Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 19, 2026
Rook & Stag Publishing respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how Rook & Stag Publishing may collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you visit rookandstagpublishing.com, contact us, purchase products, submit information, or otherwise interact with the website or our publishing activities.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Rook & Stag Publishing.
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Mailing or billing address
- Telephone number
- Author or business information
- Messages submitted through contact forms
- Order or transaction information
- Rights, licensing, media, or speaking inquiries
- Information submitted regarding books, authors, or publishing projects
- Manuscripts, proposals, sample chapters, synopses, or other materials if submissions are accepted
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website.
2. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit rookandstagpublishing.com, certain technical information may be collected automatically through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, or similar technologies.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages viewed
- Referring website
- Approximate geographic location
- Date and time of visits
- Website interaction information
This information may be used to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website.
3. How We Use Your Information
Rook & Stag Publishing may use information collected through the website to:
- Respond to inquiries
- Process and fulfill purchases
- Communicate regarding orders or transactions
- Provide customer service
- Communicate with authors or prospective authors
- Review publishing-related inquiries or submissions
- Respond to rights, licensing, media, or professional inquiries
- Send newsletters or promotional communications when requested
- Maintain and improve the website
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Protect against fraud, spam, misuse, or security threats
- Maintain appropriate business and transaction records
- Fulfill contractual obligations
- Comply with applicable legal requirements
We will not use personal information for a materially different purpose without providing appropriate notice or obtaining consent when required.
4. Email and Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to an email list, newsletter, book announcement, or other promotional communication offered by Rook & Stag Publishing, we may use the information you provide to send those communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us.
Unsubscribing from marketing emails will not prevent us from sending communications related to an existing order, transaction, contract, inquiry, or other business relationship.
5. Contact Forms and Inquiries
When you submit a contact form or otherwise communicate with Rook & Stag Publishing, we may collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
This information may be used to:
- Respond to your inquiry
- Provide requested information
- Evaluate potential business opportunities
- Respond to rights or licensing requests
- Communicate regarding books, authors, or publishing matters
- Maintain appropriate records of correspondence
Please avoid sending highly sensitive personal, medical, financial, or confidential information unless specifically requested.
6. Book Purchases and Transactions
Rook & Stag Publishing may offer books, digital products, or other merchandise for purchase directly through the website or through third-party retailers and service providers.
When a transaction takes place through a third-party retailer or payment processor, payment information may be collected and processed directly by that provider rather than by Rook & Stag Publishing.
Depending on the transaction, Rook & Stag Publishing may receive information such as:
- Your name
- Email address
- Billing or shipping information
- Products purchased
- Transaction date
- Order status
We generally do not receive or store complete credit-card information when transactions are processed by independent payment providers.
Third-party transactions are also subject to the privacy policies and terms of the applicable retailer or payment processor.
7. Author and Publishing Submissions
If Rook & Stag Publishing accepts publishing inquiries, proposals, manuscripts, sample chapters, book concepts, artwork, or other creative materials, information submitted as part of that process may be retained while the material is being evaluated.
Submission of material does not, by itself, create a confidential, fiduciary, editorial, contractual, or publishing relationship between you and Rook & Stag Publishing.
Unless a separate written agreement states otherwise, submitting material does not obligate Rook & Stag Publishing to:
- Publish the material
- Review the material within a particular timeframe
- Provide editorial feedback
- Return submitted materials
- Enter into a publishing agreement
Where publishing or other contractual relationships are established, information may be retained as necessary to administer that relationship and meet legal, accounting, contractual, or business obligations.
8. Author and Contributor Information
Rook & Stag Publishing may publish professional information about authors, contributors, illustrators, editors, or other individuals associated with its books.
This may include information such as:
- Professional biography
- Author photograph
- Book information
- Website or social-media links
- Professional credentials
- Interviews
- Public appearances
- Promotional materials
Such information will generally be published with authorization or as part of an established professional or contractual relationship.
9. Rights, Licensing, and Media Inquiries
If you contact Rook & Stag Publishing regarding publishing rights, translation rights, adaptation rights, film or television opportunities, media requests, speaking engagements, interviews, bulk purchases, or similar professional opportunities, information you provide may be used to evaluate and respond to that inquiry.
Relevant correspondence may be retained for legitimate business and recordkeeping purposes.
10. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Rookandstagpublishing.com may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that may help the website operate, remember settings, understand visitor activity, and improve performance.
Cookies may include:
Essential Cookies
Necessary for basic website functionality, security, shopping features, or account-related functions.
Analytics Cookies
May be used to understand website traffic, visitor behavior, and website performance.
Preference Cookies
May remember certain visitor selections or settings.
