No Copyright Infringement or Illegal Content

Warlocks In Space Publishing does not advocate for illegal activities. None of the content published on this website should be of an illegal nature nor should it advocate or glorify illegal activities. Copyright infringement is also not permitted. If you have a copyright complaint please use the contact form to let us know of the offending content.

No Offensive Content

Warlocks In Space Publishing tries to be a website for everyone. Therefore, we do not permit the publishing of any content that:

· advocates or glorifies hate speech, intolerance, human tragedies and disasters,

· contains racially derogatory language,

· glorifies or promotes people that have been found guilty of violent or sexual crimes,

· or that promotes the abuse or sexual exploitation of children (or individuals who resemble children),

· encourages terrorism,

· glorifies rape or pedophilia, or contains pornography.

· We also prohibit products/content marketed to or targeting children or teens that are age-inappropriate.

Poor Consumer Experience

We do not allow content that creates a poor experience for those on the site. Do not use misleading descriptions, categories, or genres on your content.

Public Domain Content

While public domain content is permitted, you may not charge for it and no ad or subscription revenue will go to an author who has published undifferentiated and unchanged freely available public domain content.

Errors

Please correct any spelling, grammatical, contextual, formatting, or other errors in your books before uploading. Such errors may impact your readers’ ability to understand or enjoy your books. If you need assistance with your books there are beta readers, editors, and other Collaborator types in the Contributor Marketplace who can assist you.

Content Labels

All content must be tagged with the correct Content Labels. There are multiple types of labels available for each form of content. These labels are necessary to help site visitors find the content type they are looking for. To learn more about Content Labels see the “What are Content Labels?” FAQ.

All content must be tagged with the correct Content Labels. Content Labels are tags which identify the content available thruough WISP or customers. There are multiple types of labels available for each form of content. These labels are necessary to help site visitors find the content type they are looking for.

Content labeling begins on the "Submit A New Project For Review" page. Here you provide WISP staff with the current format of the project you want to monetize on the website and specify whether or not your project needs a Trigger Warning.

Additional labels added at the time of submission include:

• Age of the Intended Audience

• Spiciness Level

• Language your project is in

• and Whether or not your project has even been published previously

Content Labels added by the creators after their project has been accepted include:

• Derivative Works Formats

• Spiciness Level

• Literary, Video Genres

• Music Genres

• Game Types

• and Collaborators/Co-Authors/Co-Creators

A 'Trigger Warning' is a Content Label that warns website visitors that content contains themes and descriptions of situtations that could cause (or trigger) a PTSD response in them. It is not implied that the content itself could cause PTSD, instead, it is a warning for visitors who have previously had a traumatic experience to know that there could be something inside the content that would trigger their memories of that trauma. A Trigger Warning is one of the first Content Labels we request because Warlocks In Space employees need to know before reviewing content to be prepared for anything that could be upsetting. Common triggers include but are not limited to:

• Abortion

• Death

• Domestic Abuse

• Domestic Violence

• Gender Ideology

• Graphic Violence

• Miscarriage

• Pregnancy

• Profanity

• Religion

• Sexual Assault / Sexual Abuse

• Sexual Orientation

• Substance abuse and drug use

• Suicide

A failure to include an appropriate Trigger Warning Label when submitting a project will result in an automatic rejection of that project. More about the definitions of the Trigger Warning Labels are available in the post titled Trigger Warning Definitions.

Here at WISP, all content is labeled with the age of the intended audience. This is done for multiple reasons.

Some content is inappropriate for some ages. This could be because the concepts are too simple and boring for the average adult to enjoy, or because the concepts are too complex, adult, or inappropriate for children. The appropriateness of a piece of content for children will ultimately need to be determined by their parents and guardians. However, the complexity of the content as intended for various audience ages is labeled on the WISP website to assist site visitors.

There are a few specific caveats to the age appropriateness of content. Anything with content that necessitates a Trigger Warning (regardless of the type of warning) must be labeled as "Contains Trauma Triggers (Parental Guidance Recommended) in the "Intended Audience Age" label of the content. Any content that contains 18+ content but is labeled for any age under 18 will be removed from the website, the content creator will receive a warning, and if they continue to violate the Content Guidelines they will be banned from the website. Any content found to contain Trauma Triggers but is not labeled with the type of trauma trigger will be removed from the website, the content creator will receive a warning, and if they continue to violate the Content Guidelines they will be banned from the website.

In the Appropriate Content Labels post we listed several of the types of labels that are available for labeling and sorting content into audience friendly categries. One of the best ways to avoid negative reviews is to make sure that the audience your content is reaching is the intended and appropriate audience. Here at Warlocks In Space Publishing, we want all of our creators to make the most of their creative works by ensuring that they never misrepresent the age that their content is intended for. We also want to protect children and allow parents to have as much control over and understanding of the content that their kids are accessing on our site.

