Terms and Conditions

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RETURNS

If you're not satisfied with your purchase, you may return it for a refund. We will issue a refund for the purchase price of the item plus any applicable taxes to your original form of payment for items returned within 30 days. All returned items must be in their original condition. Shipping fees are not refunded.

In order to initiate a return, email cara@drowningintimidity.com.  Additional information will then be provided. When you make a return, please include the invoice that came with your product or print out the shipping confirmation email you received after the item(s) shipped. Include that printout in the box. 

Please Note: Your packing slip is not a prepaid label. You will be required to pay for return shipping. Shipping charges are non-refundable.  

Customized products, including signed books with custom inscriptions, are non-refundable.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF SITE AND PURCHASES

Agreement between User and www.drowningintimidity.com 

Welcome to www.drowningintimidity.com. The www.drowningintimidity.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by CTB Publications. www.drowningintimidity.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of www.drowningintimidity.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference. 

www.drowningintimidity.com is an E-Commerce Site. 

This website is intended to display the products and services create and/or offered by Cara Tuttle Bell. Books and other publications may be made available for purchase and/or download. Interested parties may contact Ms. Bell through this website in order to seek speaking, workshop facilitation, and/or consulting services. 

Electronic Communications 

Visiting www.drowningintimidity.com or sending emails to CTB Publications constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. 

Children Under Thirteen 

CTB Publications does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use www.drowningintimidity.com only with permission of a parent or guardian. 

Cancellation/Refund Policy 

Cancellation policy. Persons may unsubscribe from the drowningintimdity.com and/or caratuttlebell.com listserv(s) at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of an email or by contacting cara@drowningintimidity.com to request removal from the email list.
 

To cancel an order that has not yet shipped, email cara@drowningintimidity.com to request cancellation. For items that have already shipped, see the "Refund policy" below.
 

Refund policy. If you're not satisfied with your purchase of a hard copy book, you may return it for a refund. We will issue a refund for the purchase price of the item plus any applicable taxes to your original form of payment for items returned within 30 days. All returned items must be in their original condition. Shipping fees are not refunded.
 

In order to initiate a return, email cara@drowningintimidity.com.  Additional information will then be provided. When you make a return, please include the invoice that came with your product or print out the shipping confirmation email you received after the item(s) shipped. Include that printout in the box.
 

Please Note: Your packing slip is not a prepaid label. You will be required to pay for return shipping. Shipping charges are non-refundable.
 

Customized products, including signed books with custom inscriptions, are non-refundable.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services 

www.drowningintimidity.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of CTB Publications and CTB Publications is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. CTB Publications is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by CTB Publications of the site or any association with its operators. 

Certain services made available via www.drowningintimidity.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the www.drowningintimidity.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that CTB Publications may share such information and data with any third party with whom CTB Publications has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of www.drowningintimidity.com users and customers. 

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property 

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use www.drowningintimidity.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to CTB Publications that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site. 

All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of CTB Publications or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. 

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. CTB Publications content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of CTB Publications and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of CTB Publications or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms. 

International Users 

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by CTB Publications from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the CTB Publications Content accessed through www.drowningintimidity.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations. 

Indemnification 

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless CTB Publications, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. CTB Publications reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with CTB Publications in asserting any available defenses. 

Class Action Waiver 

Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Further, unless both you and CTB Publications agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. 

Liability Disclaimer 

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. CTB PUBLICATIONS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME. 

CTB PUBLICATIONS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. CTB PUBLICATIONS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL CTB PUBLICATIONS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF CTB PUBLICATIONS OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. 

Termination/Access Restriction 

CTB Publications reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Tennessee in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. 

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and CTB Publications as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. CTB Publications's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of CTB Publications's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by CTB Publications with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. 

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and CTB Publications with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and CTB Publications with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English. 

Changes to Terms 

CTB Publications reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which www.drowningintimidity.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. CTB Publications encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates. 

Contact Us 

CTB Publications welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms: 

CTB Publications 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee 37215 

Email Address: 

cara@drowningintimidity.com 

Effective as of August 11, 2021