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  • Are you the developer of novel? Why was it removed from GitHub? Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 17:52
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    @Gaussler Yes. But I not longer maintain it, hence removed from GitHub. Still works in TeXlive 2024, AFAIK. There was once (maybe still is) a GitHub fork by CTAN user djazz, but I cannot easily find it. Anyone who wishes can duplicate (and change) novel at GitHub, CTAN, or wherever. The license allows that. Understand that the novel code is very cluttered with tricks to deal with situations going back 10 years, now no longer necessary, and confusing. Also, novel permits a few tricks that work on paper, but cannot easily be ported to Ebook. Nowadays, most printers require Ebook also. Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 18:42
  • Yeah, I remember you saying that you were working on a modern reimagination of it, novelette or something. Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 19:09
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    @Gaussler Yes, was going to release novelette last year. But in the intervening time, so much changed in the print-on-demand workflow, that I decided it must be re-done. Currently re-doing it. Hope to post it at GitHub maybe next month. If not problems, might later appear at CTAN. Deliberately waiting until TL 2025 released, in case any changes needed. But novelette is not a revised novel. Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 19:59
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    No, I get that, hence the word “reimagined”, but maybe that's not the right term, either? In any case, really looking forward to playing with it once it arrives! 😊 Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 20:05