Our Labeling and age range is slightly different from traditional publishers. Where in traditional publishing the age label sometimes refers to the age of the main character and not the appropriateness of that book's content for that age range, we at Warlocks In Space have specified the age of the intended audience.

For this reason we have separated our content into highly specific age ranges:

• Any Age/Family Friendly Content

• Adult 18+

• Teen+ Content / New Adult Books (Age 16+)

• Teen Content / Young Adult Books (Age 12+)

• Children's Content / Middle Grade Books (Age 8 - 12)

• Children's Content / Chapter Books (Age 6 - 10)

• Children's Content / Early Readers (Age 5 - 8)

• Children's Content / Picture Books (Age 4 - 8)

• Children's Content / Board Books (Age 0 - 3)

• Sexual Content (Age 18+)

• Contains Trauma Triggers (Parental Guidance Recommended)

One of our goals at Warlocks In Space publishing is making sure that the customer finds the types of books and content they are actually looking for without accidentally reading or consuming content that isn't appropriate for them.

All content for Teens and Adults must have a "Spiciness Level" label.

The "Spiciness Level" of a pice of content tells readers and viewers how sexually explicit the content is going to be. While "spice" might be considered a Trauma Trigger by some consumers, others may seek out content specifically because they want a little more "spice" in their content. Having multiple levels of "spice" allows creators to let their fans know exactly how sexually explicit the content they are about to consume is. Spiciness Levels also allow parents and guardians to determine if piece of content may or may not be appropriate for their child who wants to consume content that was created with adults in mind.

Below are the 7 Spiciness Levels

1. None - This is the first level. If a piece of content is labeled as "None" there is no romantic or sexually explicit or romantic descriptions or protrayals. What does this mean? For Example: Stating that a couple are holding hands while they walk, would not be spicy. There is no description nor context other than that they are holding hands. They may be characters in the background. There is no sexual description in this. This is a zero on the Spiciness Level scale.

2. Tension Only - This is level 2. Tension involves explaining that two people are interested in each other but have not specifically made a move towards one another. Describing in detail how much a person wants to touch, kiss, or see in a greater state of undress, someone they are romantically or sexually attracted to. For Example: The same couple walking down the street (whether or not they are holding hands) but the reader or viewer is privy to one or both of their thoughts as they contemplete aspects of their sexual/romantic attraction to the person they are with or describe wanting to be physically/sexually closer to them whether in their 'mind' or 'outloud'. Some small physical contact like a couple holding hands for the first time if it is part of an escalation of romantic or sexual attraction counts as tension for the purposes of the WISP Spiciness Scale. Small kisses or pecks on the face or hands would be consided Tension.

3. Explicit Language - Level three on the spiciness scale includes any language in the content which explicitly describes sexual contact or desires without the characters in the content actually perform the acts. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be raged for Adult 18+ audiences. For Example: A chatacter 'thinking' in their head about wanting to engage in sexual activities. A character speaking outloud in a graphically sexual nature about another character whether or not the discussion is wanted or even know about by the character being spoken of. Graphically describing a sexual fantasy in detail would not be considered explicit language, it would be Level 6 on the spiciness scale. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be rated for Adult 18+ audiences.

4. Fade to Black - Level 4 of the spiciness scale stops at the difinitive initiation of sexual contact. Usually there are explicit descriptions leading up to the sexual act but the creator stops the scene or "fades to black" so that they are not providing visual's or descriptions of the actual sex act. Even if there are not explicit descriptions leading up to the sexual act, IF a scene explicitly implies that a sexual act is about to occur before it ends, this would be considered a "Fade to Black" even if the creator doesn't use sexually explicit language leading up to the sexual act. Euphamisms are still explicitly stating what is about to happen. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be rated for Adult 18+ audiences.

5. Brief Descriptions Of Brief Descriptions of Sexual Content - Many types of content have brief but graphic descriptions and depictions of sexual acts and romantic relationships but those sexual acts are not the primary plot of the story just a part of the character's experiences. Content which have explicit descriptions of sexual acts need to be labeled for customers who are looking for, or looking to avoid such content. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be rated for Adult 18+ audiences.

6. Graphic Detail-Still Has a Plot - Level 6 on the spiciness scale includes very detailed descriptions of sexual activities and desires. Whether it is just one scene or dozens throughout the content, the key is that these are detailed erotically described sexual scenes. However, the story in content with this rating is still more important than the sexual aspects and the content has not been created specifically for erotic purposes. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be rated for Adult 18+ audiences.

7. Erotica - Mostly Sex - Very Little Plot - Level 7 would be considered smut or content that is written purely for the purposes for describing sexual acts. Whether or not there is a plot does not particularly matter to the reader as it isn't central to the fact that characters keep having sex with detailed and erotically graphic descriptions. WISP highly discourages the submission of written erotica for publication and we will not at all consider video or photographic pornography submissions. Any content with this Spiciness Level should be rated for Adult 18+ audiences.

