General Terms and Conditions of Anchor Academic Publishing/Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH

Below please see our General Terms and Conditions for Readers and Buyers, for Authors as well as our contact information.

A. General Terms and Conditions for Buyers
(valid since September 29th, 2016)

B. Author's Contract
(valid since December 1st, 2017)

C. Contact Information

D. Credit Card Payment

A. General Terms and Conditions for Buyers

1. General Information
Anchor Academic Publishing is an Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH, Hermanstal 119 k, D-22119 Hamburg (hereanafter referred to as "AAP") offers buyers - herinafter: the "Buyer(s) - the service of acquiring publications for a fee. Any agreements on the delivery of publications to companies are exclusively subject to the following General Standard Terms and Conditions of AAP which the Buyer accepts when placing an order. Any business conditions of the Buyer deviating from or conflicting with these General Standard Terms and Conditions shall not apply, unless expressly acknowledged by AAP in writing. For commercial buyers such as companies, German law applies under exclusion of the UN Sales Law.


2. Online-Download
Buyers can download the publications from www.anchor-publishing.com as a PDF file.
The Buyer shall pay the price stated online for a publication when downloading it by entering the details of his credit card, debit card or his Paypal user data in the payment menu provided for this purpose.
Immediately after the user data have been successfully entered a download link will be sent to the buyer. The buyer can download a file as often as wished within 72 hours.

3. Ordering of printed books
Printed books are delivered as fast as possible. This may take from 2 to 20 working days, depending on where the customer lives.

4. Terms of payment
The prices for each title are displayed in our catalogue. The prices include VAT.

For commercial buyers outside of Germany, but within the EU: If the buyer states his tax identification number in the order the VAT may be excluded according to § 4 1b UStG as an intra-Community supply. Only the net amount will be invoiced.

The presentation of products in our online shop are not a legally binding offer but a noncommittal online catalog. By clicking the on "Buy Now" button, thereby placing the product in the shopping cart, the buyer enters a binding order. The confirmation of the order follows immediately after payment of the order and does not constitute an acceptance of the contract. We can accept your order by sending an order confirmation via e-mail or by delivering the goods within two to five business days.

5. Retention of title
Pending payment in full of all claims against the Buyer pursuant to Art. 4 of these General Standard terms and Conditions, AAP shall retain title to any delivered merchandise.

6. Rights of use
All rights of exploitation of the various publications under copyright law remain with the author.
The Buyer is not be entitled to duplicate, sell, disseminate or publicly display publications bought on this website.
Individual duplicates, e.g. copies and printouts, may only be made for private and other personal use (sec. 53 of Germany’s Copyright Act (UrhG)). The production and dissemination of further duplicates shall only be permissible subject to express consent.

7. Warranty / Complaints
Complaints based on substantive defects in publications are excluded. AAP assumes no responsibility for the content and design quality of the various academic papers, specifically the presentation, structure, functioning state of any processes described therein, or the correctness of any data and results produced. The writers themselves are responsible for the content of their publications. AAP does not warrant that the papers have been drawn up, graded and published according to statutory provisions, specifically examination regulations.
If the Buyer receives evidently damaged or incomplete merchandise he has to send a complaint to AAP either by letter post, fax, e-mail or phone us at +49 (40) 655 99 20 within 8 days of receipt of the merchandise. In the case of incomplete scientific publications, AAP shall ensure post-performance within 10 days, namely - at its discretion - by completion (removal of defects) or subsequent delivery (replacement delivery) of the version. If post-performance fails, or AAP refuses post-performance, the Buyer shall be entitled to rescind the contract.
In the publications, names of companies or sensitive corporate data may have been made unrecognizable by renaming, blackening out or deletion.

8. Liability
AAP is not be liable for damage/loss not occurring in the merchandise itself, specifically for lost profit or other financial loss of the Buyer, unless based on gross negligence or wilful act of AAP.
In the case of slight negligence,  AAP shall only be liable for infringements that are of the essence of the contract (cardinal duties, i.e. essential contractual obligations). For the rest, the contractual and non-contractual liability of  AAP shall be limited to wilful act and gross negligence, with such restriction on liability also applying to acts of any vicarious agent of  AAP. This restriction on liability shall not affect claims for compensation based on personal injury or on Germany's Product Liability Act (ProdhaftG).

9. Withdrawal/Cancellation Policy


Withdrawal/Cancellation Policy for Digital Content (e.g. eBooks) which is not on a tangible medium

You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The cancellation period will expire after 14 days after conclusion of the contract.

