INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All intellectual property rights in and to the website and its content are owned by us or our licensors, unless expressly stated. All of our intellectual property rights are reserved, subject to the terms of the following license.

LICENCE TO USE WEBSITE

Pages from the website may be viewed and downloaded for personal use only; however, you may not reproduce or store any content from this website in any public or private electronic retrieval system, including but not limited to another website.

Without our express written consent, you may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or otherwise exploit Aftershockstudio.com for commercial gain.

PURCHASE TERMS

Purchases transactions may be either cash or credit. The duration for credit purchases is 30 days from date of invoice.

New Retail Customers

New customers (bookstores, resellers etc.) are required to trade for two years as cash customers before becoming eligible for credit. Customers are required to make a request for credit in writing. Each customer will be required to complete a Credit Application Form supplied by Asap Publishing. Conditions apply to these terms. Account statements indicate the age and categories under which each invoice falls. Below is the list of categories:

Current – all invoices within the given month. (Not yet due)

30 days – invoices now due

31- 60 days – invoices over 30 days. (Past due)

Over 60 days – Critical

New customers are required to complete a Bookshop information Form supplied by Asap Publishing, supplying information on the name and address of the bookstore, telephone numbers, email address, type of goods sold in store), credit references, etc.

Discounts

Discounts ranging from ten to twenty five percent (10% – 25%) are given on Asap Publishing academic books.

Minimum order Quantity: 6 copies (of any one title)

Institutions such as schools, libraries, churches and public sector organizations, foundations and churches may be eligible for a special discount, subject to negotiation.

Deliveries

All deliveries are done at our Distribution Centre, 12 Slipe Road Kingston 5. We ask that customers check all goods with our Dispatcher to ensure accuracy. Invoices bearing both the customer’s and the dispatcher’s signatures indicate that the entire order has been filled.

 

Statements

Statements are printed monthly and sent to each credit customer. It is the customer’s responsibility to go through the statements and direct all queries to Customer Service or the Credit & Collections Accountant. Payments should be made against specific invoices, therefore the pertinent invoice number(s) is required when submitting payments.

Account statements indicate the age and categories under which each invoice falls. Below is the list of categories:

Current – all invoices within the given month. (Not yet due)

30 days – invoices now due

31-60 days – invoices over 30 days. (Past due)

Over 60 days – Critical

Returns Policy

We do not accept returns on minimum orders (i.e. orders of 6 publications).

Books may be returned to the Inventory Clerk at our Distribution Centre located at 12 Slipe Road, within sixty (60) days from date of invoice.

The following criteria must be satisfied before a credit note can be approved:

  1. Book(s) must not be damaged or defaced.
  2. All prices should be removed without defacing the book(s).
  3. No residue, pencil or other defects of impression should be visible.
  4. A copy of the invoice or delivery note on which the book(s) was originally supplied must be presented with the book(s) being returned.
  5. Both the customer and the Inventory Clerk must check and agree on the book(s) being returned.

Damaged Returns

Damaged or faulty books may be replaced at no extra cost to the customer if the flaw falls under any of those listed below:

Books collated incorrectly

Missing pages

Other faults accepted at the discretion of the Inventory Clerk

These should be retrieved from the customer/bookseller/user and returned to Asap Publishing. If we are unable to replace the damaged or faulty books, a credit note will be issued to the customer/bookseller.