This policy is effective from May 1st, 2020.
Liminal Fiction is an author-driven site that lists speculative fiction books.
We do not police stories for content, good or bad, but we do encourage authors to note when their work may include sensitive or controversial content.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Liminal Fiction uses and protects any information that you give us when you use our website. We appreciate your business and care about your privacy. We only store information from you that is specifically submitted to us. We use a secure server and do not share e-mail addresses or personal information of any kind with outside companies. Your account information is password-protected for your privacy and security.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Data Collection:
We may collect the following information:
Site Users: We do not collect any personal information on you when you visit our website. We only collect the information you provide when you join our email list.
Authors: Contact information including email address, and country, which you provide when you sign up, as well as your author and book listing information
What We Do With the Information We Gather
The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:
–Internal record keeping.
–We periodically send out newsletters, promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
Data Storage and Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages users find useful and which they do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to a user’s computer or any information about the user, other than the data the user chooses to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Indicating Your Consent
When you join our email list, you must explicitly check the box to opt in, and can remove your consent at any time by logging into your account and unsubscribing, by using the unsubscribe link on any email we send you, or by sending your request to us at scott@limfic.com.
Withdrawl of Consent
You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us at scott@limfic.com with the email address that is on file with my site, requesting removal from my list and/or the removal of your data. All customer information will be permanently deleted; to use the web site again, you will be required to re-register.
Right of Erasure
You may request removal of any and all personal data we may have about you at any time by emailing the request to scott@limfic.com.
Requesting Your Information
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of this information, please request it at scott@limfic.com. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Social Media
We operate a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and a blog that may require you to register on your own. Customers will not be added to any of our social media outlets under any circumstances; customers must join or monitor such social accounts on their own. We do not access or appropriate any customer information through social media platforms.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Third Parties
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission or are required by law to do so.
Changes in Policy
We reserve the right to amend this policy at any time, and it will be posted here with the date of revision. If you have any questions about security or privacy issues, please e-mail us at scott@limfic.com.
Usage Policy
Liminal Fiction is a directory service only, not a recommendation service. We list books that have speculative fiction content (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and paranormal), and post the information we receive “as-is”. This information is not warranted or guaranteed in any way, and we cannot be held responsible for failure by any of the books listed herein to meet those claims. Anyone who uses this information agrees to do so solely at their own risk.
We do not screen the authors or books listed here for compliance with federal, state, or local registration, safety, or other legal requirements. The site visitor takes sole responsibility for investigating such compliance themselves.
Liminal Fiction also does not take responsibility for materials or statements listed on third-parties’ linked pages we link to which are not part of the Liminal Fiction site.
Liminal Fiction does not mediate disagreements between authors and readers, and any comments or questions about the content of the listings on this site should be forwarded to the author directly.
Liminal Fiction reserves the right to refuse any listing at our discretion.
Picture Policy
Please only use photos/images for which you have legal rights to use for commercial purposes. Liminal Fiction is covered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but our users are not, and you may be legally responsible for the use of any photos/images for which you do not own the rights. Please don’t hesitate to drop us an email if you have any questions about this: scott@limfic.com.
Removal Policy
Liminal Fiction reserves the right to remove any books which to not meet site standards, including but not limited to the use of bestiality, child pornography, plagiarism, copyright violation, rscism, lack of discernible speculative fiction content, etc. If such an action is taken the author will be notified, and will be warned by email about posting such content in the future.
Liminal Fiction also reserves the right to terminate an author membership without advance notice or refund if the author commits any act that indicates dishonesty or that otherwise could materially injure the site’s reputation. This includes but is not limited to fraud, plagiarism, and aggressive bullying, and is solely at the discretion of the site operators.
Purchases are Final
Once your account has been created, we cannot provide a refund. Accounts are not transferrable between authors.
Turnaround Time
We usually add new members to the directory within 7 business days of receipt of their application and payment.
Listing Text
We provide the form for you to fill out in your own words (including errors). We do not correct author listing errors. We do reserve the right to make changes when needed to protect the integrity of the site.
Special Offers:
Specials, when offered, are applicable to newly listed authors only, unless specifically stated otherwise within the offer.
Listing Renewals:
Hosting for each subsequent year will be billed on an annual basis. For security purposes, we do not keep credit cards on file, and do not auto-renew.
Copyright Claims:
The owner of Liminal Fiction, Mongoose on the Loose Inc., is registered under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We do not knowingly post materials that violate copyright laws. If you are the owner of materials that you believe are improperly posted on the Liminal Fiction site, the safe harbor provision of this law requires that you contact us first and give us the opportunity to remove the offending material, and protects us from liability as long as we do so expeditiously.
To contact us about a claim under DMCA, please send an email to J. Scott Coatsworth at scott@mongooseontheloose.com with the following information:
–The name, address, and electronic signature of the complaining party
–The infringing materials and their Internet location
–Sufficient information to identify the copyrighted works
–A statement by the owner that it has a good faith belief that there is no legal basis for the use of the materials complained of
–A statement of the accuracy of the notice and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on the behalf of the owner
Once we verify your claim, we will remove the material(s) expeditiously.
We do not condone the use of copyrighted materials without permission on the Liminal Fition site. If you are a Liminal Fiction user and you post such materials, please be aware that the DMCA may not protect you individually from liability. Individuals who repeatedly infringe copyrighted material will be removed from our network.
Intellectual Property Rights
The intellectual property for titles listed on LimFic.com remains entirely with the author. We do not sell book(s) and we do not take royalties or otherwise have any rights to the author’s materials, other than the non-exclusive right to distribute eBooks on your behalf as part of our free book bundles, if you decide to opt into them (and only while you are opted in). You may choose to de-list your books at any time.
