Terms and Conditions

These terms apply to everyone who visits authorvinaytrivedi.com. By using the website you agree to them.

Who we are

This website belongs to Vinay Trivedi, an author based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. In these terms, "we" and "us" mean Vinay Trivedi, and "you" means anyone who visits the website.

The writing and pictures belong to the author

All writing on this website, including essays, memoir, short fiction, poetry, book descriptions, synopses and excerpts, is the original work of Vinay Trivedi and is protected by copyright. Book covers, photographs, illustrations, sketches and the design of the website are also protected. Unless a page says otherwise, all rights are reserved.

What you are welcome to do

• Read every page for your own personal, non commercial enjoyment.
• Share links to any page, on social media, by email or in your own writing.
• Quote a short passage for review, criticism, study or news reporting, as long as you credit Vinay Trivedi and link to the page it comes from.

What needs written permission

• Copying, republishing or translating a whole piece, or a substantial part of one.
• Using any writing, cover or picture in a book, magazine, website, podcast, film or advertisement.
• Adding the writing on this website to a dataset used to train artificial intelligence systems.
• Selling or licensing anything from this website.

To ask for permission, write to contact.vinaytrivedi@gmail.com.

Books, release dates and formats

Information about books, including titles, descriptions, formats and release dates, is shared in good faith and may change before publication. Where a book is sold through a retailer such as Amazon, Flipkart, Google Play Books or Apple Books, the purchase is made with that retailer under its own terms.

The Readers List

Joining the Readers List is free and optional. You can leave at any time. How your email address is handled is explained in the Privacy Policy.

Links to other websites

The website links to other websites, such as Medium, Substack and social media. We are not responsible for their content or for how they handle your information.

No guarantees

We take care to keep the website accurate and available, but it is provided as it is. We do not promise that it will always be available or free of errors. To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for any loss that comes from using the website.

Law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Any dispute will be handled by the courts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change, the new version will appear on this page with a new date at the top.