Content Policy

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bibliomanager Content Policy

Version 1.0 — 12-may-2026

General Principle

Bibliomanager believes in editorial freedom and therefore does not reject content on the basis of ideological, political, religious, philosophical, literary or artistic orientation. Controversy, cultural discomfort or criticism are not, in themselves, grounds for rejection, although responsibility for published content always rests with the publisher or user who uploads it to the platform.

Content We Cannot Publish

  • Illegal content: material whose production, distribution or commercialisation is unlawful in the territories where we operate.
  • Exploitation or abuse of minors: content that depicts, promotes, normalises or facilitates the abuse, exploitation or sexualisation of minors, even when presented as fiction, humour or art.
  • Intellectual property infringement: works that violate copyright, trademarks, image rights or other third-party rights.
  • Serious violation of personal rights: content that illegitimately affects the privacy, honour, reputation or personal data of other individuals.
  • Incitement to harm: content that directly and seriously incites violence, terrorism or discrimination against individuals or groups on grounds of origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or other protected categories.
  • Fraud or serious deception: materials that seek to mislead consumers, authorities or third parties through impersonation, forgery or commercial deception.

Content we review on a case-by-case basis

Certain categories require individual analysis before being admitted and may be accepted with conditions, restricted to certain territories or channels, or rejected depending on the case. These include:

  • Adult or sexually explicit content, including cover images.
  • Graphic or extreme violence.
  • Extremist or highly offensive speech that, while not illegal, may generate conflicts with partners or marketplaces.
  • Sensitive content relating to health, safety or finance without adequate context or warnings.
  • AI-generated works requiring additional transparency or authorship declarations.

What we do if a problem is detected

When there are signs of non-compliance, we may request additional documentation, ask for corrections or reclassification, limit availability by territory or channel, temporarily suspend the work, or remove it from the platform. Except in urgent cases, we always notify the publisher and allow a reasonable period to respond.

Availability on third-party channels

A work accepted on our platform may be excluded from specific channels — marketplaces, bookshops, printers, distributors — due to restrictions external to Bibliomanager and beyond our control. Where there is doubt, we prefer intermediate solutions — channel restriction, reclassification, territorial limitation — over outright rejection.

FULL VERSION: Bibliomanager Content Policy

Version 1.0 Reviewed: 12-may-2026

1. Purpose and Scope

This Content Policy sets out the general criteria applicable to works, files, metadata and other materials that publishers, distributors, authors or authorised third parties upload to the Bibliomanager platform for validation, printing, distribution, commercialisation or circulation through the network of partners and channels associated with Bibliomanager. This policy aims to reconcile three fundamental principles:

    1. respect for freedom of publication and editorial diversity;
    2. protection of third-party rights and compliance with applicable law;
    3. preservation of the operational, reputational and commercial integrity of the printing and distribution network managed by Bibliomanager.

2. General Principle

Bibliomanager recognises and respects freedom of publication as a general principle of editorial activity. Accordingly, it will not exclude content on grounds of ideological, political, religious, philosophical, academic, literary, artistic or cultural orientation, provided that such content is compatible with applicable law, does not illegitimately infringe third-party rights, and does not conflict with the objective restrictions set out in this policy. Mere controversy, unpopularity, intellectual provocation, cultural discomfort or political criticism of a work shall not, in themselves, constitute sufficient grounds for rejection.

3. Primary Editorial Responsibility

Primary and immediate responsibility for the content of works rests with the publisher, rights holder or user who uploads them to the platform. Anyone who uploads a work or requests its distribution declares and warrants that:

      1. they hold the rights, authorisations, licences or legal entitlements necessary to reproduce, print, distribute and commercialise the work and its associated materials;
      2. the work and its metadata comply with applicable law in the territories for which availability is requested;
      3. the information provided to Bibliomanager is accurate, complete and sufficiently precise;
      4. the thematic, age-related and commercial classification of the content is correct;
      5. they will promptly address any request for information, documentation, correction, reclassification or withdrawal.

4. Prohibited Content

The following content may not be uploaded, processed, printed or distributed through Bibliomanager where it manifestly or reasonably falls within any of the following categories:

4.1 Manifest illegality

Content whose production, possession, printing, distribution or commercialisation is unlawful under applicable law in the territories where Bibliomanager, its partners or its distribution channels operate.

4.2 Exploitation or abuse of minors

Content that depicts, promotes, facilitates, normalises, trivialises or sexually exploits minors, or that involves the abuse, grooming, victimisation, humiliation, objectification or sexualisation of minors — even when presented in literary, artistic, documentary, humorous or fictional form — where its circulation is unlawful or incompatible with basic child protection standards. Also prohibited are materials that facilitate, conceal, justify or trivialise conduct involving abuse, exploitation or violence against minors.

4.3 Infringement of intellectual or industrial property rights

Works or materials whose reproduction or distribution constitutes a manifest infringement of copyright, neighbouring rights, trademarks, designs, databases, image rights or other intellectual or industrial property rights of third parties.

4.4 Serious violation of personal rights

Content that involves an illegitimate or manifestly abusive intrusion into the privacy, intimacy, personal data, honour, reputation or image of third parties, including the unauthorised disclosure of sensitive personal information, addresses, contact details or other information liable to cause significant harm.

4.5 Serious incitement to harm

Content that constitutes direct, serious and plausible incitement to violence, terrorism, serious criminal acts, unlawful discrimination, organised hostility, illegal segregation, persecution or harm against individuals or groups on grounds of origin, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, social status or any other category protected by applicable law. This includes content that promotes, justifies or operationally instructs acts of violence, intimidation, harassment or unlawful exclusion against individuals or groups.

