Terms of Use

Welcome to carynwinters.com, the official author website of Caryn Winters.

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of carynwinters.com, including its pages, reader experiences, downloadable materials, Butterfly Society content, Reader Notes, excerpts, bonus content, giveaways, reader promotions, and other features made available through the website.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the website.

About This Website

carynwinters.com is the official author website of Caryn Winters and provides information about books, stories, reader communities, author news, downloadable reader materials, and related creative content.

Website features and content may change over time as books are released, reader experiences are expanded, and new materials are added.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the content made available through carynwinters.com is owned by or licensed for use by Caryn Winters and is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

This may include, without limitation:

• Fiction, excerpts, bonus scenes, and other written works;
• Website copy and editorial content;
• Reader experiences and interactive features;
• Character materials and fictional-world content;
• Downloadable stationery, bookmarks, keepsakes, cards, and printables;
• Graphics, illustrations, artwork, decorative elements, and layouts;
• Photographs and promotional materials;
• Logos, collection names, branding elements, and visual identity; and
• Other original material presented through the website.

Making content available through this website does not transfer ownership of that content or grant permission for commercial use, redistribution, republication, or reproduction except as expressly permitted below.

Personal Use of Reader Downloads

Certain downloadable materials may be offered to readers for personal, non-commercial use. These may include bookmarks, stationery, reading materials, keepsakes, bonus content, printable cards, journaling materials, and similar reader extras.

Unless a particular download states otherwise, you may:

• Download the material for your own personal use;
• Save a personal copy on your own device;
• Print reasonable quantities for your own personal use; and
• Use the finished printed item personally as intended.

You may not, without prior written permission:

• Sell or resell the digital files or printed materials;
• Redistribute the digital files to other people;
• Upload the files to another website, file-sharing service, social platform, or online marketplace;
• Offer the materials as part of another free or paid download;
• Use the materials to create products for sale;
• Remove or alter copyright, author, or branding information for redistribution;
• Claim the designs or materials as your own; or
• Use the materials for commercial purposes without written permission.

If someone you know would like a Caryn Winters reader download, please direct them to carynwinters.com or an official author-provided download or promotional link so they may obtain their own copy.

Readers are welcome to share official links to complimentary books, reader magnets, and promotional offers. Sharing a link does not grant permission to redistribute the underlying digital files unless the specific material expressly allows it.

Books, Fiction, Excerpts, and Bonus Content

Fiction, excerpts, bonus scenes, character materials, archive materials, and other literary content appearing on or distributed through this website are protected by copyright.

You may read and enjoy this material for personal use. You may not reproduce, publish, distribute, sell, substantially copy, or create unauthorized derivative versions of the material except as permitted by applicable law or with prior written permission.

Brief quotations for reviews, commentary, discussion, or other legally permitted purposes may be used where allowed by applicable law.

Butterfly Society

The Butterfly Society is Caryn Winters’ reader community and may provide access to newsletters, reader exclusives, first looks, excerpts, bonus material, downloads, giveaways, behind-the-scenes content, and other reader experiences.

Readers may have opportunities to join the Butterfly Society through carynwinters.com or through participating reader-discovery and newsletter promotions. Enrollment through a third-party promotion is subject to the disclosures and choices presented during the applicable signup process.

Butterfly Society features, benefits, and available materials may change from time to time.

Joining the Butterfly Society does not create a contractual entitlement to any particular future book, download, giveaway, feature, or benefit.

Email subscriptions may be cancelled at any time using the unsubscribe link included in marketing emails.

Information about newsletter subscriptions, promotional signups, and personal information is provided in our Privacy Policy.

Reader Notes and Other Submissions

The website may allow readers to submit Reader Notes, comments, correspondence, messages, or other voluntary contributions.

You retain ownership of original content you submit.

Submission of a Reader Note does not automatically give Caryn Winters permission to publish or feature that note unless you separately provide permission through the applicable submission form or another clear form of consent.

If you expressly grant permission for a Reader Note or similar submission to be featured, you authorize Caryn Winters to reproduce, display, publish, format, and share the approved submission, together with the display name, location, rating, or other information covered by the permission you provided, in the places identified by that permission.

Submissions may be reviewed before publication. Caryn Winters is not obligated to publish every submission received and may choose which submissions appear on the website or in author communications.

Please do not submit material that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, infringing, intentionally misleading, invasive of another person’s privacy, or otherwise inappropriate.

Comments and Community Conduct

Where comments or other community features are available, readers are expected to interact respectfully.

We reserve the right to moderate, decline, hide, or remove content that reasonably appears to:

• Contain harassment, threats, hate speech, or personal attacks;
• Disclose another person’s private information;
• Contain spam, scams, or unauthorized advertising;
• Infringe intellectual property or other legal rights;
• Contain malicious links or code;
• Impersonate another person; or
• Otherwise interfere with the website or reader community.

Giveaways, Reader Promotions, and Special Offers

From time to time, carynwinters.com and Caryn Winters may participate in or feature giveaways, contests, sweepstakes, complimentary book offers, newsletter-building events, reader-discovery campaigns, or other promotional activities.

These activities may include promotions hosted or administered through third-party services such as BookFunnel and Book Cave, as well as promotions offered directly through carynwinters.com.