The right of withdrawal ends when Anchor Academic Publishing has begun with the execution of the contract, after (i) the Purchaser has unequivocally agreed via download of the e-book that Anchor Academic Publishing may begin with the execution of the contract, and (ii) has confirmed his knowledge of having agreed to losing his right of withdrawal with the beginning of the execution of the contract.

To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Anchor Academic Publishing, Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH, Hermannstal 119k, D - 22119 Hamburg, phone: +49-(0)40-655 99 20, fax: +49-(0)40-655 99 2-22, of your decision to cancel this contract by making a clear statement (for example via e-mail to info(at)diplomica.de, by postal mail or by fax).

To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
You may use the cancellation form ready for download below, but it is not obligatory.

Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us). We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel this contract. We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement.

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Withdrawal/Cancellation Policy for contracts for the delivery of goods

You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the goods.

To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Anchor Academic Publishing, Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH, Hermannstal 119k, D - 22119 Hamburg, phone: +49-(0)40-655 99 20, fax: +49-(0)40-655 99 2-22, of your decision to cancel this contract by making a clear statement (for example via e-mail to info(at)diplomica.de, by postal mail or by fax).

After we have received your statement we will inform you (e.g. via e-mail) without undue delay. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired. You may use the cancellation form ready for download below, but it is not obligatory.

Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us). We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel this contract. We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of the reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to us without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.


For the following kind of sales contracts the statutory right to cancel as laid out in the Consumer Contracts Regulations does not exist. The rules on the right to cancel do not apply to contracts

- for the supply of goods that are made to the consumer’s specifications or are clearly personalised;
- for the supply of goods which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly;
- for the supply of sealed goods which are not suitable for return due to health protection or hygienic reasons, the right to cancel ceases if the goods become unsealed after delivery;
- for the delivery of goods if the goods become mixed inseparably (according to their nature) with other items after delivery;
- for the supply of sealed audio or sealed video recordings or sealed computer software, the right to cancel ceases if the goods become unsealed after delivery;
- for the supply of a newspaper, periodical or magazine with the exception of subscription contracts for the supply of such publications;
- for the supply of alcoholic beverages, where -
(i) their price has been agreed at the time of the conclusion of the sales contract,
(ii) delivery of them can only take place after 30 days, and
(iii) their value is dependent on fluctuations in the market which cannot be controlled by the trader.

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Cancellation Form
Here you can download our cancellation form:

Download Cancellation Form


10. Inspection of the contract text of the General Standard Terms and Conditions
The Buyer may inspect the general contractual conditions at any time by opening this page. The Buyer's specific order data cannot be viewed using the Internet for security reasons and are treated in strict confidence.

11. Data protection
The Buyer agrees that any personal data may be stored. The Buyer gives his express consent to the collection, processing and use of his data, wherever his consent is required in a specific case. The stored data shall be collected, processed and used exclusively to the extent necessary to bring about, shape or amend the contract.

Please see our privacy for more information.


12. Online dispute resolution (ODR)
According to Art. 14 (1) Regulation on consumer ODR: The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolutions (ODR) which can be accessed under https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
Bedey Media GmbH does not participate in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) processes and is not obliged or bound to participate.

13. Final provisions
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply. This does not affect mandatory provisions of the state in which the customer has his habitual residence.

For companies only German law applies excluding the CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods).
For merchants according to the German commercial code, legal entities under public law or public special funds the exclusive jurisdiction for any disputes arising from contractual relationships between us and you is our place of business in Hamburg, Germany.

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B. Autor's Contract

This is the contract from Anchor Academic Publishing, Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH (herinafter referred to as "publisher"), Hermannstal 119k, 22119 Hamburg, for registered natural or legal persons (hereinafter referred to as "author") who aim to publish and market their bachelor thesis, master thesis, diplom thesis, magister thesis, state examination thesis, dissertation, or any similar academic survey by Anchor Academic Publishing. This contract establishes the contractual relationship between the Anchor Academic Publishing and the authors who intend to make use of the publishing and marketing services of Anchor Academic Publishing.


1. Subject matter of contract
1.1 The author commits himself (for reasons of brevity the author of the work in this contract will be referred to in the male form which explicitly applies to both male and female authors) to hand in the already written and fully completed manuscript (hereinafter referred to as ‘work’) for publishing. This work is a bachelor thesis, master thesis, diploma thesis, master thesis, state examination thesis, dissertation, or any other comparable university paper.

