SHAKER VERLAG GMBH

Terms of use (AGB) for the online publication platform of Shaker Publishing

(Last revised 01.12.2006)

§ 1 Preliminary remark

Shaker Verlag GmbH – 52018 Aachen
- hereinafter referred to as the "publishers" -

offers authors of scientific contents
- hereinafter referred to as the "author" –

to publish and market scientific and academic publications, in particular research reports, habilitation, dissertation, diploma, bachelor and magister theses, outstanding assignments and seminar papers as well as other theses or papers. This offer is addressed to authors who have written an academic or scientific paper at a university, research institute, company or institution with academic supervision and who have had this graded and accepted by an examination committee, professor, university lecturer or tutor.

The following terms of use apply exclusively for the use of the online platform by the author.

§ 2 Manuscript delivery

The author offers the publishers academic or scientific manuscripts for publication. The delivery of manuscripts to the publishers represents an offer on the part of the author for publication by the publishers. The publishers are, however, only obliged to publish the manuscript following conclusion of a separate, written author-publisher agreement. This will be sent to the author after the publishers have examined the manuscript. A sample of this author-publisher agreement can be found on the publisher's Internet pages www.shaker.de or www.shaker.eu and is thus placed at the author's disposal in advance. Irrespective of this, the author agrees to only submit manuscripts for examination to which he or she holds the copyright, which he or she is entitled to dispose of freely and whose contents do no violate the rights of any third part or statutory regulations. Furthermore, the author will only submit transcripts or copies of the original manuscript to the publishers. The manuscript will not be returned to the author following examination and/or publication. The author is not entitled to a return of the manuscript. If the submitted manuscript is lost or damaged the author is not entitled to reimbursement of the costs of production or to a material or idealistic value of the manuscript.

§ 3 Data protection

The author agrees to the storage of his or her personal data. The stored data will only be collected, processed and used wherever this is necessary for the substantiation, formulation or amendment of the author-publisher agreement and its implementation by the publishers. The publishers have informed the author in detail of the extent and purpose of the collection, processing and use of his or her data as needed for the implementation of the author-publisher agreement. The author expressly agrees to the collection, processing and use of his or her data wherever his or her consent is needed in individual cases.

§ 4 4 Safety; access rights

During registration with the online publication platform of Shaker Publishers, the author will be asked to choose a user name and password. It is the sole responsibility of the author to keep this access code secret. The author agrees never to disclose the account, user name or password to third parties. Furthermore, the author agrees to inform Shaker Publishers immediately if they suspect that his or her account has been used without authorisation or a third party has access to their password and/or account.


Shaker Publishers is entitled to remove faulty and/or malicious files and is also entitled to disable an account or the author's access if it suspects a misuse, an incorrect or technically faulty use or that faulty and/or malicious files have been transferred.

§ 5 Final provisions

German law shall be exclusively applicable for all disputes arising from the use of the publisher's online publication platform. Sole place of jurisdiction is the publisher's place of business.