Terms

Terms of Use

Last updated: September 30, 2026

Reading access

Book Access provides online reading pages for Kevin L. Michel titles. Standard book worlds include a free opening path. Deeper online reading may require a Library membership when membership access is enforced.

Library memberships

Paid Library memberships are billed through Stripe. Membership access is tied to the email address used for checkout and sign-in. Premium PDF credits, where included, are monthly credits, do not roll over, and are not redeemable for cash.

Paid PDF editions

Some titles offer paid PDF editions through Stripe Checkout. A completed purchase grants access to the specific PDF edition purchased. Purchase links and download grants are intended for personal use by the purchaser.

Physical print editions

If physical print editions are enabled, those copies are printed on demand and fulfilled by a print provider such as Lulu. Production and delivery dates are estimates, not guarantees. Availability, shipping regions, formats, quantities, and prices may be limited by the pilot program and provider capability.

Customers are responsible for entering a correct shipping address at checkout. Tracking is provided where available. Printed books can have ordinary manufacturing variation, including small differences in trimming, color, paper, binding, and cover finish.

Support, funding, and bundles

One-time support payments, future-book funding payments, and PDF bundle purchases are processed through Stripe. Funding payments are immediate support/preorder-style payments, not all-or-nothing pledges.

Forecaster catalogue

Forecaster includes book proposals and research drafts published online as they develop. Each title’s page identifies the chapters available to read and whether the research draft is in progress or complete. A complete research draft remains open to revision. A catalogue listing or published chapter is not an accepted order or delivery of a purchased PDF. When ordering is enabled, purchases use Stripe Checkout. Commissioning is for the finished, edited PDF. Accepted payment starts your digital PDF edition’s production and the 24-hour delivery period. Browsing or reading online does not create a payment obligation or begin that period. See the refund policy for payment and delivery support.

A thank-you for the first reader

The first paid commissioner of each Forecaster title receives optional public acknowledgement, a personally dedicated PDF, the opportunity to suggest one question within the proposal’s scope, and two digital gift copies, included in the purchase price. Eligibility follows the first accepted live payment for the title, not when checkout was opened. Preview, test, and refunded orders do not receive these benefits; a catalogue revision does not create another first-reader place.

A chosen acknowledgement name is published only at the reader’s request as “First commissioned by…” in the book’s acknowledgements and any future editions Kevin L. Michel publishes. Leaving the name blank means anonymous. A requested personal dedication is included only in the reader’s private PDF, sent separately to the checkout email. Preferences are optional and should be provided before the book is prepared. The proposed question informs the work; final editorial decisions and copyright remain with Kevin L. Michel.

The eligible first reader may keep their copy and privately give one copy of the finished PDF to each of two people for those recipients’ personal reading. This is an express exception to the redistribution restriction below. It does not permit resale, public posting, further distribution by recipients, or sharing account access or private download links. No recipient email addresses are required.

Previously purchased services

Coaching is no longer offered through this site. Removing the page does not change any existing agreement, purchase, refund rights, or support obligation. Any prior engagement remains subject to its agreed scope and terms.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, site text, books, covers, PDFs, audio, and related resources are owned by Kevin L. Michel or used with permission. Do not redistribute paid PDFs, client materials, or substantial portions of the works without permission.

Availability

The site may change, update, remove, or replace content over time. Live builds, revised editions, audio features, Forecaster proposals, print editions, purchase flows, and private operations tools may continue to evolve.

No professional advice from public content

The books, essays, research previews, and public website content are creative, philosophical, educational, and reflective works. They are not legal, financial, medical, mental-health, or individualized professional advice.