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Legal notice (Impressum)

Who you’re dealing with when you order from Stray Book Society, and how to reach us. German law (§5 DDG, §18 MStV) asks for this page; it’s useful everywhere.

Last updated Oct 26, 2026

Template: fill in every bracketed item before launch. Use the company’s registered details exactly as on the register. See docs/compliance/GERMANY.md and IRELAND.md.

On this page

  1. Provider
  2. Contact
  3. Register and tax
  4. Representatives
  5. Responsible for content
  6. Disputes
  7. Product safety and packaging

Provider (Anbieter)

[Company legal name and legal form, e.g. Stray Book Society LLC]
[Registered street address, city, postcode, country]

Represented by [name(s) of the managing director or authorised representative].

Stray Book Society is the brand name of this company. Our books are packed and posted from local hubs in each country we deliver to; the company named above is your contracting partner everywhere.

Contact (Kontakt)

  • Email: hello@straybooksociety.example
  • Phone: [phone number]
  • Online: contact form, answered within one business day

Register and tax (Register und Steuern)

  • Company register: [register, place and number, e.g. State of Oregon Secretary of State, no. …]
  • German VAT ID (USt-IdNr.): [DE…]
  • Irish VAT number: [IE…]
  • UK VAT number: [GB…]
  • Canada GST/HST number: [… RT0001] · Quebec QST number: [… TQ0001]
  • Australian Business Number or ATO reference: [ABN / ARN] · New Zealand GST number: […]

Representatives for data protection

We are based outside the EU and the UK, so we have appointed representatives under Article 27 of the GDPR and the UK GDPR. You can contact them, or us directly, about anything to do with your personal data.

  • EU representative: [name, address in the EU, email]
  • UK representative: [name, address in the UK, email]
  • Person in charge of personal information (Quebec Law 25): [name or title, email]

More in our privacy policy.

Responsible for content (Verantwortlich nach §18 Abs. 2 MStV)

[name and address of the person responsible for editorial content]

Disputes (Streitbeilegung)

If something goes wrong, please write to us first: most problems are fixed within a day. We are not obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, and we don’t take part voluntarily (Wir sind zur Teilnahme an einem Streitbeilegungsverfahren vor einer Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle weder verpflichtet noch bereit). Your rights under the law where you live, and to go to court, are not affected.

Product safety and packaging

  • Responsible person in the EU for product safety (EU General Product Safety Regulation): [name, postal address and email of the EU-established operator]
  • German packaging register (LUCID) number: [DE…]
  • Our books are second-hand unless sold as Fresh Ink. Each book’s publisher, author and ISBN are on the book itself and in your box listing.
Stray BookSociety

We rescue good books from library sales, estate sales and overstock, match them to readers, and keep them circulating. No book left behind.

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The fine print

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  • Privacy policy
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  • Legal notice (Impressum)

References

  • Book data: Open Library
  • Carbon per book: Wells et al.
  • Book industry footprint: BISG
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