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Originally Posted by LadyKate
Perhaps it is my age, but I understand the box set. In the 80s and 90s it was common to buy a "box set" of paperbacks. There would be a number of paperbacks in a lightweight cardboard box. (the image at this link is of a paperback box set https://store.scholastic.com/Books/B...r-Book-Box-Set )
It has carried over to ebooks where unless it is a set of a certain number of ebooks it should be named omnibus.
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It's a pet peeve mostly becouse I think of separate books sold as a set when I read 'box set' (such as the Delphi Parts Editions or the Humble, Story & Baen Bundles) not an all in one (e)book.