What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your actions and preferences over time. Similar technologies, such as local storage, may also be used where enabled.

How We Use Storage

Essential Cookies

These are necessary for the catalogue to function. They enable core features such as session management, navigation and secure access. Without these, parts of the site may not operate correctly.

Preference Cookies

These remember choices you make, such as text size, reading mode or language selection, so you do not have to set them again on return visits. For example, if you adjust the display of a Reader’s Guide or Edition Insights page, a preference cookie may store that setting.

Analytics Storage

Where analytics are enabled, we use first-party cookies and local storage to collect anonymous information about how visitors interact with the site — for example, which pages are viewed most often and how users navigate. This data helps us improve the catalogue and understand reading interests. We may analyse which classic science fiction titles, such as those in the Space Voyages or Future Societies categories, attract the most attention, and how readers move between reading notes and the full text.

Advertising Storage

If advertisements are displayed on the site, Google advertising technologies (including Google AdSense and related services) may set cookies and use local storage to serve personalised or contextual ads. These technologies may also be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and to prevent the same ad from appearing too often. The data collected may include browsing activity across different sites, device identifiers and IP address information. You can manage your advertising preferences through Google’s ad settings or via the consent tool provided.

First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set by this website. Third-party cookies may be set by services we use, such as analytics providers or advertising networks. We do not control the storage practices of third parties; you should review their policies for details. For instance, if you encounter an ad for a book like No-Risk Planet or Stellar Vengeance, the advertising network may use its own cookies to tailor that ad.

Session and Persistent Storage

Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a period determined by the cookie itself. Local storage may also persist until cleared by the user. A persistent cookie might remember your preference for a dark reading mode across visits, while a session cookie keeps you logged in during a single browsing session.

Your Choices

Consent and Withdrawal

Where optional cookies or storage are used, we request your consent before they are placed. You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your preferences through the cookie consent tool available on the site. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The consent tool is accessible from every page, including catalogue entries and reading guides.

Browser Controls

Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies and local storage. You can usually find these settings in the privacy or security section of your browser. Please note that disabling essential storage may impair site functionality. For example, blocking essential cookies may prevent you from accessing certain catalogue features or cause pages to load incorrectly.

Practical Effects of Disabling Storage

If you block all cookies and local storage, certain features of the catalogue may become unavailable. For instance, you may need to log in repeatedly, preferences may not be saved, and some interactive elements may not display correctly. Reading Notes and Context and Discussion pages may still be accessible, but personalised settings like text size or language will not persist.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use storage technologies.

Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or other storage technologies, please contact the Collection Editor at editor@ajuzu.com.