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More work, but another possible solution.
I list the Omnibus as x.y where x is the first book in the omnibus and y is the number of books in the omnibus, then create empty book placeholders for the titles in the omnibus to keep the series order tidy. Those show in a custom color in the library. Where the first book in the omnibus is also the first book in the series, I list as 0.y to list the omnibus before its components. I use a leading zero for collections which contain the first book because I prefer the order to logic.
Anything not listed in red has an actual book file; the rest are reminders.
Thursday Next Omnibus -- Thursday 0.5
The Eyre Affaire -- Thursday 1 [red]
Lost in a Good Book -- Thursday 2 [red]
The Well of Lost Plots -- Thursday 3 [red]
Something Rotten -- Thursday 4 [red]
First Among Sequels -- Thursday 5 [red]
One of Our Thursdays is Missing -- Thursday 6 [Not red, so an actual book file]
The Woman who Died a Lot -- Thursday 7 [red, because it has not been released yet]
Same thing with am intermediate omnibus. Series order 3.6 means books 3 through 6 are in this collection, with placeholders for the intermediate titles.
Yes, I know this overstates the library size, but that's not an issue for me. I'd rather have the separate empty book records and a tidy list. I also use Calibre to track series which are not e-available yet, samples, wish lists, stories in collections or magazines, so the impact of these additional titles is not significant.
Cheers.
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