4.6 Fraud or serious deception

Materials that, by their nature or presentation, constitute fraud, impersonation, document forgery, serious commercial deception or wilful misrepresentation designed to materially mislead consumers, authorities or third parties.

5. Content Subject to Review, Restriction or Limitation

Certain categories of content may be admitted, subject to conditions, territorially restricted, limited by channel or rejected on a case-by-case basis — even where not manifestly unlawful — if they present a level of legal, operational, reputational or commercial risk above the ordinary. These include, without limitation:

5.1 Adult or sexually explicit content

Works containing explicit eroticism, explicit nudity or graphic sexual descriptions (including cover images). Their treatment may depend on the legality of the territory, appropriate commercial classification and the specific policies of distribution channels.

5.2 Graphic or extreme violence

Materials containing particularly graphic depictions of violence, cruelty or torture where their intensity or presentation may generate significant restrictions in certain channels or territories.

5.3 Non-illegal discriminatory or extremist speech

Works containing discriminatory, revisionist, extremist or highly offensive expressions that, while not necessarily constituting illegal incitement, generate a significant risk of conflict with the policies of partners, marketplaces, bookshops, printers or specific regulatory frameworks.

5.4 High-impact content relating to health, safety or public trust

Works that provide instructions, claims or recommendations on health, medicine, nutrition, pharmacology, law, finance, personal safety or other sensitive matters where their presentation may reasonably lead to significant harm if not accompanied by adequate context, warnings or classification.

5.5 AI-generated or AI-assisted content

Bibliomanager may require additional information, declarations or metadata adjustments in respect of works generated wholly or partially by artificial intelligence where this is necessary to comply with transparency requirements, copyright obligations, authenticity standards, third-party policies or consumer protection rules.

6. Evaluation Criteria

In doubtful or borderline cases, Bibliomanager will evaluate content having regard to, among other factors:

      1. applicable law in the relevant territories;
      2. the nature and purpose of the work;
      3. the editorial, academic, journalistic, artistic, literary or documentary context in which it is presented;
      4. the existence of informational, cultural, critical or historical value;
      5. the degree of risk to third-party rights;
      6. the likelihood and severity of any potential harm;
      7. the accuracy of thematic and age-related classification;
      8. compatibility with the printing, distribution, commercialisation or exhibition policies of partners and channels;
      9. the adequacy of warnings, disclaimers or contextual elements where relevant.

Bibliomanager may distinguish between content that must be rejected, content that may be admitted with conditions, and content that, while admissible in the abstract, cannot circulate through certain channels, countries or commercial environments.

7. Relative Editorial Neutrality

Bibliomanager acts as a technological, operational and commercial infrastructure for the editorial management, printing and distribution of books and other printed content within the publishing ecosystem. In this capacity, it does not assume a function of ideological censorship or exhaustive material validation of all statements contained in the works. Notwithstanding the above, Bibliomanager reserves the right to intervene where there are reasonable indications of unlawfulness, rights infringement, fraud, misleading classification, incompatibility with this policy or significant risk to third parties, to the partner network or to the operational continuity of the service.

8. Bibliomanager’s Powers

Bibliomanager may, at its sole reasonable and good-faith discretion, take any of the following measures upon detecting a possible breach or risk situation linked to content:

      1. request information, clarifications or additional documentation;
      2. require corrections to files or metadata;
      3. demand thematic, age-related or commercial reclassification;
      4. require the inclusion of warnings or clarifying elements;
      5. limit the availability of a work to certain countries, channels, formats or partners;
      6. temporarily suspend its production or distribution pending review;
      7. reject the registration of the work;
      8. fully or partially withdraw or deactivate the work from the network;
      9. inform or cooperate with authorities, rights holders, partners or channels where there is a legal, contractual or sufficient legitimate interest.

9. Review Procedure

Except in cases of urgency, manifest illegality or an immediate requirement from a partner, channel or competent authority, Bibliomanager will endeavour to follow this procedure:

      1. notify the responsible publisher or user that the work is under review;
      2. identify in general terms the reason for review;
      3. allow a reasonable period to submit clarifications, documentation or remedial action;
      4. evaluate the response received in light of this policy and applicable legal and contractual obligations;
      5. adopt a decision proportionate to the identified risk.

Failure to respond or cooperate on the part of the publisher may be considered an additional factor justifying the suspension, limitation or withdrawal of the work.

10. Third-Party Restrictions

The publisher acknowledges that the effective availability of a work may depend not only on this policy but also on restrictions imposed by:

      1. printing partners;
      2. logistics operators;
      3. marketplaces, bookshops or distributors;
      4. technology providers;
      5. applicable local law in each territory.

Accordingly, a work may be technically accepted on the platform and yet be excluded from one or more channels, territories or commercial circuits due to requirements external to Bibliomanager.

11. No General Obligation of Prior Supervision

Bibliomanager does not assume a general obligation of prior supervision, full reading or exhaustive editorial control of all content uploaded to its system. Content review will be selective, reactive or based on risk signals, without prejudice to the powers of intervention established in this policy.

12. Amendments

Bibliomanager may update this Content Policy whenever necessary to adapt it to regulatory, contractual, technological, operational or commercial changes. The version in force shall be the one published or communicated by Bibliomanager from time to time.

13. Interpretation

This policy shall be interpreted in accordance with the following principles:

    1. freedom of publication constitutes the general rule;
    2. limitations must be based on objective criteria of legality, protection of third-party rights, harm mitigation and operational or commercial compatibility;
    3. in cases of reasonable doubt, Bibliomanager may opt for intermediate solutions — review, classification, channel restriction or territorial limitation — rather than outright rejection, provided this is legally and operationally viable.