Privacy policy
Privacy policy
Plain English, short. Effective November 1, 2026.
This site is run by Second Shift Books, an imprint of Chicken & Airline Miles Publishing in Washington State, USA. Questions: [email protected].
The short version
- If you join our newsletter, we keep your email address so we can send it to you. That's it.
- We don't sell, rent or share your address with other authors or advertisers.
- We don't run Google Analytics, Facebook pixels, ad trackers or tracking cookies on this site.
- You can unsubscribe in one click at the bottom of every email, and ask us to delete your data at any time.
What we collect and why
| What | Why | Who handles it |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address, when you sign up | To send the free chapters and the weekly letter | MailerLite |
| Sign-up time, IP address and your confirmation click | Proof that you asked to join (double opt-in), and spam protection | MailerLite |
| Whether an email was opened and which links were clicked | To see which books readers liked. We only look at totals | MailerLite |
| Basic web request data (IP address, browser type, page requested) | To deliver the site and protect it from attacks | Cloudflare |
The companies we use
- MailerLite stores our mailing list and sends our emails. See MailerLite's privacy policy on their website.
- Cloudflare hosts this website and protects it. Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie to block bots. It is not used for advertising.
We don't use any other services that collect data on this site.
Links to Amazon and other sites
When you tap "Read on Kindle" you leave this site and go to Amazon. Amazon's own privacy policy applies there. Our Amazon links are plain links, not affiliate links.
Your choices
- Unsubscribe: use the link at the bottom of any email.
- See, fix or delete your data: email us and we'll do it within 30 days.
- We keep your email only while you're subscribed. After you unsubscribe, MailerLite keeps a record of the unsubscribe so you aren't emailed again.
Children
This site and newsletter are for adults. We don't knowingly collect data from children under 13.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page. If the change matters, we'll say so in the newsletter.