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The idea is to bundle a minimum of three and a maximum of four, when two later titles are available for bundling, we'd split the collection into two bundles of three.
The aim of cutting superfluous pages (prologues to explain earlier books in a series and black pages that contain the first chapter of the next book in the series) is to keep meaningful content intact whilst also keeping the file size acceptably small so that three or more full titles and their individual covers can be included in a single, quick download with a single new ISBN.
After reading your invaluable comments here, I'm undecided about the word 'omnibus'. Like so many established words, its definition is becoming blurred in the brave new world of internet technology and subsequent language development.
I get the feeling that 'omnibus' is more aptly applied these days to 'completed' series, trilogies and collections of works by authors now in the public domain. These are all relatively new books (none first published over five years ago) and will not necessarily include a 'full' series but those earlier titles that lead up to a latest release in a running series. Some bundles would also nclude earlier stand-alone novels by prolific authors who tend to produce a new title every year. We have several pro authors who do just this.
Your advice on this wee point would be much appreciated, but I'm leaning more toward 'e-bundles' with a brief one-sentence description as to what exactly they are.
Many thanks, folks. As always your input is like striking gold in a maze of dark and confusing mine tunnels. Best wishes and happy July 4 to all friends on the far shores of the Shining Big Sea Water. Neil et al
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