Short answer: At launch, every account - reader, creator, and affiliate - receives transactional emails (such as purchase confirmations, password resets, and similar account-driven messages). Creators and affiliates will also have access to additional notification categories beyond transactional, but those specific categories are still being finalized and will be confirmed before the notification-toggle UI ships.
What counts as a transactional email?
Transactional emails are messages triggered directly by account activity or a deliberate choice you make on the platform. Examples include order confirmations, receipt of a tip or payout notice, password-reset links, and email-address verification messages. Every account type receives these regardless of any notification preferences.
Additional categories for creators and affiliates
Creators and affiliates will have at least one additional notification category beyond transactional - for example, updates relevant to their content or partnership activity. The exact category names and what each one covers are still being finalized. This article will be updated before the notification-toggle UI is available, so you will be able to review and adjust your preferences at that time.
What readers should expect
Readers receive transactional emails at launch. If you have chosen to follow specific novels or creators, notifications related to those follows fall under the transactional category. No separate marketing or platform-update toggle is confirmed for launch at this time.