Privacy

Manuscripts you upload are stored in a private bucket. They are never publicly accessible. When a signed-in author opens or downloads your manuscript, we generate a short-lived signed URL (valid for ten minutes) that grants temporary access to that file and nothing else.

You can archive or delete your manuscripts at any time from your dashboard. Deleting a book removes its metadata and the underlying file from our storage.

Every manuscript download or in-browser read is logged with the reader's user id, the book id, and a timestamp. We share aggregate download counts with the book's author so they know their work is finding readers, and we use the logs to detect abuse.

We do not sell or share these logs with third parties.

When you sign up we store your email, a profile (pen name, bio, links, optional avatar) and the role assigned to your account. Email and password authentication are handled by our backend provider; passwords are hashed and never visible to us.

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and lightweight, privacy-respecting analytics to understand which pages and manuscripts are read. You can accept or reject non-essential analytics from the banner shown on your first visit; your choice is stored locally in your browser.

You can edit your profile, archive your books, or delete your account at any time. Contact us if you need help exporting or removing your data.