Terms of Service
Last updated: July 2026
1. The service
Stories You Shape (“we”) generates personalized, illustrated choose-your-path books from inputs you provide, using third-party AI models. You review and approve the story map and the draft before illustrations render. Output is machine-generated from your instructions and can be imperfect; the review steps and free revision tools exist for exactly that reason.
2. Accounts
Sign-in is by email link; you're responsible for your inbox's security. Accounts are for adults (18+). One person per account.
3. Purchases
A book credit is a one-time purchase that lets you generate one book (currently up to 20 sections). Editing, retrying, and re-rendering that book is free within reasonable daily limits. Payments are processed by Stripe; we never see your card number. Refunds are covered by our refund policy.
4. Your content and your book
Your inputs (premise, characters, notes) remain yours. You own the generated book for any personal, non-commercial use — read, print, gift, and share it freely. If you publish a share link, you're making the book readable by anyone with the link, and you grant us permission to host and serve it until you unpublish. Don't submit content you don't have the right to use.
5. Acceptable use
Our content policy is short: we refuse — and may close accounts that request — content that sexualizes minors, depicts graphic violence or self-harm, targets real people, or promotes hatred. Generation runs on AI providers (Anthropic, Google) whose usage policies also apply. No automated scraping or abuse of the service.
6. Disclaimers and liability
The service is provided as-is, without warranties. To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. We're a small service built with care; if something goes wrong, email us and we'll fix it like humans.
7. Changes and law
We may update these terms; material changes will be noted on this page's date. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, USA.