digital Content formats, payment methods, legal requirements, business operations, technical functionality, or other relevant circumstances.

The updated version will be published on the Website with a revised effective date. Where required by applicable law or where changes materially affect your rights, we may provide additional notice. Continued use of the Services after the updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms, unless applicable law requires a different mechanism of acceptance.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Estonia, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protection rights that may apply under the laws of your country of residence.

If you have a complaint or dispute, you should first contact Sovaboo Digital using the contact details specified below. If a dispute cannot be resolved amicably, it may be submitted to the competent courts or competent consumer dispute resolution bodies in accordance with applicable law.

14. General and Contact Information

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense your rights or obligations under these Terms without prior written consent from Sovaboo Digital. Sovaboo Digital may assign or transfer its rights and obligations under these Terms in connection with a merger, reorganisation, sale of assets, transfer of business, change of control, legal restructuring, or other lawful transaction, provided that such assignment does not unlawfully reduce your mandatory consumer rights.

The Services are operated by:

Sovaboo Digital OÜ
Registry code: 17150442
Registered office: Harju maakond, Tallinn, Kesklinna linnaosa, Narva mnt 5, 10117, Estonia
Country of incorporation: Republic of Estonia
Website: https://sovaboo.com
Email: [email protected]

These Terms should be read together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Refund Policy, Copyright Policy, Content and Age Rating Policy, and Community and Moderation Guidelines.

This document is originally written in English. Translations into other languages are provided for convenience only. In case of discrepancies, the English version shall prevail unless mandatory law requires otherwise.