Terms of Use

1. Scope

These terms of use apply to the use of the Wundertale Studio (“Studio”) — the web application for creating personalized picture books — operated by Philipp Hasse, Westring 80, 33154 Salzkotten, Germany (“we”, “us”).

By using the Studio, you agree to these terms.

The Studio is intended for adults: using the Studio and concluding contracts are reserved for persons aged 18 or over.

These terms of use also serve as the general terms and conditions for every contract you conclude with us via the Studio and the shop — for digital books, audiobook narration and printed editions alike. Our withdrawal policy, our shipping and payment information and our privacy policy apply in addition; you can reach each of them from the footer of this website.

2. Uploaded content

2.1 Photos and reference images

You may upload photos and reference images to personalize the characters in your book. The following rules apply:

• You may only upload images for which you have the necessary rights — either your own photos or images for which you have explicit permission.
• For photos of children, you must act as a legal guardian or have obtained the explicit consent of the legal guardians.
• Photos of third parties (for example other children, neighbors, or passers-by) may only be uploaded with their explicit consent.
• Uploading copyrighted images belonging to third parties (for example professional photos, illustrations, or screenshots from films) is not permitted.

2.2 Use and deletion

Uploaded original photos are used exclusively to create stylized character references. The originals are deleted automatically as soon as the stylized references are completed, and after 7 days at the latest. The stylized references are artistically abstracted illustrations, not photographic likenesses.

2.3 Responsibility

You are solely responsible for the uploaded content. We do not review uploaded images for legal compliance. If third-party rights are violated, you are liable for any resulting claims.

3. Permitted use

The Studio may only be used to create child-appropriate, personalized picture books. In particular, it is not permitted to:

• Create content depicting or promoting violence, hate, discrimination, or sexually inappropriate themes
• Create content that may harm, frighten, or endanger children
• Use the Studio to create deepfakes, deception, or identity misuse
• Use automated access, scraping, or excessive usage that impairs the service for others
• Use the service systematically to create content for third parties (for example as a service provider) without our express agreement

4. Created content and usage rights

4.1 Your book

You may use the stories and illustrations created in your project for personal, non-commercial purposes — for reading, downloading, printing, and giving as a gift.

4.2 Restrictions

The following is not permitted:

• Commercially distributing, selling, or licensing illustrations or stories from the Studio
• Removing individual illustrations from the context of the book and using them as standalone works (for example on merchandise or in social media as your own art)
• Using created content to train, improve, or evaluate other AI systems

4.3 Our rights

We reserve a non-exclusive right to use anonymized, non-personal elements (for example general style data or technical metrics) to improve our service. Your personal content — photos, names, stories, and illustrations — will never be published or used for advertising without your explicit consent.

5. Digital book and printed edition

5.1 Two-step process

The process is split into two separate steps:

1. Digital book: First you create and pay for the digital book. This gives you the fully illustrated book as a PDF and in the online reader.
2. Printed edition (optional): Only when you are satisfied with the result can you order a printed edition.

This separation ensures that you can review the finished book completely before deciding on a printed edition.

5.2 Result

Illustrations are created individually using AI-supported methods. Every result is unique and may therefore differ in detail from previews or sample images. You can provide feedback on individual pages and we will revise them for you.

Your statutory rights in the event of defects remain unaffected. If the book delivered does not have the agreed quality or is not fit for ordinary use, you are fully entitled to the statutory remedies of subsequent performance, price reduction, withdrawal and damages (Sections 327 et seq. and 434 et seq. BGB).

6. Conclusion of contract, prices and payment

6.1 How the contract is concluded

The presentation of products in the Studio and in the shop is not a legally binding offer but a non-binding invitation for you to place an order.

The ordering process consists of the following technical steps:

1. You design your book in the Studio and add the desired product to the basket.
2. In the basket you can see all line items, unit prices and the total amount.
3. You enter your billing and, where applicable, delivery details and choose a payment method.
4. The order summary shows you all of your details once again.
5. By clicking the “Order with obligation to pay” button you submit a binding offer.

