Christian Book Finder Terms of Service

The agreement

By subscribing to, reading, or using any part of Christian Book Finder (”CBF,” “we,” “us”), you agree to these terms. That includes our Substack publication, storefront and book listings, the Christian Authors Demand Lab and other web tools, The CBF Podcast, ARC campaigns, coaching, paid services, and one-time digital products.

These terms work together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle your information and manuscripts. If you don’t agree to these terms, please don’t use CBF.

You must be at least 18 years old to buy a paid subscription or service, or to join the ARC team.

Subscriptions, payments, and refunds

Subscriptions. Paid subscriptions are billed through Substack and renew automatically until you cancel. Current tiers, prices, and benefits are listed on our Substack subscribe page. You can cancel anytime in your Substack account settings, and you’ll keep access until the end of the period you paid for.

Price changes. We may change prices or benefits from time to time. Changes apply at your next renewal, and any price lock or “forever” discount we promised you stays in place as long as your subscription stays active.

Limited benefits. Some benefits have limits — for example, a set number of ARC-led launch campaigns or book listings per year. Unused benefits don’t roll over to the next year and can’t be traded for cash.

Refunds.

• Subscriptions: No refunds for partial periods. Cancel before your renewal date to avoid the next charge.

• One-time digital products (like the Christian Authors Demand Lab or other web tools): No refunds once access has been delivered, since digital products can’t be returned.

• Coaching: Missed calls without 24 hours’ notice may not be rescheduled.

If something goes wrong on our end, contact us — we’ll make it right.

Author services

CBF offers book listings, VIP spotlights, Substack Notes promotions, the Book Festival, ARC-led launch campaigns, launch roadmaps, and coaching. What’s included depends on your tier or the service you bought.

Scheduling. Some promotions need lead time. For example, Substack Notes promotions must be booked at least one week ahead, with your cover, description, purchase link, and chosen date. Late or incomplete materials may push your slot back.

Approval. We review everything before it publishes under the CBF name. We may decline or edit content that doesn’t fit our Christian, book-focused mission.

What we don’t guarantee

We work hard for every author, but we can’t control readers, retailers, or algorithms. So we do not guarantee:

• A specific number of reviews, sales, or subscribers

• Bestseller status or any Amazon ranking

• That every ARC reader will finish the book or post a review

• Positive reviews — honest reviews are the only kind we ask for

Market data in the Christian Authors Demand Lab and our other tools is research to help you decide, not a promise of results.

Author responsibilities and your content

You own your work. You keep all rights to your book, manuscript, cover, and anything else you send us. We never claim ownership.

Permission to promote. When you submit promotional materials — cover, description, author photo, bio, purchase links — you give CBF permission to display and share them to promote your book across our publication, storefront, podcast, social media, and emails. This permission is free and non-exclusive, and it ends when you ask us to remove your listing (content already sent in past emails can’t be unsent).

You confirm that:

• You own or have the rights to everything you submit

• Your content doesn’t copy anyone else’s work or break any law

• The book details and links you give us are accurate

Manuscripts. Manuscripts and advance copies are used only to deliver your book to your ARC team. They are never used to train AI, never used for data collection, and deleted once delivered. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

ARC reader terms

ARC readers get free early copies in exchange for an honest review. If you join the ARC team, you agree to:

1. Use the copy for personal reading and review only.

2. Never share, forward, post, sell, or upload the file anywhere — including AI tools and file-sharing sites.

3. Delete the copy once you’ve reviewed it or the campaign ends.

4. Write an honest review in your own words.

5. Follow each retailer’s review rules, including saying you received a free copy when that’s required.

Readers who break these terms will be removed from the ARC team.

Review rules for everyone

To keep authors safe with Amazon and other retailers:

• We never pay for reviews, and we never ask for positive-only reviews.

• Authors may not offer ARC readers money, gifts, or rewards for reviews.

• Authors may not contact ARC readers to pressure them to change a review.

• Authors are responsible for following retailer policies on their own book pages.

Web tools

Access to the Christian Authors Demand Lab and our other tools is for your personal use, whether it comes with your subscription or you bought it as a one-time product. Please don’t share your login, resell access, or copy or scrape the tools or their data.

Community conduct

CBF is a Christian community, and we ask everyone to treat each other with kindness. In comments, chats, and the VIP Room, please don’t post spam, harassment, hateful content, or anything illegal. We may remove content or accounts that break these rules.

Our content

Our articles, guides, launch roadmaps, checklists, courses, tools, logos, and podcast episodes belong to CBF. You’re welcome to share links and short quotes with credit. Please don’t copy, resell, or republish our paid content without written permission.

Disclaimers

CBF provides book marketing education and services, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Our content and services are provided “as is.” Some links are affiliate links, as explained in our Privacy Policy.

Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, CBF is not responsible for lost sales, lost income, or indirect damages from using our services. If we are ever found responsible for something, the most we’ll owe is what you paid us in the 12 months before the issue.

Ending your account

You can cancel anytime. We may suspend or end access for anyone who breaks these terms, misuses an ARC copy, or abuses the community — without a refund in serious cases.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We’ll change the date at the top and tell subscribers about major changes. Using CBF after an update means you accept the new terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA. Any dispute will be handled in the courts of Daviess County, Kentucky.

Contact us

Christian Book Finder Owensboro, Kentucky, USA Email: [contact email]