Terms of Use

Rental Agreement

This Rental User Agreement is considered to be a contract between you and Knetbooks.com. By placing an order you agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement, our privacy policy, our terms of use, and any other documents incorporated into the website. You agree that this User Agreement is legally binding between you and Knetbooks.com. Knetbooks.com may modify this agreement from time to time. Any modification shall be effective upon posting on the website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this agreement when you use the website or the service after the change is posted.

In connection with your rental order, you will select a rental return date. The rental return date will appear on your order confirmation as well as in the order details displayed in the account section of the Knetbooks website. By placing your rental order with Knetbooks, you agree to use Knetbooks online rental returns process and to return the rented merchandise to Knetbooks using the printable, prepaid UPS shipping label that is provided as part of that process. You agree that failing to use Knetbooks online rental returns process and/or the provided shipping label may cause delays and additional fees to be assessed. You agree that you are responsible for remembering the rental return date and returning the rental to us within the timeframe specified.

A valid, active credit or debit card which is tied to a financial institution is required for any rental transaction. Knetbooks accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. You hereby acknowledge and agree that Knetbooks may charge you for any lost, stolen, or damaged books associated with your account. Knetbooks will charge an additional amount to your credit or debit card if you choose to buy any rented book at any time during the rental period. By using Knetbooks, you agree to the storing of your credit or debit card information and you also agree to any additional charges specified in this agreement or on this website, including, without limitation, the new list price as indicated on our site at the time of the charge resulting from damage, lost or stolen books, auto-extensions, and/or unreturned books. You agree that we may, at our sole discretion, send your account to a collection agency if you fail to pay all fees due to Knetbooks. You agree not to hold Knetbooks responsible in the event Knetbooks does not credit or debit your credit or debit card for a period of time due to circumstances beyond our control. Knetbooks makes no guarantees regarding the processing time for charges.

You agree to keep your credit card or debit card in good standing during the term of your rental. Knetbooks reserves the right to charge your card a late fee of any amount leading up to but not exceeding the new list price as indicated on our site at the time of the charge for a book that is not returned. Knetbooks reserves the right to attempt a re-charge of a declined credit/debit card periodically, at any time and for any number of attempts, to collect amounts outstanding on your account. Additionally, if the primary credit/debit card on file with your account is declined, Knetbooks reserves the right to charge any of the other credit/debit cards you may have on file with your account. Knetbooks is not responsible for overdraft or other penalties/fees a customer may incur for such charges (or attempted charges). If, after these attempts, the amounts owed are still not paid, then Knetbooks reserves the right to place you into collection status. Collections may be done by Knetbooks or a third party on behalf of Knetbooks.

Once the book is in your possession, you are responsible for its condition. Damage to a rented book is defined as any condition that makes the book unusable as a future rental. Such conditions include any water damage, a broken spine, missing pages, missing or torn covers, excessive highlighting (more than one-third of the content), excessive or inappropriate notes or any other such condition that makes the book unsuitable for future use. A fee will be charged to the credit card on file of any customer returning a damaged book and the book will NOT be returned to you. The fee will be assessed at the discretion of Knetbooks and may up to the replacement fee of the book.

Disclaimer

As a user of this website you acknowledge that you are using it at your sole risk. Knetbooks provides this site and its contents on an "as is" basis, and makes no claims or warranties of any kind with respect to the site or its contents. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Knetbooks disclaims all such representations and warranties, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, Knetbooks does not represent or warrant that the information or merchandise provided through this site is accurate, complete or current.

Booklists, course information, prices and availability information are subject to change at any time without notice. Except as specifically stated on this website, under no legal theory, tort, contract, or otherwise, Knetbooks nor any of its directors, employees, merchants, content providers or any other party involved in the creation or maintenance of this site is liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of or inability to use this site.

Knetbooks reserves the right at its discretion to change or modify these terms and conditions at any time, effective immediately upon notification on this website.

Knetbooks may change, suspend, or eliminate all or any aspect of this website at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content, without prior notice or liability.

Your use of this website constitutes binding acceptance of these terms and conditions, including any changes or modifications made as permitted above. If at any time you no longer agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please cease to use this website immediately.

Shop Securely

Because Knetbooks uses some of the most sophisticated security software commercially available, it is extremely unlikely that any personal information that you transmit to us will be misappropriated.

Knetbooks employs the latest version of Secure Socket Layer Technology (SSL) to encrypt your information and help insure that only you and Knetbooks ever see it. If your web browser doesn't permit a secure connection, Knetbooks will not accept your personal information including credit card numbers. Your browser should display a padlock icon in the address bar and the URL will contain https:// when a secure connection is made.

Always contact your credit card company if you suspect a card has been stolen or used without authorization.