1.2 The final title of the work will be set by the publisher in cooperation with the author and under protection of the author’s personal rights. In case of differences of opinion the publisher has the right to make the final decision.


2. Delivery
The author commits himself to hand in the complete manuscript ready for duplication (as Word document or PDF document) on data carrier (e.g. CD, DVD, USB-stick) or as an e-mail-attachment to info@anchor-publishing.com four weeks at the latest after signing and sending of his author’s contract. The author ensures that he retains a version which is electronically stored and also a hard copy of the manuscript.


3. Assignment of rights
3.1 Upon conclusion of the contract the author assigns to the publisher for the duration of the legal copyright protection period, including any possibly arising extensions of the protection period, the exclusive and unrestricted rights of usage, both temporal and in form and content for all known and unknown modes of usage. The assignment of rights extends to the exploitation of rights of usage not only in its own publishing house but also via remunerated or non-remunerated (also partial) assignment of rights to third parties as well as to all editions and print-runs and in all languages, in particular to the following rights:

3.1.1 the right to the entire or partial advance print and reprint of the work, also as a continuation print in its own or third party periodical (e.g. newspapers, magazines etc.) as well as non-periodical printed works even if (for instance for advertising purposes) no remuneration is obtained, as well as in collections of works of various copyright holders and for the inclusion of the work (wholly or in excerpts) in anthologies;
3.1.2 the right to translation of the work into other languages and for transmission of the work into other idioms/dialects and exploitation of these versions according to all of the modes of usage which are subject of the contract, including Braille;
3.1.3 the right to duplication and distribution of the work in hard cover, pocket book, e-book, reprint, school edition, book club, Reader's Digest, Weltbild-Reader, luxury edition, paperback, large-print, micro copy, loose-leaf, books-on-demand and other book editions as well as the right to include the work or parts of it in archives and collections of all kinds;
3.1.4 the right to duplication and distribution of the work in other miscellaneous special editions, hence in all forms of book for all print-runs and as special editions for forms outside of the retail book trade (ancillary markets) etc.;
3.1.5 the right to revise the work or to let it be revised;
3.1.6 the right of reproduction and sale of editions of the work or parts of it that are produced by using digital storage media and reproduction media, regardless of the technical features, and including all digital and interactive systems (e.g. CD-Rom, CD-I, e-book and other forms of electronic publishing);
3.1.7 the right, either wholly or in part, to feed in and save the work in the context of all modes of usage which are subject of the contract, i.e. in electronic databanks, electronic data networks, telephone services, hotlines, etc. and to make the work publicly accessible to a large number of users by means of digital or other kinds of memory and transmission technology, available upon call for reproduction or for print-out, e.g. push-and-pull technology and/or to transmit, for example, for the purpose of reception by means of a television set, computer, mobile phone and/or other similarly mobile appliance (including e-readers, etc.) to include also all modes of transmission (cable, radio, microwave, satellite) and all processes (GSM, UMTS, etc.) as well as all protocols (e.g. TCP/-IP, http, WAP, HTML, XML etc.), including all forms of e-book. Also included is the right, within the context of the modes of usage mentioned in this contract, to make possible for the user an interactive usage of the work or of parts of it (possibly in association with other works);
3.1.8 the right of further reproduction and sale of the work, wholly or in parts, e.g. in calendars, especially also by means of digital, photomechanical or similar processes (e.g. (digital) photocopy);
3.1.9 the right to present the work, including the right to present it in a non-stagy way as frequently as the publisher sees fit, including the right to record the presentation on any visual, audio, audiovisual or data media and to use or exploit them for all modes of usage which are subject of the contract (e.g. as audiobook);
3.1.10 the right to publish the work in all physical modes of usage which are subject of the contract, to lend it, whether commercially or non-commercially, and/or to rent it out;
3.1.11 the right to broadcast the work in public with the help of the radio, including wired radio, cable or satellite radio and similar broadcasting technologies, digital as well as analogical, on broadcasting stations under public law as well as on broadcasting stations under private law, including pay-TV, videotext, on-demand services, near-on-demand services and similar techniques, or use the work in other ways in the context of the contract;
3.1.12 the right to reproduce the work in visual, audiovisual or other data media, no matter which recording or broadcasting technique will be used, and to sale them via retail trade, special trade, direct mail selling, Home-Order-TV, club organisations or other forms of trade, as well as to lend them commercially or non-commercially and also to make the data media perceivable through public report and use them in other ways in the context of the contract;
3.1.13 the right to use the work, against remuneration or without remuneration, within the scope of the rights assigned, in all forms of usage which are subject of the contract, also in the internet, for advertising for the publisher and/or for third parties, including for its/their products, including the right to feed the work into its own databanks or those of third parties (e.g. Amazon or Google) and to make them publicly accessible, whether in whole or in part, for advertising purposes, against payment or free of charge;
3.1.14 the right to archive the work alone or in the context of other works and types of use physically or non-physically, to register it in collections and/or databases and allow a third party to have access to the work in any way (e.g. online services);
3.1.15 the adaptation and exploitation rights resulting from the broadcast of the work in all modes of usage which are subject of the contract via radio including wired radio, cable and satellite radio and similar transmission techniques as well as on audiobook;
3.1.16 the right to set the work to music;
3.1.17 the unrestricted exploitation rights for all modes of usage including re-recording and playback resulting from the transmission/broadcast of any image-/sound carriers or via transmission of loudspeaker or any other way of broadcast;
3.1.18 all other rights administered by collection societies (e.g. VG Wort) as per their articles of memorandum, their administration agreement and distribution plan insofar as an assignment of these rights is legally permissible according to the corresponding stipulations. The author furthermore assigns to the publisher the legal remuneration claims as per §§ 44a ff. UrhG (copyright law) insofar as the publisher is about to have them administered by a collection society, which administers the rights of publishers and copyright owners together (§ 63a paragraph 2 UrhG). The publisher accepts the assignments.

