Terms of Use
These terms are the agreement for using Memory of Books (voiceofbook.com, “the service”). By using the service you agree to these terms and the Privacy Policy. They also apply if you only view book pages without signing in. (The Japanese version is the governing text.)
1. What the service does
Through QR stickers on books, the service records and shows who read a book, where and how. It does not buy, sell or broker books. Passing a book on is between you and the other person.
2. Your account
- You sign in with your email address. Please use an address you actually use.
- Don't let anyone else use your sign-in links or your signed-in session.
- If you are under 13, please get a parent or guardian's consent first.
3. Records, photos and words
- Book pages are public. Photos and words in records are shown without your name.
- Only post photos you took and words you wrote.
- Don't post: photos where someone's face is clearly recognisable (unless they agree); anything that identifies a person or place, such as addresses, name plates, licence plates or email addresses; photos in which the pages of a book can be read; anything that infringes others' rights (copyright, portrait rights, privacy and so on); discriminatory, harassing, obscene, violent or illegal content; advertising or solicitation.
- You keep the copyright in your photos and words. You allow the operator to use them free of charge to show them in the service, on the shareable book card image, in letters from books, and to introduce the service (including resizing as needed).
- You can delete your own records from the book's page at any time.
4. QR stickers and registering books
- Only put stickers on books you own, or with the owner's permission. Don't put them on other people's books, such as library or shop books.
- Register the title, author and other details as accurately as you can.
- Don't sell stickers or use them for purposes unrelated to the service.
5. Things you must not do
- Pretend to be someone else, or deliberately add false records
- Create records or stickers in bulk by automated means
- Collect information from the service in bulk by automated means without permission
- Overload, attack or try to get around the limits of the service
- Try to find out who other users, such as earlier readers, are
- Anything else that breaks the law or public order
6. Removal by the operator
The operator may remove records, photos, words or cover photos that break these terms without notice, and may disable accounts that break them repeatedly. If you find a problem, use “Report” on the book's page or write to contact@voiceofbook.com with the book ID and the reader number.
7. Changes to the service
The service is run by an individual and may be changed, paused or ended. If it ends, we will announce it on this site in advance where possible.
8. Liability
- We can't promise the service will run without interruption or errors. We try not to lose records, but can't guarantee it.
- We are not responsible for passing books on or for anything that happens between users.
- Except in cases of intent or gross negligence, the operator is not liable for damage arising from your use of the service. Where consumer protection law does not allow this, that law applies.
9. Changes to these terms
We will announce changes on this page, and by email for significant changes. If you keep using the service after a change, you agree to it.
10. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Japan. The district court with jurisdiction over the operator's address has exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance.