Please read these Terms carefully before purchasing.
1. Acceptance
Your access to and use of stan.store/ryanmkolton (the "Site") and any products purchased through it is subject to these Terms and Conditions ("Terms") and all applicable laws. By accessing the Site or completing a purchase, you accept these Terms. If you do not agree to them, please do not use the Site or purchase from it.
2. The Product
The Site offers Built. Not Given. by Ryan M. Kolton (the "Product"), a digital book delivered as a downloadable file. The Product is sold by Ryan M. Kolton ("the Author", "we", "us").
3. License and Permitted Use
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, the Author grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to download, read, and retain one copy of the Product for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, resell, share, or otherwise make the Product available to any other person, in whole or in part, or use it for any public or commercial purpose, without the Author's express written permission.
4. Intellectual Property
The Product and the Site — including all text, poems, photographs, artwork, design, and other materials (the "Content") — are the property of the Author and/or its licensors and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. All trade names, trademarks, images, and biographical information used in the Content are either the property of, or used with permission by, the Author.
Nothing in these Terms grants you any license or right to use any trademark or other proprietary material except as expressly set out in Section 3 above.
The Author respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe your work has been reproduced on the Site or in the Content in a way that infringes your rights, please notify us at ryanmkstanstore@gmail.com with your name and contact details, a description of the work, the nature of the alleged infringement, the location of the material, and any relevant registration information.
5. Purchase, Delivery, and Refunds
You agree to pay for any Product you purchase and to provide a valid payment method. Prices may change at any time; the Author does not provide price protection or refunds in the event of a later price reduction or promotional offer.
Digital delivery and refunds. The Product is delivered digitally and immediately upon purchase. Because of the nature of a downloadable digital product, all sales are final and no refunds are offered once the Product has been made available for download.
Customers in the European Union and United Kingdom. You normally have a 14-day right to withdraw from a purchase of digital content. By completing your purchase you expressly request immediate delivery of the Product and acknowledge that you lose your right of withdrawal once the download has begun.
Delivery failure. If technical problems prevent or unreasonably delay delivery of the Product, or if the Product becomes unavailable after purchase but before download, your sole and exclusive remedy is replacement or a refund of the price paid, at the Author's election.
6. Translations
The Product is offered in English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, and Tagalog. The English-language edition is the authoritative version. Translated editions are provided in good faith; you acknowledge that nuance may be lost or altered in translation.
7. Communications
The Author will send you transactional communications relating to your purchase, including delivery of the Product and any necessary service notices. You consent to receive these electronically by email.
Marketing communications are separate. The Author will send marketing or promotional emails only if you have given prior, specific consent, and you may withdraw that consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in any such email. Consent to marketing is not a condition of purchase.
8. Feedback
If you choose to send the Author comments, feedback, or suggestions about the Product or the Site, you grant the Author a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use them without obligation or compensation to you. You retain ownership of anything you send. The Author will not publish your name or personal details without your permission.
9. Accuracy
The Author uses reasonable efforts to keep the information on the Site accurate and current but makes no warranties as to its accuracy, and assumes no liability for errors or omissions in the Site's content.
10. Security
The Author uses commercially reasonable efforts to restrict unauthorized access to its data and files. However, no system is entirely impenetrable, and you acknowledge that unauthorized third parties may be able to access, view, copy, modify, or distribute data transmitted through or stored on the Site. Use of the Site is at your own risk.
11. Privacy
The Author processes personal data in accordance with its Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you acknowledge that Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with it, in whole or in part, please do not use the Site.
12. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND THE PRODUCT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE PRODUCT IS FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
THE PRODUCT IS A WORK OF WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY OFFERED FOR PERSONAL READING. IT REFLECTS THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS. IT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL, MEDICAL, FINANCIAL, OR LEGAL ADVICE, AND NO OUTCOME OF ANY KIND IS PROMISED OR GUARANTEED.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any statutory rights you have as a consumer that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
13. Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AUTHOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, REVENUE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE OR THE PRODUCT, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
14. Third-Party Services
The Author is not responsible for performance or service problems caused by any third-party website or service provider (for example, your internet service provider, or payment processing services such as Stripe). Any such matter is governed solely by the agreement between you and that provider.
15. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Author and its directors, officers, employees, and agents from any liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or relating to (i) your breach of these Terms, (ii) any violation by you of any law or the rights of any third party, or (iii) your use of the Site or the Product. The Author reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense of any claim for which it is entitled to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate reasonably with the Author in that defense.
16. Enforcement and Access
The Author reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or terminate your access to the Site or the Product if it determines that you have breached these Terms.
17. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. This matches the governing law stated in the Product's copyright and disclaimer page.
The choice of Delaware law does not deprive any reader or purchaser of the protections afforded by the mandatory consumer protection laws of their place of residence.
If any provision of these Terms is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed and shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
18. Changes to These Terms
The Author may revise these Terms from time to time by updating this page. Your continued use of the Site after a revision constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
19. Contact
Questions about these Terms: ryanmkstanstore@gmail.com
Last updated: 15 July 2026