3.2 Furthermore, the author transfers the unlimited and exclusive rights in terms of location, time and content for all unknown types of use at the time of the contract to the publisher. The transfer of rights includes the exploitation of rights of use by the publisher’s own publishing house as well as by transfer of rights to a third party, gratuitously or for a consideration (even partly).

3.3 The publisher can assign, partly or in their entirety, to third parties the rights granted in this contract without it being necessary to obtain the consent of the author to do this. The decision on the issue of licences (nature and scope, terms etc.) to third parties, including companies associated with the publisher, is at the discretion of the publisher.

3.4 The publisher’s right to transfer the rights of use to a third party ends with the termination of this contract. Any licensing agreements already existing at the point of termination of the contract are not influenced by this.

3.5 If the publisher does not exercise some of the rights the author will have the right to call back several rights according to the rules in § 41 UrhG after five years.


4. Cost of Publication
The publisher will charge a publication fee (for production, layout, sales and distribution, etc.) of 500,00 Euro (five hundred Euro) from the author. The publisher will send the invoice to the author via email before production and distribution of the work. The publisher will start production and publication of the work only after payment has been effected by the author and after the invoice amount of 500,00 Euro has been deposited at the bank account of the publisher.


5. Rights and obligations of the Publisher
5.1 The publisher is obligated to the duplication and distribution of a book edition of the work in the sense of clause 3.1.3. but not, however, to the other rights granted under this contract. The size of print-run of an edition depends on the market demand. As a rule, the work will be printed on demand or in small print-runs. Reprints of parts of the work or new editions of the work can be carried out at the publisher’s discretion. If the publisher considers printing of another edition to be unprofitable, the publisher may give the publishing rights back to the author.

5.2 In case of publication of a printed book the publisher has the sole right to decide on the title, layout, design, equipment, book cover, size of print-run, publisher’s imprint, date of publication and date of delivery. Promotional measures will be decided upon at the discretion of the publisher taking into account the purpose of this contract as well as prevailing practice amongst commercial book publishers for editions of this kind. All parties of this contract agree that the publisher holds the sole right to decide upon and to use the title of the work. The right of the publisher to decide upon the retail price includes the later increase or discounting of the retail price.

5.3 In case the work is published only electronically as an e-book, the publisher has the sole right to decide on file formats in which the work is offered including layout, sales channels, participation of sales partners, date of publication, date of delivery and the right to set the retail price including later increases or discounting of the retail price.

5.4 The publisher will – after payment of 500,00 Euro has been effected by the author – start production and distribution of the book. This includes the visual design of the book, the production of the master copy/printing template, the assignment of an ISBN and delivery of obligatory copies. The publisher may registrate the work with the VLB (Collecting society - directory of available books).

5.5 The author may include an author's profile with personal information to his work for marketing purposes. The author's profile will be part of the work and will be included in each copy sold. Thus, search engines on the internet within the framework of 'full indexation' can access the data of the author's profile.

