The agreement
By using Lytepen you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use it.
Your account
You need an account to read, write and take part. You must be at least 13. Keep your password to yourself — anything done from your account is treated as done by you.
Your handle is yours while your account exists. We may reclaim a handle that impersonates someone else or that has been used to abuse other people.
What you write and upload
Your work stays yours. You keep every right you had in anything you post or publish on Lytepen.
You give us permission to store, display and distribute your work inside Lytepen so the service can function — showing your book to readers, your post in a feed, your message to its recipient. That permission ends for new distribution when you delete the work, though copies may persist briefly in backups.
Only upload what is yours to upload. Publishing a book you do not hold the rights to is the fastest way to lose your account, and may expose you to a claim from the rights holder.
What is not allowed
Harassment, threats, hate speech, or content that sexualises children. Spam and scams. Impersonating another person. Uploading someone else's work as your own. Attempting to break, overload or circumvent the service.
You can report anything you believe breaks these rules from the menu on a post. Reports are read by a person.
Money
Readers add funds to a wallet and spend them on books and chapters. Prices are shown before you buy, in naira.
Writers are paid a share of every sale. Lytepen takes a commission, which is deducted from the writer's earnings — the price a reader pays is the price shown either way. The commission rate in force at the time of a sale is the rate applied to it; changing the rate never alters what a past sale earned.
Purchases give you access to a book on Lytepen. They are not a transferable copy, and access depends on the book remaining available.
Wallet funds are not refundable except where the law requires it. If you are charged in error, write to us and we will put it right.
Suspension
We may suspend or remove an account that breaks these terms. Where we can, we will say why. A suspended writer keeps any earnings already owed to them.
Availability
We try to keep Lytepen running, but we do not promise it will always be available or free of faults. We are not liable for losses caused by an interruption, beyond what the law requires of us.
Changes
We may change these terms. When we do, we will show you the new version in the app, and ask you to accept it if the change is significant. Continuing to use Lytepen after a minor change means you accept it.
Contact
Anything at all: contact@lytepen.com.