Warlocks In Space Publishing offers multiple formats for creators to publish their content.

Content Format labeling starts on the submission page where creators specify which format they will be submitting, but Content Format labeling is finalized on the "Title, Subtitle, and Derivative Works" page. Here creators and collaborators are able to specify which formats they want their work and derivative and/or collaborative works to take. Labeling your content format correctly is important to make sure creators receive the finished product they intended to have published and sold when working with collaborators or requesting an expansion of your published formats. (Learn more about Content Formats.) There are eight primary content formats with several sub formats to choose from.

• Novel/Webnovel/eBook

• Blog/eZine

• Audiobook/Audio-Only Podcast

• Music

• Video (Long Form and Short Form including Video Podcasts)

• Illustrated Books/Graphic Novels

• Games

Not all format choices will be available to all creators immediately. New formats will become available to all creators as they are rolled out.

Warlocks In Space Publishing hosts the WISP Contributor Marketplace for Creators and Contributors to Collaborate on their projects. We are aiming for a global community with at least seven diffeent languages and will offer publishing and collaboration services for content in the following languages.

• English (USA)

• Arabic

• Chinese (Mandarin)

• English (Non-USA)

• French

• German

• Hindi

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean (Seoul)

• Spanish

• Russian

While all website pages are originally published in English, books and content may be submitted in other languages for review and publication.

Previously published content refers to content which has been published for public consumption anywhere at any time.

There are two type of previously published content:

• Content which has passed out of copyright and into public domain.

• Content which is still under active copyright.

Warlocks In Space Publishing needs to know if, when, and where any content was previously published so that we and our creators are not committing copyright infringement.

Content being previously published does not necessarily mean that a creator cannot publish it as long as they have a legal right to. If a creator want to submit for publishing conotent which they own the copyright to, that is fine. Warlocks In Space only asks that creators provide links or data to where their content has been previously or is currently published to ensure you have ethe right to publish with another publisher.

For content that is in the public domain, Warlocks In Space requires a significant alteration to the work in the form of some kind of addition for it to be considered for publishing. Additions and alterations could include;

• a video recording of a reading of the public domain work

• a lengthy forward added to a public domain book

• setting a public domain work to an original musical score

• creating an illustrated version of a public domain work

Retellings of public domain stories are not considered to be previously published works as they are new and unique stories which loosely follow the format of a public domain work.

Genres & Their Deffinitions (Text and Video)

While there ar a plethora of genre and subgenres which exist, WISP has currently included the following. The genres listed by no means entails all of the BISAC categories for books, nor all extant categories for videos. Creators may add Genre Labels to their content once a project has been approved after initial review. Projects without a Genre Label will not be able to be published. While most subgenres will only belong to one main category, some subgenres - like Fiction This broad category encompasses all kinds of imaginative stories regarding imaginative people and event.

• Alternate Earth/Alternate Reality - The primary plot of the story involves or take place either in part in or entirely on an alternate and version of Earth or in an alterate reality regardless on the location within the alternate reality. The story may alternate back and forth between both both relaities or not but the plot necessitates the existance of more than one reality. With the understanding that it exists at the same time as the "real world". This genre may be a subgenre of Science Fiction or Fantasy.

• Alternate History - The primary plot of this story takes place in the "one and only reality" with the plot of the story being an eximation of how the world would be now if historical events had different outcomes that those the actually exist. This genre may be a subgenre of Science Fiction or Fantasy.

• Fantasy - The fantasy genre is categorized as a story having elements of the magical or supernatural which defy real-world logic and possibility. This includes the existence of magic, supernatural creatures, or settings in imaginary worlds or universes.

• Fantasy (Paranormal) - A subgenre of fantasy where stories primarily involve the existence of supernatural or paranormal beings and magic in a modern or historical "real world".

• Horror - Horror content aims to evoke feelings of dread or fear through the use of frightening images, situations, or themes to create anxiety and suspense.

• Isekai - A subgenre of either fantasy or science fiction where a character is either transported or reincarnated into another world (sometimes in their own adult body, sometimes into a new child's body, and sometimes into the body and life of another), often based on a game or story the protagonist is familiar with, or even just a parallel world. The plot focuses on the protagonist's acclamation to the new world and the actions needed to survive and thrive in a place so different from the world they knew.

• Magical Realism - Stories set in a familiar "real world" environment, but one in which magical or fantastical elements are seemlessly integrated into an everyday setting. The focus is on how these elements affect the characters and not on the magic itself.

• Multiverse -

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• Non-Fiction - This category covers books that present factual information or personal experiences, including:

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• Non-Fiction (Biography) -

• Non-Fiction (Blogs) -

• Non-Fiction (Business & Economics:) -

• Non-Fiction (Children & Family -

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• Non-Fiction (Money) -

• Non-Fiction (Science) -

• Non-Fiction (Technology) -

• Non-Fiction (Travel) -

• Non-Fiction (Writing & Publishing) -