5.6 The publishing house sends the obligatory deliveries to the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main and the State Library in Hamburg.


6. Copyright or other rights of a third party
6.1 The author is obliged to check his work for any company information, interviews, testing results, surveys or the like published in his work that were not published in relevance so far. In case these data have not been published yet the author will obtain the corresponding permission from the respective copyright-holders. If applicable, this also applies for all interviews held by the author. Permissions via e-mail are sufficient (please forward these to the publisher). The author will check if all his statements about organisations and firms and/ or about their products are provable and have been verified.

6.2 The author guarantees the correct citation in his work of all (also changed) passages, illustrations, charts etc. from other works literally or in substance. The author knows that citation from other works is only permitted when it is demanded by the work, e.g. when a statement needs proof. Longer passages, illustrations, charts etc. that the author has taken from other works are only acceptable in academic works, and under the condition that the author actually deals with the subject in his own work. Passages, illustrations, charts etc. that are exclusively used for illustration purposes are in terms of copyright not accepted. This also applies to all attachments to the text. If the author has any doubts he will remove the corresponding parts of the text or will integrate them into this work according to the conditions of this contract.


7. Guarantee and liability
7.1 The author guarantees that his work and its publication, including all images and text material, does not infringe upon the copyright of third parties. The author further ensures that he is solely entitled to dispose of his work in accordance with this author’s contract and that his work does not contain any data/material of third-party copyright holders and that he has not made any other agreements as to the rights which run contrary to this contract.

7.2 In this respect the author releases the publisher fully of all claims of third parties, including the full extent of costs of legal defence and/or legal pursuit. This also applies to defects of the work that the author may be responsible for.

7.3 Furthermore, the author guarantees that he holds the exploitation rights of his work and that these rights have not been transferred to any other legal or judicial person. The full text server of scientific libraries is excluded from the non-exclusive transfer of these exploitation rights. The author also guarantees that publication of his work does not conflict with any academic examination regulations or any other regulations. If the author wrote his work in cooperation with or within an organisation (e.g. as an intern, in companies, associations, institutions or the like), he has to guarantee that he alone holds permission to publish his work and is alone entitled to its commercial exploitation. In case of an unauthorised publication, the author is solely liable.

7.4 In terms of copyright law the publisher depends on the author's information. In case the work infringes upon any rights, especially the copyright of third parties due to the failure to inform, the author is solely liable.

7.5 The publisher is not responsible for the published contents and is not liable for the consequences that may arise through the publishing of illegal contents.


8. Type-setting, proof-reading
The first proof-reading of the work is undertaken by the publisher, a typesetting office, or a printing house. The publisher is obliged to send galley proofs to the author as a PDF document in an email-attachment. The author is obliged to immediately proof-read the galley proofs free of charge and has to provide it with the note „ready to print“ (release note). With this note any changes/alterations to the work will be also approved. If the publisher does not receive the release note, i.e. a go-ahead for printing within a fortnight, the go-ahead to print is deemed to have been issued by the author.


9. Remuneration, accounting
For all performances in the context of this contract as well as for the compensation of all granted rights according to clause 3. of this contract, the author receives the following remuneration:

9.1 for the revenue of the publisher’s own exploitation, calculated on the net retail price (=retail price minus value added tax, minus any retail discounts, e.g. bookseller’s discount) for each copy of the book sold, paid for and not returned; as well as for revenue resulting from exploitation rights exercised by third parties (licence) in the amount of 10%. Payment of royalties will be carried out each year on the first of April after the cut-off day notification (by booksellers and book wholesaler’s) of the number of copies sold and not returned has expired.

9.2 If the publisher himself exploits the rights assigned in clause 3.2. of this contract (modes of usage unknown at the point in time of conclusion of the contract) or via third parties (licence) the author receives an appropriate remuneration on which the contracting parties will reach an understanding at such time as the publisher may be intending to exercise such usage. In cases of doubt the publisher is entitled to decide upon the remuneration at his own discretion. The author is entitled to have the corresponding exercise of discretion (§§ 315 ff. BGB) checked, within 12 months as from the decision on payment by the competent Regional Court.

9.3 Obligatory, test, advertising, party and discussion copies are exempt of royalties. Insofar as the author proves that he is VAT-registered the publisher will then pay the statutory amount of value added tax in addition to the royalties.