We accept your offer by sending you an order confirmation by email or by starting to perform the contract. An automated acknowledgement of receipt does not in itself constitute acceptance unless it expressly declares acceptance.

6.2 Correcting input errors

Before you place the order bindingly, you can review and change all of your entries at any time. Use the correction options in the basket and in the order summary as well as your browser's back function. Until you click “Order with obligation to pay” you can also cancel the order at any time by closing the browser window.

6.3 Storage of the contract text

We store your order data and send you an order confirmation by email containing all order details. You can view, save and print these terms of use at any time on this page. If you have created a customer account, you can also view your previous orders there. No further access to the contract text is provided.

6.4 Contract language

Contracts can be concluded in German and in English.

6.5 Prices and payment

Current prices are shown to you before purchase. All prices are total prices and include statutory VAT. For printed books we charge a flat shipping fee of €6.53 per order, or €7.68 per order if it contains at least one hardcover. Printed books are currently shipped within Germany only. No shipping costs apply to digital products.

Payment is made using the payment methods offered at checkout (PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay). The invoice amount is due immediately after the order is placed.

6.6 Codes of conduct

We have not submitted to any particular codes of conduct.

7. Right of withdrawal

For the digital book and the audiobook narration, the following applies: because it is digital content not supplied on a tangible medium and created specifically for you, the right of withdrawal expires once performance begins, provided you have expressly agreed to this and acknowledged the loss of the right of withdrawal (Section 356 para. 5 BGB).

For printed editions, the statutory 14-day withdrawal period from receipt of the goods would generally apply. However, because these are custom-made products, the right of withdrawal is excluded pursuant to Section 312g para. 2 no. 1 BGB.

8. Satisfaction promise (voluntary money-back guarantee)

1. In addition to your statutory rights, every digital Wundertale book comes with a voluntary satisfaction promise: if you do not like your finished book, we revise it free of charge within the included revision rounds. If you are still not happy afterwards — or even without using a revision — we will refund the full purchase price of the digital book on request, including a purchased audiobook narration.
2. The promise applies from the moment your finished book is made available and ends with the earlier of: (a) you ordering a printed copy of this book, or (b) 14 days after the book was made available. By ordering the print you approve your book.
3. To use it, an informal message to info@wundertale.shop naming the book concerned is sufficient. The refund is issued via the original payment method.
4. Upon refund, your access to the digital book ends, including PDF download and audiobook narration.
5. In cases of abuse (in particular repeated refunds) we reserve the right to refuse the satisfaction promise. Your statutory rights, in particular regarding defects, remain unaffected.

9. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for damages arising from injury to life, body or health, within the scope of any guarantee we have given, and under the German Product Liability Act.

In cases of ordinary negligence we are liable only where we breach a material contractual obligation — that is, an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely. In such cases our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract at the time the contract was concluded.

Any further liability is excluded. The provisions above do not entail any change to the statutory burden of proof to your detriment.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Studio. Maintenance, technical disruptions, or force majeure may lead to temporary restrictions.

10. Blocking and termination

We reserve the right to block access to the Studio temporarily or permanently if:

• there is a serious violation of these terms of use, or specific indications of such a violation exist
• the service is abused or used in a way that impairs other users
• this is required by law or by official order

Before a permanent block we will inform you and give you an opportunity to comment, unless statutory obligations prevent us from doing so. Any block takes your legitimate interests into account and is imposed only where milder measures — such as a notice or a warning — are not sufficient. We will refund services already paid for but not yet rendered, unless you are responsible for the block.

11. Final provisions

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, the mandatory consumer protection rules of the country of habitual residence also apply.

If individual provisions of these terms of use are invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.

For contracts already concluded, the version of these terms incorporated at the time of conclusion continues to apply. We will announce changes for future contracts in text form at least six weeks before they take effect. If you do not object before they take effect, the changes are deemed accepted; we will point this out to you separately in the notice of change. If you do object, you may stop using the Studio at any time.

Version: July 2026