The service
The Daily Reader provides original language-learning material based on important world-news facts. Mandarin is the language available at launch; other language editions may be added later. A paid subscription includes the selected available language and reading level by email, plus access to eligible website reading features.
Every article is reviewed before publication, but publication is not guaranteed on a particular day if a trustworthy lesson is not ready.
Your account
Give us accurate account information, keep access to your email secure, and tell us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised. You are responsible for activity performed through your account. You must be able to enter this agreement; if you are a minor, a parent or guardian must manage the paid subscription.
Subscriptions, renewal, and cancellation
The price and billing interval are shown before checkout. Unless you cancel, the subscription renews automatically using the payment method on file. Taxes may be added when required.
You can cancel any time from your account billing controls. A cancellation stops the next renewal; access continues through the period you already paid for. Turning off daily email in settings does not cancel the subscription.
See Support & refunds for the cancellation steps and refund policy.
Refunds
Your paid access begins immediately after checkout. If this is your initial subscription purchase, you may withdraw within 14 days after the contract is concluded without giving a reason. If you do, we will refund the initial subscription charge in full to the original payment method within 14 days after receiving your clear withdrawal notice. We do not deduct an amount for lessons delivered or website use during that period.
After that initial 14-day period, subscription charges and renewal charges are generally non-refundable once a billing period begins, except where applicable law requires a refund or we agree that a duplicate or incorrect charge or material service failure warrants one. Cancellation alone does not refund the current paid period. This policy does not limit any mandatory consumer rights.
Submit a withdrawal request
A public withdrawal-request form records the submitted wording and time and attempts to send an immediate email receipt. The received time determines when the notice was submitted; a later human review does not move that time. The technical form does not automatically cancel a subscription or issue a refund. A person reviews the recorded request, stops future renewals where applicable, and processes any refund due under these terms or mandatory law.
Content and permitted use
Our lessons, vocabulary, questions, design, and software are provided for your personal learning. Do not republish, sell, systematically copy, or use the service to build a competing content product without written permission. You may quote short excerpts for ordinary discussion or study where the law permits.
Educational and news limits
The service is for language learning, not investment, legal, medical, safety, or other professional advice. News develops quickly and even carefully reviewed material can contain errors or become outdated. Check primary or reputable current sources before relying on a fact.
Level labels are CEFR-guided house labels. They are not an official certification or guarantee that every learner will find a lesson equally difficult.
Availability and fair use
We may maintain, change, or discontinue parts of the service. We may restrict an account that is used fraudulently, disrupts the service, infringes rights, or materially violates these terms. Where practical, we will give notice and a chance to correct the issue.
Responsibility
We provide the service with reasonable care. To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Daily Reader is not responsible for indirect or unforeseeable loss arising from use of the service. Nothing in these terms excludes rights or responsibilities that cannot legally be excluded.
Changes and contact
We may update these terms as the product changes. Material changes will be published here with a new date and, where appropriate, brought to subscribers' attention. Questions can be sent through the published support contact.