Terms of service
The agreement between you and MLJ, SASU for the use of DraftAndQuery. Last updated September 4, 2026.
1. Acceptance of these terms
These terms of service form a binding agreement between you, the subscriber, and MLJ, SASU, a simplified joint stock company registered in Paris, France under SIREN 934 769 837, which publishes and operates DraftAndQuery. By creating an account, by submitting the request form on draftandquery.com, or by using the application in any way, you accept these terms in full. If you are accepting on behalf of a press, an agency or another organization, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that organization.
2. The service we provide
DraftAndQuery is a hosted web application for tracking manuscripts and submissions. It stores manuscript versions with dates, word counts and change notes; it records each submission to a publisher, imprint or agency together with the reader, the date sent, the format and any exclusivity terms; it counts down the response window each recipient has stated; and it produces a daily follow up queue of the nudges that have become appropriate. Small Press accounts additionally include an incoming reading queue with reader assignment, roles and permissions, and reporting on queue age and pass rates. The service is delivered over the web and requires a current browser and an internet connection. It does not include editorial services, literary representation, printing, distribution or any guarantee of publication.
3. Accounts and eligibility
You must be at least eighteen years old to hold an account. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information on your account, for keeping your password confidential, and for everything done under your credentials. Seats on a Small Press plan are personal to the individual they are issued to and may not be shared. Tell us promptly at jimenezjulien42@gmail.com if you believe an account has been accessed by someone else, and we will help you secure it.
4. Acceptable use
You agree to use DraftAndQuery only for lawful purposes connected with your own writing or publishing work. You may not upload material you have no right to distribute, use the service to send unsolicited bulk email to publishers, attempt to gain access to another subscriber's records, probe or test the security of the platform without written permission, resell access, or copy the application in order to build a competing product. We may suspend an account that is being used in a way that endangers the service or other subscribers, and we will explain why when we do.
5. Subscription and billing
DraftAndQuery is sold on three monthly plans, priced in United States dollars: One Author at $15 per month, Author Plus at $39 per month, and Small Press at $95 per month. Prices are exclusive of any sales tax or VAT that may apply in your jurisdiction. Your subscription renews automatically each month on the anniversary of your start date, and the card on file is charged on that day. If a charge fails we retry twice over seven days and write to you before any interruption of service. Changing plan mid month results in a prorated adjustment on your next invoice. We may change our prices, in which case we give existing subscribers at least sixty days notice by email and the new price applies from the first renewal after that notice period.
6. Cancellation and refunds
You may cancel at any time from your account settings, without contacting support and without giving a reason. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing month already paid for, and you keep full access until that date. We do not prorate refunds for a partial month, except where required by applicable consumer law or where we have failed to provide the service. If we end the agreement for a reason that is not your breach of these terms, we refund the unused portion of the current month.
7. Your data and your manuscripts
You own everything you put into DraftAndQuery: your manuscript files, your version notes, your submission records and your correspondence templates. We claim no licence to your work beyond what is technically necessary to store it, display it back to you, and back it up. We do not read your manuscripts, we do not use them to train any model, and we do not disclose them to any third party except where compelled by law, in which case we will tell you unless we are legally forbidden to. You can export a complete archive at any time. After you close an account, the archive stays available for thirty days and is then permanently deleted.
8. Service availability
We aim for monthly availability of 99.9 percent, measured excluding scheduled maintenance. Maintenance windows are announced at least forty eight hours in advance and are scheduled outside United States business hours wherever possible. We do not promise that the service will be uninterrupted or free of every defect. If a fault prevents you from using the service for more than eight consecutive hours in a month, write to us and we will credit that month.
9. Warranty disclaimer
Except for the commitments stated in these terms, the service is provided as is and as available. To the fullest extent permitted by law, MLJ, SASU disclaims all other warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non infringement. In particular, we make no promise about the outcome of any submission you track with this tool. Deadline counters and follow up prompts are aids to your judgment, not a substitute for reading what a publisher told you.
10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total liability of MLJ, SASU arising out of or relating to these terms or to your use of the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including lost profit, lost publishing opportunity, lost goodwill or the cost of substitute software. Nothing in these terms excludes liability for fraud, for wilful misconduct, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MLJ, SASU and its director against claims, damages and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these terms, from your unlawful use of the service, or from a third party claim that material you uploaded infringes their rights.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the product and the law evolve. Subscribers receive at least thirty days notice by email before a material change takes effect, and the revised text is published here with a new date. Continuing to use the service after that date means you accept the revision. If you do not, you may cancel before the change takes effect and we will refund any unused paid period.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by French law. Any dispute that cannot be settled amicably falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris, France, without prejudice to any mandatory protection available to a consumer in her country of residence. The parties agree to attempt a good faith resolution by email before starting proceedings.
14. Contact
MLJ, SASU, publication director Jimenez Julien, contact jimenezjulien42@gmail.com. Company details are published in full on the legal notice, and personal data practices are described in the privacy policy.