PRIVACY POLICY_

WHAT YOU SHARE_

When you submit a book for Indie Author Sunday, we collect the information you enter, which may include your author or pen name, email address, Instagram handle, website or social links, author biography, book title, synopsis, publication details, content warnings, purchase and reading-platform links, publisher, uploaded cover image, and additional comments.

We also record the confirmations and permissions you provide as part of your submission. If you contact us through another channel, we may receive the information you choose to send there.

WHY WE USE IT_

We use submitted information to review books for Indie Author Sunday, communicate with authors about their submissions, evaluate eligibility, and prepare potential features. If a book is selected, we may publish the book cover, synopsis, author biography, and related promotional details in accordance with the permissions granted in the submission form.

Submitting a book does not guarantee publication or selection.

WHERE IT GOES_

Indie Author Sunday submissions, including uploaded book covers, are sent to and stored in a private Notion database used to manage the review process. Notion processes this information as a third-party service provider. Our website also uses Cloudflare infrastructure and security services.

We do not publish authors' submission email addresses as part of an Indie Author Sunday feature. Information may be shared with service providers as needed to operate the submission process, or where required by law.

CLOUDFLARE TURNSTILE_

Our submission form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to help detect automated traffic and prevent spam or abuse. Turnstile may process technical information related to your browser and interaction with the website to perform security verification. In Invisible mode, verification may take place without a visible challenge.

For details about the technical signals Cloudflare processes, why it processes them, and related privacy rights, please read Cloudflare's Turnstile Privacy Addendum.

YOUR INFORMATION_

We keep submission information for as long as reasonably needed to review submissions, manage editorial records, and handle related correspondence. If you would like to ask about, correct, or request deletion of information you submitted, please reach out through our contact page. We will review your request and respond as appropriate, subject to any applicable legal or operational requirements.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY_

We may update this policy as the website, submission process, or services we use change. The last-updated date above will reflect revisions. For privacy questions, please use our contact page.