Ebook marketplace
Addendums for buying, selling, and reading cookbooks on ChefSphere
These documents add to the Platform Terms and Privacy Policy. They apply whenever you buy, read, or publish an ebook through ChefSphere. Where these addendums are silent, the Platform documents control.
Published by ChefSphere OÜ (Estonian registry code 17470129) as the operator of the Ebook Marketplace.
The rules that apply when you buy, sell, read, or publish a cookbook on the ChefSphere Ebook Marketplace — who the parties are, how the marketplace works, and how these Terms sit alongside the Platform documents.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentThe binding agreement for anyone publishing cookbooks on ChefSphere — identity and tax onboarding, the licence you grant, content warranties, payouts, moderation, suspension, and termination.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentThe non-transferable personal-use licence granted to every ChefSphere ebook buyer — what you can do with a purchased ebook, what you cannot, and how downloads and the library interact with refunds.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentExact platform commission by author subscription tier, Stripe processing fees, trust-based transaction limits, earnings lifecycle (pending, hold, reserve, available), and how payouts work through Stripe Connect.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentThe exact refund rules for ebook purchases on ChefSphere — seven-day window, reading-activity thresholds, download rule, fraud scoring bands, and how buyer, author, and store refunds interact.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentThe rules every cookbook must meet before it can be sold on ChefSphere — originality, allergen and safety disclosures, prohibited content, AI disclosure, and the moderation process.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentHow VAT is handled on cookbook sales, the author's income-tax responsibilities, EU DAC7 reporting, and how iOS / Android in-app purchases differ from web sales for tax purposes.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
Read documentHow payment-card chargebacks are handled on ebook purchases — what triggers a chargeback, how evidence is submitted, how reserve and available balances absorb the loss, and the consequences for abusive buyers and authors.
v1.8.0 · Effective: April 23, 2026
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