The terms for using SciVolume
2026/09/24
Effective date: 24 September 2026
These terms govern your use of SciVolume, the AI book-writing workspace at scivolume.ai operated by TopLocalAI, LLC. By creating an account or using the service you agree to them. Questions: davie@daviechen.com.
You can open the sample workbench without registering. A trial session is an anonymous temporary account that is deleted after 7 days and has usage limits; when you register, the sample book moves into your account. Do not treat content that exists only in a trial session as saved.
You need an account to write with SciVolume, signed in with an email code or a Google account. You are responsible for activity under your account, for keeping the sign-in codes we send you private and for protecting the Google account you sign in with. You must be at least 16 years old.
You own the manuscripts, sources, figures and other content you create or upload. You grant us only the permission needed to store, process, display and export that content for you, including sending relevant parts to AI model providers when you use an AI feature. We do not use your content to train public AI models, and we do not share it with other users.
You are responsible for having the right to upload the sources you add and for how you use the books you produce, including obtaining permission for any third-party material you include.
AI-generated text, outlines, translations and figures are suggestions. They can be wrong, incomplete or unsuitable for publication, and they are not a substitute for your own judgement or for checking the underlying sources. SciVolume cites only sources in your library, but you remain responsible for verifying every citation, claim and translation before you rely on it or publish it.
Do not use SciVolume to break the law, to infringe others' rights, to produce content that is defamatory or harmful, to plagiarise, to misrepresent AI-generated work where disclosure is required, or to attack or overload the service. We may suspend or close accounts that do this.
We work to keep SciVolume available but do not promise uninterrupted service. We may change or discontinue features. If we discontinue the service, we will give reasonable notice so you can export your books.
SciVolume charges through subscriptions and credits; current prices are on the pricing page. Payments are processed by Stripe, and we never store your card details.
You can delete your account at any time from the settings page. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms. Sections on your content, AI output, disclaimers and liability continue to apply after termination.
SciVolume is provided "as is". To the extent permitted by law, we make no warranties about fitness for a particular purpose, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for losses arising from reliance on AI output. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
We may update these terms and will post the new version here with a new effective date. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.