Your stories stay yours.
Pagewillow is a personal reading beta. This page describes the account features available in this version. Updated 11 November 2026.
Google sign-in
Google and Firebase Authentication handle sign-in. Pagewillow receives your Google account identifier, name, email address, and profile information. Pagewillow does not receive or store your Google password.
Your private reading data
Your books, reading progress, journal entries, grove, garden leaves, and Pagewillow profile are saved in a private account record in Cloud Firestore in Sydney, Australia. Access rules are designed to restrict that record to its signed-in owner. Your journal is private. If you choose a username, your chosen display name, username and profile picture can be found by another signed-in reader who enters your exact username. Accepted friends can see your bio and grove, plus only the books and reviews you explicitly choose in Manage sharing. Quotes, reflections and private review notes are never included. Removing a friend or blocking them revokes future grove access; it cannot recall content already seen or copied.
Usernames and profile pictures
Usernames are case-insensitive and permanently reserved, including after account deletion, to prevent reuse and impersonation. The reservation retains the username and an account identifier, with no email or journal contents. Uploaded profile pictures are cropped and resized on your device, then stored with your account and, if you enable Friends, your discoverable social profile. You can remove or replace your picture in Profile.
Saving on your device
Firebase keeps sign-in information in your browser. Pagewillow keeps an account-scoped draft so an interrupted cloud save can be recovered. Signing out clears the current account’s draft. Any older demo data stays on the original browser until you choose to remove it; it is not automatically uploaded. You can choose to import your old books, notes, and profile.
Blocking and reports
You can block or report another reader from Friend options. Blocks prevent new requests and shared grove access in both directions. Reports contain the reporter and target account identifiers, selected reason, and any details you provide. They are private records available for review by the Pagewillow project owner through the backend console, with no automatic moderation or guaranteed response time. Reports you submitted are deleted when you delete your account.
Other services
Book searches are sent to Open Library, and cover images load from its cover service. Fonts load from Google Fonts. Firebase and Google handle authentication and cloud storage under their own privacy terms. No advertising or analytics SDK is added by Pagewillow.
Export and deletion
Open your profile to export your reading data. Under Account & cloud saves, you can delete your Pagewillow account and its cloud journal after confirming with Google. This deletes the Pagewillow account, not your Google account. Shared grove content, social profile, friend connections and blocks are removed. Your username reservation remains to prevent reuse. Downloaded backups and older browser demo data remain in your possession. Deleting the active account record does not control service-provider logs or retention under Google’s policies.
Beta limits
Cloud storage has size and usage limits. An unsaved or conflict indicator means a change has not yet reached the cloud. Keep an exported backup of anything important. There are no paid seed purchases, public rankings, or public review feeds in this version; chosen reviews can be shared with accepted friends.