EpicX Negotiated Book Royalties

EpicX Negotiated Book Royalty Agreement GoldenEpic Solutions Inc. (EpicX) and the named author agree for this book and the listed channels only. This agreement is non-exclusive. Copyright remains with its owner. No additional adaptation, audio, comic, translation, training, game or screen rights are granted. Existing format permissions must remain valid. During the stated term, the agreed author percentage REPLACES the normal author percentage for each listed channel. It is not added to normal royalties. Other books, uncovered channels, gifts, tips and unrelated marketplace sales keep their applicable terms. Approval and an unsigned offer do not change earnings. There is no signing payment, advance, guaranteed cash bonus, guaranteed sales, recoupment or automatic royalty increase. Chapter royalties use charged Epic Credits (EC), including applicable discounts. Digital edition royalties use the product subtotal excluding taxes and shipping. Managed print royalties use the product subtotal after the specified print, handling and operations costs. Existing settlement, currency conversion, refund and payout rules continue; a contract does not create a second withdrawable balance. Rates are fixed when an EC purchase is recorded or a marketplace checkout is created. Unpaid checkouts earn nothing. Payment callbacks, refunds and corrections use the original transaction's allocation, even after a rate change or expiry. Transactions and earned amounts from before this agreement are not repriced. Refund reversals cannot exceed the affected original earnings or be posted twice. EpicX provides only the support deliverables, deadlines and costs listed below. Zero-cost support means no additional funded expenditure and includes the stated explanation. Existing paid production services keep their separate terms unless explicitly included; previously paid costs are not charged again. Accepted support commitments survive a decline in sales or a later budget change. The term is twelve months. Reviews occur after three, six and nine calendar months, with a final review at expiry. Reviews examine revenue, refunds, author earnings, attributable costs and EpicX contribution; missing or estimated information is identified. A review does not automatically change percentages or promise further support. Changes require an exact amendment accepted by the owner and author before its future effective date. An amendment cannot expand channels, rights or the end date. At expiry, new transactions return to the applicable normal publishing terms. Renewal requires a new accepted agreement. Ordinary early termination requires both parties' recorded acceptance of an exact future end date. Accrued earnings, valid reader purchases and unsettled support obligations survive. Weak sales alone never create an author repayment obligation. The author confirms signing authority for this book and all named channels. Editor or collaborator access alone is not authority. Existing rights restrictions remain enforceable; this agreement does not authorize sales where underlying permission is absent. This agreement takes precedence only for its expressly stated book/channel royalty percentages, term and support. Other applicable EpicX terms and mandatory rights continue. Ontario and applicable Canadian federal law govern. Suspected fraud requires review and is not automatically a finding or permission to take unrelated earnings. Both parties can retain the exact accepted text, amendments, dates and assent record. Electronic acceptance explicitly covers this document and delivery of a downloadable copy. General application-term acceptance does not sign this agreement.

EpicX Book Contract Royalty Amendment Agreement: [agreement reference] Book: [book reference] Effective: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z Previous rates: chapter_text: author 40.00%; EpicX 60.00%; basis charged_ec Accepted replacement rates: chapter_text: author 35.00%; EpicX 65.00%; basis charged_ec Contract end remains 2027-09-11T00:00:00.000Z. Existing support commitments remain unchanged. No retrospective repricing, new signing payment, expanded rights or automatic extension. Previously accrued earnings and unsettled support survive. This exact document requires author assent and owner issuance. All unchanged terms of the original agreement continue. Document version: 2026-09-09-negotiated-royalties-v2

EpicX Book Contract Mutual Termination Agreement: [agreement reference] Book: [book reference] Effective: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z Both parties agree to end this agreement on the effective date. New transactions then use normal publishing terms. Existing support commitments remain unchanged. No retrospective repricing, new signing payment, expanded rights or automatic extension. Previously accrued earnings and unsettled support survive. This exact document requires author assent and owner issuance. All unchanged terms of the original agreement continue. Document version: 2026-09-09-negotiated-royalties-v2