Legal
Effective Date: July 21, 2026
This website uses strictly necessary cookies automatically. With your consent, it may also use analytics cookies to understand website traffic, improve performance, and identify which books, stories, and pages visitors find useful. You can accept or reject optional cookies and change your choice at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer.
Kevin Snell respects your privacy. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how they may be used on this website, and what choices you have.
This website is operated by Kevin Snell and is intended to share information about books, short stories, author updates, the Reading Room, and related creative work.
Cookies are small text files that a website may store on your computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit.
Cookies can help a website function correctly, remember limited preferences, protect forms from abuse, understand how visitors use the site, and support services provided by outside platforms.
Similar technologies, including local storage, pixels, tags, scripts, and device identifiers, may perform related functions. References to cookies in this policy include these similar technologies where applicable.
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the website; display pages and site features correctly; remember limited technical or accessibility preferences; protect contact forms and other interactive features from spam or abuse; understand general website traffic and performance; identify technical problems; understand which books, stories, series, and pages visitors find useful; and support links, embedded content, or features provided by third-party services.
Kevin Snell does not sell personal information.
Some cookies or similar technologies are necessary for the website to operate correctly. These may support functions such as security, fraud prevention, network management, page delivery, load balancing, form submission, spam protection, and remembering privacy-related preferences.
Strictly necessary cookies may be placed automatically because the website may not function properly without them. Disabling these cookies through your browser may cause parts of the site, including forms or interactive features, to stop working correctly.
This website may use limited analytics or performance technologies to understand how visitors find and use the site. Analytics information may include pages visited, approximate visit duration, referring pages or websites, browser and device type, operating system, approximate or general location, screen size, interactions with links or site features, and technical errors or performance information.
This information is used to understand general traffic, improve website organization and performance, and identify which books, stories, series, or pages visitors find useful. Analytics information is not used by Kevin Snell to personally identify individual visitors.
Analytics cookie storage remains disabled unless you affirmatively consent through the cookie banner.
This website may use Google Analytics to understand general visitor traffic and website use. Google Analytics is loaded through Google's consent mode with analytics storage denied by default; it will not read or write first-party analytics cookies until you select "Accept Analytics." Where supported, limited cookieless measurement may be sent instead.
Google Analytics may process information such as pages visited, browser and device information, referring websites, approximate location, visit duration, and interactions with the site. Google processes information according to its own privacy policies, terms, and technical settings. Kevin Snell does not use Google Analytics to personally identify individual visitors and does not sell personal information collected through analytics.
Visitors may withdraw consent at any time through the Cookie Settings link in the footer, or prevent or limit analytics collection through browser privacy settings, browser extensions, tracking-protection tools, or the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Some website features may use local storage, session storage, or similar technologies to remember temporary preferences or support site functionality. These technologies might remember display choices, navigation state, form progress, or other limited settings during or between visits.
Some pages may include content supplied by another website or platform, such as video, audio, social-media content, retailer information, or other interactive material. Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. The provider may collect technical information, use cookies, or record your interaction with the embedded feature according to its own policies.
This website contains links to third-party services including Amazon, Patreon, Audible, Goodreads, Instagram, other social-media platforms, book retailers, audiobook retailers, newsletter providers, and other author-related or publishing services.
A normal link does not give Kevin Snell control over cookies used by the destination website. Once you follow a link and leave this website, the destination service's privacy and cookie policies apply. Third-party platforms may use cookies for authentication, account management, purchases, affiliate attribution, analytics, personalization, security, or advertising. Kevin Snell is not responsible for the cookies, privacy practices, content, or technical operation of third-party websites.
Some links to Amazon may be affiliate links. When you follow an Amazon affiliate link, information contained in the link may identify Kevin Snell as the referring Amazon Associate. Amazon may use cookies or similar technologies on its own websites to process purchases, measure referrals, or provide services according to Amazon's own policies.
As an Amazon Associate, Kevin Snell earns from qualifying purchases. Kevin Snell does not receive your payment details or complete Amazon purchase history.
Links to the Reading Room may direct you to Patreon. Patreon may use cookies and similar technologies for login, account management, membership access, payments, security, analytics, personalization, and other platform functions. Information provided directly to Patreon is governed by Patreon's own privacy and cookie policies.
Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.
Most browsers allow you to view, block, restrict, or delete cookies through their privacy or security settings. You may also be able to block all cookies, block third-party cookies, delete cookies when the browser closes, clear cookies for an individual website, limit cross-site tracking, or send supported privacy-preference signals.
The controls and terminology vary by browser and device. Blocking all cookies may prevent some parts of the website from functioning correctly.
Some browsers provide "Do Not Track," Global Privacy Control, or similar preference signals. The legal and technical treatment of these signals varies by location and service. This website does not sell personal information.
This website is not directed to children under the age of 13. Kevin Snell does not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from children under 13.
This website may be accessed from the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, and other locations. Cookie and privacy requirements vary by jurisdiction. Depending on your location, you may have rights concerning consent, access, correction, deletion, objection, restriction, withdrawal of consent, or the use of your personal information.
This Cookies Policy may be updated when the website's technology, hosting, analytics, embedded features, or legal obligations change. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
For questions about this Cookies Policy, the technologies used on this website, or a privacy-related request, please use the Contact page.