Third-Party Cookies
May be placed by external services embedded in or connected to the website.
Most browsers allow you to control or disable cookies through browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
11. Website Analytics
Rook & Stag Publishing may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with the website.
Analytics information may include:
- Pages visited
- Approximate location
- Browser and device type
- Traffic source
- Time spent on pages
- Website interactions
This information may be used to improve website content, performance, usability, marketing, and the overall visitor experience.
12. Third-Party Service Providers
Rook & Stag Publishing may work with third-party providers that assist with business operations.
These providers may include companies providing:
- Website hosting
- Website management
- Ecommerce services
- Payment processing
- Book printing
- Book distribution
- Shipping and fulfillment
- Email marketing
- Analytics
- Customer communications
- Cloud storage
- Accounting
- Security
- Professional services
These providers may receive information only to the extent reasonably necessary to perform their services.
Their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.
13. Book Retailers and Distribution Partners
Books published or distributed by Rook & Stag Publishing may be available through third-party retailers, wholesalers, distributors, libraries, or publishing platforms.
If you purchase or access a book through one of these third parties, that company may collect information independently from Rook & Stag Publishing.
Rook & Stag Publishing is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent retailers, distributors, or other outside platforms.
You should review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
14. Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites, including:
- Booksellers
- Authors' websites
- Social-media platforms
- Distribution services
- Retailers
- Media organizations
- Professional organizations
- Other external websites
Once you leave rookandstagpublishing.com, your interaction with the third-party website is governed by that website's own terms and privacy policy.
Rook & Stag Publishing is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or availability of third-party websites.
15. Embedded Content
Pages on rookandstagpublishing.com may contain embedded content such as videos, social-media posts, images, forms, or other material provided by third parties.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.
Those third parties may collect data, place cookies, or monitor your interaction with their content according to their own policies.
16. How We Share Information
Rook & Stag Publishing does not sell personal information.
Information may be shared when reasonably necessary with service providers, business partners, contractors, professional advisers, distributors, retailers, or other parties involved in operating the publishing business or fulfilling a requested service.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law
- Respond to a lawful request or legal process
- Enforce contractual or legal rights
- Prevent fraud or misuse
- Protect the security of our website or business
- Protect the rights, property, or safety of Rook & Stag Publishing or others
- Complete a business restructuring, merger, sale, or transfer where legally permitted
17. Data Retention
Rook & Stag Publishing generally retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Information may be retained longer when necessary to:
- Complete transactions
- Maintain business records
- Administer publishing agreements
- Maintain author or contributor relationships
- Fulfill contractual obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Comply with tax, accounting, legal, or regulatory requirements
- Protect legal rights
Unsuccessful or unsolicited publishing inquiries and submissions may be deleted periodically at our discretion unless a longer retention period is required.
18. Data Security
Rook & Stag Publishing uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.
However, no website, internet transmission, storage system, or electronic communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
19. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights regarding personal information maintained about you.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis for processing
- Object to certain processing
- Restrict certain uses of information
- Request information about how your information is used
- Request a copy of certain information
- Opt out of marketing communications
These rights may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.
Privacy-related requests may be submitted using the Contact page at rookandstagpublishing.com.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
20. Children's Privacy
Rookandstagpublishing.com is intended for a general audience and is not designed specifically for children under the age of 18.
Rook & Stag Publishing does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 through the website without appropriate authorization.
If you believe a child has provided personal information improperly, please contact us so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.
21. International Visitors
Rookandstagpublishing.com may be accessed from countries outside the United States.
If you access the website from another country, information you provide may be transferred to or processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
Privacy laws in those jurisdictions may differ from those in your country.
Where applicable law provides specific privacy rights, eligible individuals may contact Rook & Stag Publishing regarding those rights.
22. Do Not Track and Privacy Preference Signals
Some browsers and devices allow users to send "Do Not Track" signals or other privacy preference signals.
Because standards and technologies regarding these signals continue to evolve, rookandstagpublishing.com may not respond uniformly to all such signals.
Where applicable law requires recognition of supported privacy preference signals, Rook & Stag Publishing will seek to comply with those requirements.
23. Business Transfers
If Rook & Stag Publishing is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or transfer of all or part of the publishing business, information associated with the business may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
24. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Rook & Stag Publishing may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in:
- Website functionality
- Publishing operations
- Ecommerce activities
- Service providers
- Technology
- Legal or regulatory requirements
When material changes are made, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be revised.
Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
25. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise an applicable privacy right, or have concerns about how information is handled, please contact:
Rook & Stag Publishing
rookandstagpublishing.com
Please use the Contact page on the website for privacy-related inquiries.