What Are Cookies
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Where analytics cookies are enabled, we use first-party analytics to understand how visitors interact with the catalogue — for example, which pages are most frequently read, how users navigate between categories such as Adventure Picaresque Fiction or Science Fiction Utopias, and which ebook editions like The Lone Ranger Rides — Context and Discussion or Mollie's Prince: A Novel — Reading Notes attract interest. This information helps us improve the site’s structure and content. Analytics cookies are set only with your consent and may be either session or persistent.
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Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact the editor at editor@eigof.com.