9.4 Upon request from the author the publisher is obligated, once a year, to permit an auditor, tax consultant or sworn-in publishing expert to have access to the books and documents necessary for the purpose of checking the royalties/payment settlements. The costs for this will be borne by the publisher if the settlements prove to be more than 5% to the detriment of the author. Otherwise the costs of the audit will be borne by the author.

9.5 With payment of royalties and fees according to clause 9.2 all financial claims on the part of the author arising from the contractual relationship vis-à-vis the publisher, including all those arising from exploitation of the rights granted in this contract are settled. This is also valid for the reimbursement of expenses such as travelling expenses unless a separate written agreement has been concluded.

9.6 In case the author chooses the option “One-time payment of 10 Euro” all contractual rights are settled with the one-time payment of 10 Euro to the author and no further royalties are being paid.

9.7 The royalty will be paid from a sum beginning at 25,00 Euro (twenty-five Euro). Up to that minimum sum the royalty will be registered continuously.

9.8 If the author has a bank account with a credit institution outside of Germany, all royalties will be paid from a beginning sum of 50,00 Euro (fifty Euro). Up to that minimum sum the royalty will be registered continuously. If the author has a bank account in Germany or within the European Union he is obliged to communicate the IBAN (International Bank Account Number) and BIC (Bank Identifier Code) of his bank account to the publisher, otherwise the publisher cannot transfer the royalties to the author’s bank account. If the author has a bank account with a credit institution outside the European Union, he has to set up a Paypal account for payment of royalties. All fees incurring from money transfer and any additional fees charged by credit institutions with regard to payment of his royalties will be borne by the author and will be offset against his royalties resulting from this contract.


10. Sample copies
10.1 The author receives one free copy of the first edition for his own personal use. In addition, the author can acquire further copies of his work for his own personal use with a discount of 40% on the retail price.

10.2 It is expressly forbidden for the author to sell or resell any copies acquired under clause 9.1. There does not exist any claim for a fee or royalty for any copies of the work acquired by the author.


11. Dumping and pulping
11.1 The publisher can shift his own editions by suspending the retail price and resorting to dumping or pulping if turnover has dropped off to such an extent that distribution of the work in the manner hitherto used is no longer a profitable prospect for the publisher.

11.2 The author will participate in the dumping of the publisher’s own stocks in that he receives the amount of the agreed participation fee less the effective manufacturing costs insofar as the revenue per copy exceeds the corresponding manufacturing costs.

11.3 If it should transpire that sale at a dumping price is also not a realistic proposition the publisher can have the remainder of stock pulped. The publisher is still entitled to carry out partial pulping if the stocks still remaining could cover demand for a longer period of time.


12. Nomination of originator, copyright note
12.1 The publisher is obliged to identify the author in an appropriate way as the author of the work.

12.2 The publisher is obliged to apply the copyright note in terms of the Universal Copyright Convention during publishing.


13. Further Agreements
13.1 The author will at all times ensure that he will be able to be contacted by the publisher at any time. He guarantees especially that the publisher will always be in possession of his current address postal as well as email address and his current bank account information.

13.2 The publisher is expressly released by the author from the requirement to research the currently valid address via the collecting society VG Wort. The publisher is not obligated to do any research.

13.3 The author is not eligible to any royalties if the transfer of royalties to the bank account of the author has failed and if the author failed to communicate a valid bank account within four weeks. If the publisher does not receive a valid bank account within four weeks the royalties may be donated to a charity.


14. Final Provisions
14.1 Changes and additions of this contract require the text form. The same shall apply to any waiver of this text-form requirement.

14.2 Should individual terms of this contract be, or become, ineffective then the validity of the other terms remains unaffected by this. In the place of the ineffective terms the parties will agree upon an effective ruling which most closely resembles the factual, commercial and legal intent of the ineffective term. The same procedure is to be followed if a gap or unintended omission is to be found in this contract.

14.3 Place of fulfilment and – insofar as legally permissible – Court of Jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is agreed by the parties to be the premises of the Publisher, (currently Hamburg, Germany).

14.4 The contract is subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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C. Contact Information

Anchor Academic Publishing
Imprint of Bedey Media GmbH
Hermannstal 119 k
22119 Hamburg
Germany

Fon +49 - (0) 40 - 655 99 20
Fax +49 - (0) 40 - 655 99 222

E-Mail: info(at)diplomica.de

General Manager/ CEO: Björn Bedey

Register Court: Amtsgericht Hamburg
Register Number: HRB 80293

D. Credit Card Payments

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Directors: Carl Frederic Zitscher, Jan Kanieß

Seat of company: Kiel
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