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Terms of Service

Effective November 10, 2026. Hughes Solutions LLC, 500 W 21st St, Norfolk, VA 23517.

These terms are an agreement between you and Hughes Solutions LLC, a Virginia limited liability company ("we", "us"), for Shelfbright (the "Service"). Shelfbright is a service of Hughes Solutions LLC. By starting a book page, sending writing for review, or buying a plan, you agree to them.

1. What the Service does

Shelfbright gives authors a private page with a publishing checklist, guides, a calculator, and AI review panels that read your idea, outline, chapters or full manuscript and give feedback (including the Shelf Test). It helps you publish yourself, on your own Amazon and Audible accounts.

2. We're not your publisher

• Your rights and royalties stay yours. We don't take any rights to your book and we don't take a share of your royalties.
• No promise of sales or acceptance. We don't promise your book will sell, rank, win awards, or be accepted by Amazon, Audible or anyone else. Their rules and decisions are theirs.
• Feedback is AI generated. Panel reviews are written by AI applying editorial frameworks, and can be wrong or miss things. Your book, your call: you decide what to change.
• Not legal advice. Nothing in the Service is legal, tax or copyright advice.

3. What you send us

Send only writing you own or have permission to use. You keep all rights to it. You give us a limited license to store and process it only to provide the Service to you, including sending it to our AI provider to produce your reviews. We never sell your writing, never publish it, and never use it to train AI models. Don't send anything you aren't allowed to share, or anything illegal or harmful.

4. Your private page

Your page lives at a private link. Anyone with the link can see it, so keep it to yourself. You must be at least 18, or have a parent or guardian use the Service with you.

5. Plans, payment and refunds

• Free needs no card.
• Coming soon features marked as included (like the book sales page and the Audio Booth) are included when they launch; we don't promise a date.
• Author is a one-time payment per book, at the price shown at checkout, processed by Stripe. It unlocks every panel for that book. It isn't a subscription and doesn't renew.
• Fair use. Reviews run as often as you need for a normal book project; we may queue or limit runs that look automated or far beyond normal use, and we'll tell you if we do.
• Refunds. If you're not happy, ask within 14 days of paying for a full refund.
• Taxes. Prices don't include taxes; if we must collect tax we'll add it at checkout.

6. Changes

We may change features or prices for future purchases. We may update these terms; we'll post the new version with a new date and, for material changes, email you before they take effect.

Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." To the extent the law allows, we disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We don't promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Limit of liability

To the extent the law allows, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or lost profits or data. Our total liability for any claim about the Service is limited to the greater of the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or $100.

Your indemnity

You'll defend and hold us harmless from third-party claims arising from your content, your use of the Service in breach of these terms, or your breach of law, and pay resulting costs and damages a court awards or you agree to in a settlement.

Ending

You may stop using the Service anytime and ask us to delete your page. We may end access for anyone who breaks these terms, with notice when we can.

Law and courts

Virginia law governs these terms, without regard to conflict of laws rules. Any dispute goes to the state or federal courts located in or serving Norfolk, Virginia, and both parties agree to their jurisdiction. Nothing here limits rights you have under consumer protection laws that can't be waived.

Contact

To reach us, email [email protected], or write to Hughes Solutions LLC, 500 W 21st St, Norfolk, VA 23517.