Welcome to Gilt Ledger. These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Gilt Ledger website, content, tools, emails, reports, alerts, data, analysis, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
By accessing or using Gilt Ledger, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. About Gilt Ledger
Gilt Ledger provides informational content, research, commentary, and data-driven analysis related to rare books, antiquarian books, collectible books, used books, online listings, market observations, pricing signals, and potential sourcing opportunities.
Gilt Ledger may highlight listings that appear potentially undervalued based on available information, marketplace data, comparable sales, condition signals, edition details, scarcity indicators, and other factors. This analysis is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
Gilt Ledger does not sell the third-party listings featured on the site unless expressly stated. Listings may be hosted by independent marketplaces, sellers, auction platforms, or other third parties.
2. No Guarantee of Results
Gilt Ledger does not guarantee that any listing, book, collectible, or opportunity will increase in value, resell for a profit, sell within a particular timeframe, be authentic, be complete, match a seller's description, or meet your expectations.
Any estimated value, resale range, profit estimate, return estimate, sell-through estimate, or opportunity rating is only an opinion or analytical estimate based on available information at the time of publication. Actual results may differ materially.
You are solely responsible for your own purchasing, bidding, selling, pricing, shipping, tax, storage, restoration, authentication, and resale decisions.
3. Not Financial, Investment, Legal, Tax, or Appraisal Advice
Gilt Ledger does not provide financial advice, investment advice, legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, insurance advice, appraisal services, authentication services, or professional valuation services.
Nothing on Gilt Ledger should be relied upon as a recommendation to buy, bid on, sell, hold, restore, insure, donate, or appraise any item. You should conduct your own research and consult qualified professionals where appropriate.
4. Marketplace and Listing Information
Gilt Ledger may reference listings, prices, images, seller descriptions, auction estimates, sold prices, marketplace data, or other third-party information. Such information may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, changed, removed, or unavailable by the time you view it.
Gilt Ledger is not responsible for:
- inaccurate seller descriptions
- fake or misleading listings
- undisclosed condition issues
- missing pages, plates, maps, bindings, dust jackets, signatures, provenance, or other features
- marketplace errors
- auction house errors
- payment disputes
- shipping damage
- customs delays
- authentication disputes
- restoration outcomes
- resale underperformance
You must independently verify all listing details before purchasing or bidding.
5. User Responsibility
You agree that you are solely responsible for:
- evaluating listings before buying
- verifying seller reputation
- checking edition, printing, issue points, collation, condition, completeness, provenance, and authenticity
- understanding marketplace rules
- calculating fees, taxes, shipping, storage, restoration, and resale costs
- complying with laws and marketplace policies
- deciding whether an item is suitable for your own goals
You use the Service at your own risk.
6. Accounts and Access
Some features may require an account, email subscription, paid subscription, or authenticated access. You agree to provide accurate information and to maintain the security of your account credentials.
You are responsible for all activity under your account.
Gilt Ledger may suspend, restrict, or terminate access if we believe you have violated these Terms, misused the Service, abused automated systems, attempted unauthorized access, scraped protected content, shared paid content improperly, or created risk for the Service or other users.
7. Paid Subscriptions and Billing
If Gilt Ledger offers paid subscriptions, paid reports, premium alerts, memberships, or other paid features, the applicable price, billing interval, renewal terms, cancellation rules, and access rights will be disclosed at checkout or on the relevant pricing page.
Unless otherwise stated:
- subscriptions may renew automatically
- you are responsible for cancelling before renewal
- access may continue until the end of the paid billing period
- fees already paid are generally non-refundable except where required by law or expressly stated
Payment processing may be handled by third-party payment providers. Gilt Ledger does not control all third-party payment systems and is not responsible for payment provider outages, errors, or processing delays.
8. Refunds
Unless a separate Refund Policy states otherwise, payments are non-refundable except where required by law. Gilt Ledger may, at its discretion, issue credits or refunds in exceptional cases, but doing so does not create an obligation to provide future refunds.
No refund will be owed because:
- a featured listing was sold before you clicked
- a seller changed the price
- a listing was removed
- an item underperformed
- your resale attempt failed
- your expected profit was not achieved
- marketplace data changed
- a third party made an error
- you did not use the Service
9. Email Communications
By subscribing to Gilt Ledger emails, you agree to receive emails such as deal alerts, market commentary, product updates, promotional messages, and account-related communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link included in those emails. Some transactional or account-related messages may still be sent where necessary.
10. Intellectual Property
All content created by Gilt Ledger, including analysis, text, scoring methods, reports, branding, logos, design, page layouts, graphics, data organization, summaries, email formats, and proprietary workflows, is owned by or licensed to Gilt Ledger.
You may not copy, scrape, reproduce, redistribute, resell, republish, mirror, or commercially exploit Gilt Ledger content without written permission.
Limited personal use is permitted for your own private research and decision-making.
11. Prohibited Uses
You agree not to:
- use the Service for unlawful purposes
- interfere with website security or performance
- scrape, crawl, or extract data without permission
- reverse engineer scoring systems or internal workflows
- share paid content publicly or with non-subscribers
- use bots to abuse signup forms, comments, or APIs
- impersonate another person or entity
- submit false, misleading, or harmful information
- attempt unauthorized access to accounts, databases, servers, or systems
12. Third-Party Links
Gilt Ledger may link to third-party websites, marketplaces, auction houses, seller pages, affiliate partners, analytics tools, payment providers, or other services.
Third-party websites are governed by their own terms, policies, and practices. Gilt Ledger is not responsible for third-party content, pricing, availability, listings, transactions, shipping, customer service, or disputes.
You interact with third-party websites at your own risk.
13. Affiliate Links and Commercial Relationships
Some links may be affiliate links, sponsored links, referral links, or commercial partner links. If you click those links or make a purchase, Gilt Ledger may receive compensation at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate or commercial relationships do not guarantee that a listing is suitable, profitable, authentic, or correctly priced. See the Affiliate Disclosure for more details.
14. Accuracy and Availability
Gilt Ledger aims to provide useful and timely information, but we do not warrant that the Service will be accurate, complete, uninterrupted, secure, current, error-free, or available at all times.
The Service may be modified, paused, discontinued, or limited at any time without notice.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Gilt Ledger and its owners, operators, employees, contractors, affiliates, service providers, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or economic damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost opportunity, data loss, business interruption, reputational harm, or losses arising from purchases, bids, resale attempts, listing errors, marketplace disputes, or reliance on Gilt Ledger content.
Your use of the Service is at your own risk.
16. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gilt Ledger and its owners, operators, employees, contractors, affiliates, service providers, and partners from any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, or expenses arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, your violation of law, your marketplace activity, your transactions, or your misuse of Gilt Ledger content.
17. Changes to the Terms
Gilt Ledger may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date will indicate the latest version. Continued use of the Service after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
18. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Colorado, United States, unless another jurisdiction is required by applicable law.
19. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be sent through the Contact page or to:
legal@giltledger.com