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Old novels, set for a screen you can write on.

Public domain novels typeset page by page for an e-ink tablet: a fixed page of 157 x 210 mm, 13 pt serif and a linked table of contents. Two titles today, 4.90 € each.

For the same tablets: 10 free nonogram puzzles to try, and more free printables.

  • The text is complete and unchanged, checked chapter by chapter against the source word for word.
  • Every title comes in three page sizes: e-ink 157 x 210 mm, A4 and US Letter, all in the one price.
  • A free sample of the first three chapters, so the typesetting can be tried on your device before you pay.
Cover of the ARLing e-ink edition of Ben-Hur: a painted chariot race in a Roman circus Cover of the ARLing e-ink edition of The Count of Monte Cristo: a cloaked figure on a cliff above an evening sea
The two covers of the series. Each cover is an AI-generated picture commissioned by the publisher; every other page is typeset by our own program.

Two titles, 4.90 € each.

Each title has its own page with the price, the free sample and a real page out of the file.

  • Cover of Ben-Hur

    Lew Wallace, 1880

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    The complete novel in one file of 786 pages: the cover on page 1, then all eight books and 81 chapters, with the author's dedication and his three footnotes. 876 links counted in the finished file, none of the links broken.

    786 pages · e-ink, A4 and US Letter PDF · 4.90 €

    See Ben-Hur and its price Free sample

  • Cover of The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas, 1846 translation

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    The full novel in the five volumes of the source text, 1870 pages and 117 chapters, each volume with its cover on page 1 and its own linked contents. 1998 links counted in the finished files, none of the links broken.

    1870 pages in five volumes · e-ink, A4 and US Letter PDF · 4.90 €

    See Monte Cristo and its price Free sample

The same setup in every title.

Both pictures are real pages out of the e-ink files, not mockups.

Page 12 of the Ben-Hur e-ink file: the running head Chapter I and Into the Desert, the chapter title and the opening paragraphs in serif type
Ben-Hur, page 12 of the e-ink file. The chapter opening and the running head.
Page 7 of volume 1 of The Count of Monte Cristo in the e-ink file: the running head Chapter 1 and Marseilles, the Arrival, and the text in serif type with the ship Pharaon in italics
The Count of Monte Cristo, page 7 of volume 1. The same text block, the same page size.

The page is 157 x 210 mm, the 3:4 proportion of a large e-ink screen, with a text block of 139 x 194 mm. The text is 13 pt serif, 27 lines to a page, with no hyphenation, so a line break never falls inside a word. Nothing on the page is smaller than 10 pt.

Page 1 of every file is the cover. The cover is an AI-generated picture commissioned by the publisher; every other page is typeset by our own program. Under the text sit the Contents link and the page number. From any page you are two taps from any chapter. The A4 and US Letter files hold the same text block centred on the sheet, so the pages, the page order and the links are identical in all three.

The text comes from a public domain transcription and is reproduced unchanged. Only the line breaks were reflowed for the page, placeholders left by old illustrations removed, and italics restored where the transcription marks them. Every chapter is compared with the source word for word by the check script before a title is published.

No physical device has been tested.

Pages, chapters, links, link targets and type sizes are all measured in the finished PDF by our check script. What we have not done is open these files on a reMarkable, a Kindle Scribe, a Boox or a Supernote. Nobody here owns one. That is why every title has a free sample with the same page size and the same kind of links: try it on your device before you pay.

Before you buy.

What makes these different from a free EPUB?

The same texts are free as EPUB from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. These are PDFs set for a fixed e-ink page: 13 pt serif, 27 lines to a page, no hyphenation, page numbers, a linked table of contents and a Contents link on every page. If a reflowing EPUB suits you better, take the free one.

Which devices are they made for?

The e-ink files are 157 x 210 mm, the 3:4 proportion of the reMarkable 2, reMarkable Paper Pro, Kindle Scribe, Boox Note Air and Supernote A5 X2. We have not opened them on a physical device, which is why every title has a free sample of the first three chapters.

Is the text complete?

Yes. The text is reproduced unchanged from a public domain transcription and the check script compares every chapter with the source word for word. Only the line breaks were reflowed for the page and italics restored where the transcription marks them.

What does a title cost?

4.90 € with VAT included, one payment, whichever title. The same price on Etsy. Buying here leaves more of it with us, because Stripe keeps 1.5 percent plus 0.25 € and Etsy about 10 percent.

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Publisher
ARLing s. r. o., Ivanská cesta 32E, 821 04 Bratislava, Slovakia. Company ID 56583486, VAT ID SK2122352100.
Who makes it
Andrej in Bratislava looks after the products and the support and answers at support@arling.sk. Our own program typesets every page; the covers are commissioned and disclosed.
Payment and delivery
The seller (merchant of record) is Link (Sold through Link, LLC) through the Stripe Managed Payments service; ARLing s. r. o. supplies the product. At checkout you will see “Sold through Link”, your bank statement will show LINK.COM* ARLING, and Link sends you the receipt. Your download links appear on the product page as soon as Stripe confirms the payment, and the same links are sent by e-mail to the address you paid with. There is no account to make.
Sample and terms
Every title has a full free sample before you pay. You can withdraw within 14 days without giving a reason (our terms, section 5). Terms, withdrawal and privacy are public.

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