Legal
The working agreement behind every engagement: what we owe you, what you owe us, and what happens when something goes sideways.
Section 01
These terms apply to every service Miravela Journal provides. A binding engagement begins only when you approve a written scope document listing deliverables, owners, timeline and fee.
Anything not named in that scope is out of scope. If you want it added, we reprice it in writing before any work begins on it.
Section 02
MIRAVELA JOURNAL has no chief executive and no single owner. Work is held by specialist groups, each with an elected Group Lead who is accountable for the deliverables in that scope.
You always know which named Group Lead owns your project. If that person changes, you are told before the handover, not after.
Section 03
Fees are quoted per scope, in the currency stated on the invoice. Standard terms are fifty percent to begin and fifty percent on final delivery, unless your scope says otherwise.
Retainers are billed monthly in advance. Bank charges and payment processor fees are borne by the payer. Persistent non payment pauses delivery after written notice, and any unreleased files stay unreleased until the balance clears.
Section 04
Every scope carries an estimated timeline. Those estimates assume you supply source material, feedback and approvals within the agreed windows.
Where a delay originates with you, the timeline shifts by the same number of working days. Where a delay originates with us, we tell you as soon as we know and we do not charge for the extension.
Section 05
Each deliverable includes the number of revision rounds stated in your scope, typically two for design work and two for editorial passes.
A revision round means one consolidated set of feedback. Additional rounds, or a change of direction after approval, are quoted separately at our standard rate.
Section 06
A project moves at the speed of its slowest input. You agree to the following.
Section 07
You own your manuscript and you always did. On full payment, you also own the final delivered assets we produce for you: covers, interior files, A plus content modules, listing copy and campaign creative.
We retain ownership of our internal frameworks, templates, research methods and tooling, including the Author Ongoing Growth System™. We may show finished public work in our portfolio unless your scope states otherwise in writing.
Section 08
We can control craft, process and consistency. We cannot control retailer algorithms, category competition, reader taste or platform policy changes.
Nothing on this site or in any scope is a guarantee of rank, sales volume, revenue or best seller status. Figures shown in case studies describe past projects and are not a promise about yours.
Section 09
We work strictly within the published terms of every retailer and platform we touch. We do not buy reviews, manipulate rankings, run bot traffic, or use any tactic that risks your account.
If you ask us to do something that breaches a platform's terms, we will decline and explain why. Repeated requests of that kind end the engagement.
Section 10
Both sides keep the other's confidential information private, including unpublished manuscripts, pricing, sales data and internal methods. This obligation survives the end of the engagement.
Section 11
Our total liability for any claim is limited to the fees you paid for the specific deliverable giving rise to the claim. We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including lost profits or lost opportunity.
Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
Section 12
Either side may end an engagement with fourteen days written notice. You pay for work completed and work in progress up to the notice date, and we hand over everything already paid for in editable formats where possible.
Retainers may be cancelled before the next billing date and run to the end of the paid period.
Section 13
These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Before any formal proceedings, both sides agree to attempt resolution through a documented conversation between you and the relevant Group Lead.
We do not publish inboxes or phone numbers. Raise anything on a discovery call, or with your Group Lead if you are already an active client. Policy queries are acknowledged within one hour during working hours.
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