Website User Agreement

Knetbooks.com ("Knetbooks") maintains this site (the "Site") for your individual entertainment, information, education, communication and/or purchasing convenience. Feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site but only for non-commercial, individual, personal use only, and also provided you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on all materials. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, report or use the contents of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio and/or video without Knetbooks written permission. Your proceeding beyond the link from the home page of the Site constitutes your express consent and agreement to these provisions.

Your access and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Any other agreement, oral, written, or electronic, between you and Knetbooks and relating to these matters is superseded by this agreement and is of no force or effect.

Terms and Conditions

1. Everything you see or read on the Site is protected under United States and World Wide copyright laws treaty provisions unless otherwise noted. Nothing on the Site may be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the written permission of Knetbooks. Knetbooks neither warrants nor represents that your use of any materials displayed on the Site will be free from infringement of the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Knetbooks. While Knetbooks uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Site, Knetbooks makes no warranty or representation as to its accuracy and assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in anything you see or read on the Site.
2. You use the Site at your risk. Knetbooks is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind; lost or unavailable network connections; incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions. Under no circumstances will Knetbooks or its suppliers be liable for any damages or injury that results from the use of materials on this site. Neither Knetbooks nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive or other damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site or any of its contents. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you WITHOUT WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTY OF NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. Knetbooks ALSO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING, OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM, THE SITE.
3. Any communications or materials you transmit to the Site, either electronically or otherwise, including without limitation, data, questions, comments, suggestions, biographical information or the like is, and we will treat as non-confidential and nonproprietary. Any such communication or material you transmit or post may be used by Knetbooks or its affiliates for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, sale, use and posting. Knetbooks is also free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques or other information contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.
4. Knetbooks either uses with permission or owns all of the images displayed on the Site. You may not use those images unless expressly and specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions, or specific permission is expressly provided elsewhere in the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes, and Knetbooks expressly reserves all rights it may have with respect to those images under any of those laws, regulations and/or statutes.
5. All trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of Knetbooks and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppels or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site without written permission of Knetbooks or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. You are strictly prohibited from misusing any Trademark displayed on the Site or any other content on the Site. You are advised that Knetbooks aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
6. Although the Site links to various other sites, Knetbooks has not reviewed, or may not have reviewed the current version of, all of the sites so linked. In any event, Knetbooks is not responsible for the content of any other sites, offsite pages, or other locations linked to the Site. If you link to any other offsite page, site, or other location, you do so at your own risk.
7. Information on this site includes a description of products available in the United States of America, its territories and in certain foreign countries. This site is operated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States of America. Knetbooks makes no representation that content provided at this web site is applicable or appropriate for use outside of the United States of America, its territories or the particular foreign countries that are specifically identified at this web site as countries where products will be made available.
8. Although Knetbooks may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, Knetbooks is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained from any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Further, in no case may you create any kind of hyperlink to the web site without the prior written consent of Knetbooks. Knetbooks will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Knetbooks to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
9. Knetbooks may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are and will be bound.
10. The terms and conditions of this web site are governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these terms and conditions is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
11. Knetbooks may terminate this agreement at any time without notice for any reason. Users may terminate this agreement by destroying all materials obtained from this web site.
12. All in-store credit applied to your account will expire 2 years after the date the in-store credit was applied.

Specific Sales Tax Exceptions

Knetbooks does not collect sales or use taxes for all states. Certain states impose sales or use tax on all transactions made over the internet. Customers in Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont should be aware of the following laws.

Oklahoma: Customers who purchase in Oklahoma are able to report and pay applicable taxes via the Oklahoma individual income tax return (Form 511) or by filing a consumer use tax return (Form 21-1). These forms and associated instructions are available from the Oklahoma Tax Commission website, www.tax.ok.gov. We are required to provide this notice for Oklahoma purchases as a result of Oklahoma Law (HB 2359), enacted in June of 2010.

South Carolina: South Carolina customers may owe use taxes on their purchases. You may either visit www.sctax.org to pay this use tax or report and pay the use taxes directly on your South Carolina Income Tax Form. We are required to provide this notice for South Carolina purchases as a result of South Carolina Law Section 12-36-2691(E)(1).

South Dakota: Customers purchasing in South Dakota may owe use taxes for their purchases made online. The applicable use tax form and instructions are available on the South Dakota Department of Revenue website. We are required to provide this notice for South Dakota purchases as a result of South Dakota Law (SB 146), enacted in April of 2011.

Tennessee: Tennessee customers may owe use taxes for their purchase unless an existing exemption exists under Tennessee law. Purchases made via the internet are not exempt under current Tennessee laws. Payment for applicable Tennessee Use Tax (T.C.A. § 67-6-210) are able to be made through the Tennessee Department of Revenue's website at https://apps.tn.gov/usetax.

Vermont: Customers purchasing in Vermont owe use tax for their purchases made online due to Vermont State Law. The applicable use tax form and instructions are available on the Vermont Department of Taxes website. We are required to provide this notice for Vermont purchases as a result of Vermont Law (H 436), enacted in May of 2011.