Participation in a promotion may be subject to eligibility requirements, availability restrictions, deadlines, subscription requirements, or other conditions disclosed in connection with that particular offer.

Certain promotions may be governed by separate Official Rules, promotional terms, or third-party platform requirements. Where separate rules are provided, those rules govern the applicable promotion and control in the event of a conflict with these general Terms of Use, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Complimentary books and other reader materials may be offered through external delivery platforms. Access to those materials may require following the instructions provided by the applicable service, including using a designated download link or completing an applicable signup process.

Where a promotion offers an opportunity to join the Butterfly Society or subscribe to Caryn Winters email communications, newsletter enrollment and the handling of personal information are subject to the applicable signup disclosures and our Privacy Policy.

Receiving complimentary content does not, by itself, constitute consent to ongoing marketing communications. Some promotional offers may expressly require newsletter enrollment, and any such condition should be disclosed during the applicable signup process.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, promotions are not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with third-party social media platforms merely because they may be shared or promoted through those platforms.

Caryn Winters reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue promotions administered directly by Caryn Winters, subject to applicable law and any governing Official Rules.

Promotions administered by third parties remain subject to the terms, requirements, and decisions of their respective organizers.

Third-Party Services and External Links

carynwinters.com may contain links to or integrations with services operated by third parties.

These may include book retailers, BookFunnel, Book Cave, newsletter services such as MailPoet, music services, social platforms, giveaway services, analytics providers, and other websites or online services.

BookFunnel, Book Cave, and similar services may provide complimentary book delivery, reader-discovery promotions, newsletter signup opportunities, or related promotional services.

When readers participate in a promotion or obtain content through an external service, that service may require information or impose additional conditions under its own terms and privacy practices.

Third-party services are operated independently and are subject to their own terms, privacy policies, availability, and business practices.

Caryn Winters does not control and is not responsible for the content, policies, availability, security, or practices of third-party websites or services.

A link to another website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of all content, products, services, opinions, or practices associated with that website.

Purchases Through Third Parties

Books or other products linked from carynwinters.com may be purchased through independent retailers or other third-party platforms.

Transactions completed through a third-party retailer or service are governed by that provider’s terms, policies, pricing, return procedures, and customer-service practices.

Questions concerning a transaction completed through a third-party retailer should generally be directed to that retailer.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to use carynwinters.com in a way that is unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, abusive, or disruptive.

Without limiting the foregoing, you may not:

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to restricted areas of the website;
• Attempt to bypass passwords, access controls, or reader-only areas without authorization;
• Introduce malware, malicious code, or other harmful technology;
• Interfere with the security or operation of the website;
• Use automated systems to place an unreasonable burden on the website;
• Scrape, harvest, or systematically reproduce substantial portions of website content for unauthorized purposes;
• Use website content to impersonate Caryn Winters or misrepresent an affiliation with Caryn Winters; or
• Use the website or its content in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of another person.

Passwords, Passphrases, and Restricted Reader Content

Certain reader experiences, archives, bonus materials, or other portions of the website may be accessible through a password, passphrase, private link, subscriber access method, or other reader credential.

Access credentials and protected materials are provided for the intended reader experience. You may not use technical means to circumvent reasonable access restrictions or obtain materials you are not authorized to access.

Website Availability

We work to maintain carynwinters.com and its reader experiences, but continuous or uninterrupted availability cannot be guaranteed.

Website features may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, service-provider outages, updates, security issues, or other circumstances.

We may modify, replace, suspend, restrict, or discontinue website features or content at any time.

Accuracy of Information

We make reasonable efforts to keep information on carynwinters.com accurate and current. However, errors, outdated information, broken links, typographical mistakes, or technical issues may occasionally occur.

Book descriptions, release information, features, availability, promotional plans, and other information may change.

Fictional Content

Caryn Winters’ books, stories, bonus scenes, character materials, and related fictional-world content are works of fiction.

Unless otherwise indicated, names, characters, businesses, places, events, organizations, and incidents appearing in fictional works are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental except where expressly indicated otherwise.

No Professional Advice

Content on this website is provided for literary, informational, entertainment, promotional, and community purposes.

Nothing on carynwinters.com should be understood as legal, financial, medical, psychological, or other professional advice.

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by applicable law, carynwinters.com and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

We do not guarantee that the website will always be uninterrupted, error-free, completely secure, or free of harmful components, or that every piece of information or third-party link will remain current or available.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Caryn Winters will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar damages arising from or relating to your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon this website, its content, downloadable materials, or third-party links or services.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.

Privacy

Information collected through carynwinters.com is handled as described in the Caryn Winters Privacy Policy.

Please review the Privacy Policy for information concerning newsletter subscriptions, BookFunnel and Book Cave promotions, third-party promotional signups, website analytics, cookies, contact forms, data retention, and privacy choices.

Changes to These Terms

These Terms of Use may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, reader experiences, services, legal requirements, or business practices.

When these Terms are updated, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.

Your continued use of the website after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws applicable in the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to principles concerning conflicts of law, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Contact

Questions concerning these Terms of Use may be submitted through the Contact page at carynwinters.com.

Email: caryn@carynwinters.com

Mailing address:
Caryn Winters
P.O. Box 36
102 N. Gardner Avenue
Kenly, NC 27542