1. Who We Are
Stearns Brook Press is an independent publishing press based in Milan, New Hampshire, United States.
Our website is https://stearnsbrookpress.com.
2. Scope of This Policy
This policy applies to personal information collected through the website and related communications, forms, requests, and publishing inquiries.
- Visiting or browsing the website
- Completing a contact form or sending email
- Submitting a publishing inquiry or sample material
- Requesting a review copy or media information
- Contacting us about events, orders, rights, or permissions
It does not govern third-party bookstores, retailers, distributors, payment processors, social networks, or other external services.
3. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Name, email address, phone number, or mailing address
- Organization, publication, school, library, role, or professional title
- Inquiry type, subject, and message contents
- Book, manuscript, proposal, biography, publishing-history, and attachment information
- Review, media, event, ordering, or permissions information
Information Collected Automatically
- IP address, browser, device, operating system, and approximate region
- Referring page, pages viewed, date and time, links clicked, and error information
- Cookie or similar technology identifiers
4. How We Use Information
- Operate, maintain, and improve the website
- Respond to correspondence and evaluate publishing inquiries
- Process review-copy, media, event, ordering, rights, and permissions requests
- Maintain business and publishing records
- Understand website use and improve accessibility, performance, and navigation
- Detect spam, fraud, malicious activity, and security threats
- Comply with legal, contractual, accounting, or regulatory duties
7. Manuscripts and Publishing Submissions
Submission materials may be reviewed by authorized press personnel and trusted publishing professionals when reasonably necessary.
Submitting material does not create a confidential, attorney-client, agency, or publishing relationship and does not obligate us to review, respond, publish, or preserve unsolicited physical materials.
Do not include Social Security numbers, complete financial account information, passwords, medical records, or other highly sensitive information.
8. External Websites and Embedded Content
Our website may link to retailers, distributors, author websites, social platforms, event services, review platforms, and embedded media. Those services operate under their own privacy policies.
9. Data Retention
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose collected and for legitimate contractual, legal, accounting, security, and recordkeeping needs.
10. Information Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, but no website, email transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of certain personal information.
Send requests to privacy@stearnsbrookpress.com. We may need to verify your identity.
12. Children’s Privacy
The website is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent.
13. International Visitors
Stearns Brook Press is based in the United States. Information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other locations where service providers operate.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in services, technology, practices, providers, or legal obligations. The revised effective date will appear at the top.
15. Contact Us About Privacy
Stearns Brook PressAttn: Privacy
Milan, New Hampshire
United States