Effective Date: February 9, 2026
Favorite Uncle LLC, a limited liability company doing business under the Bookstore brand ("Bookstore", "we" or "us") provides access to the Bookstore website, mobile applications, and all enabled features, functionality and services (collectively, "Services"). These terms and conditions ("Terms") govern your access and use of the Services.
By accessing or using the Services in any way, you represent and warrant that you are a human being and have read, understood, and accept and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you may not access or use the Services.
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable personal license to access and use the Services. By accessing and using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are over twenty-one (21) years of age, that you are a resident of the United States, and that you are either an individual acting on your own behalf, or the authorized agent of another individual or business.
The Services are only available to individuals who are at least 21 years of age and reside in the United States. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements.
All applicants must undergo identity verification through Subsum before being granted full access to the Services.
Bookstore reserves the right to review applications on a case-by-case basis and may place applicants in a review status if the verification returns results that require further evaluation. Final approval decisions rest solely with Bookstore administrators.
After successful verification, members may choose between two membership tiers:
All membership fees are processed through Stripe and are subject to automatic renewal until cancelled. Members may cancel their subscription at any time through their account settings.
The Services are organized by city ecosystems. Members join a specific city and can only view content and interact with members from that city. Migration to a different city requires administrator approval and submission of documentation proving permanent relocation (e.g., lease agreement, utility bill).
Members may post text, photos, and videos, send text-only direct messages, like posts, and follow other members. You are solely responsible for all content you submit.
You agree not to post content that is unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, invasive of personal privacy, harassing, threatening, or otherwise objectionable.
You agree not to submit User Content, or otherwise take part in User Activity that:
In addition to the restrictions listed above, you may not:
Except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Services may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Services shall be subject to these Terms.
Librarians are special members invited by administrators who participate in the community and provide matchmaking services to Premium members. Premium members may book one-on-one consultations with Librarians at rates set by the Librarians. Bookstore retains a 20% platform fee from all consultation payments.
For information regarding our collection and use of information you provide to us, please refer to our Privacy Policy, which shall supplement and be incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Bookstore reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Upon termination, your right to use the Services will immediately cease.
You agree to use the Services at your own sole risk, and agree to hold harmless Humanable and its licensors and/or any of our and their respective successors and assigns from any and all liability, harm, damages, costs (including attorney's fees and legal and court costs), expenses, allegations, claims and legal action of any kind at any time or of any sort that may arise from your use of the Services, any violation of these Terms or of applicable law, or any third party claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights, or any other right, arising from the hosting, making available or any other use of your User Activity and/or User Content on the Services. Your agreement to these Terms shall permanently and wholly bar you from any legal action of any sort towards Humanable for the use of the Services or any resultant effects of any sort, shape, kind or type, including any statutory and/or tort actions, specifically inclusive of any legal, action of any type, kind, or sort.
ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTY, OR REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. NEITHER HUMANABLE NOR ANY OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, LICENSORS OR ASSIGNS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES, OR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, OR DELAYS IN PERFORMANCE, REGARDLESS OF THE CLAIM AS TO THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE OR LOSS. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY, AND THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, LICENSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO HUMANABLE FOR THE SERVICES IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRECEDING THE FIRST EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR $100, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THE FOREGOING IS APPLICABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
We may change these Terms from time to time, and expect to do so as we evolve and expand the Services. Any such changes will become effective immediately upon your assent thereto. Continuing use of the Services after changes to the Terms have been posted shall be deemed assent to the changes. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse will be to cease using the Services. Continued use of the Services following posting of any such changes will indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and your agreement to be bound by the revised Terms, inclusive of such changes.
You represent and warrant to Bookstore that you (a) are not designated on any sanctions- or export-related list of restricted or blocked persons, including designation on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control's ("OFAC") List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, (b) are not located in, organized under the laws of, or resident in any country or territory that is itself the subject of any economic or financial sanctions by any U.S. or other relevant governmental authority, including, but not limited to, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela and the Crimea Region of Ukraine, (c) are not greater than 50% owned or controlled by any persons described in clause (a) or (b) (collectively with (a) and (b), a "Restricted Person"), (d) will not violate or cause Bookstore to violate any economic sanctions, including those administered by OFAC, in connection with the Services, and (e) will notify Bookstore immediately of any breach of the terms described in clauses (a) through (d).
These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your access to and use of the Services. We reserve the right to terminate these Terms, your Account, and your access to the Services at any time without notice. You may delete your Account at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the Site or Application. Your rights under these Terms will automatically and immediately terminate if you fail to comply with your promises and obligations stated in these Terms. If any provisions hereof are deemed invalid or unenforceable, they will be severed or construed to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision by us shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The Services are hosted and operated in the United States of America and we make no representation that any content is appropriate for access outside of the United States. Those who choose to access the Services from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. These Terms shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Tennessee, without regard to any conflict of law provisions, and any and all legal actions in connection with the Services and/or these Terms or our Privacy Policy shall be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
We respect the Intellectual Property Rights of others. If you believe that any content on our Services infringes upon your copyright or the copyright of someone you represent, please send an e-mail or other written notice to our Designated Copyright Agent using the contact information provided below (each, a "Notice"). All Notices should meet the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) 17 U.S.C. ยง 512(c)(3) and include the following information:
Our designated Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement is: Copyright Agent, Favorite Uncle LLC d/b/a Bookstore, 434 Houston Street, Suite 261, Nashville, TN 37203. Email: docket@elstermcgrady.com.
In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Bookstore has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and in Bookstore's sole discretion, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sentence in no way limits Bookstore's right to limit access to the Services and/or terminate the Accounts of any users for any reason, in Bookstore's sole discretion, including, without limitation, in the case of users who infringe, or allegedly infringe, any Intellectual Property Rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
Please be advised that pursuant to federal law you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a Notice. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Services infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at Hello@bookstore.social