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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I understand there are extremes, overlaps, and subjectivity--even with my suggested terms. I'm not foolish enough to expect everyone to be as nitpicky as me with their application. I'd be happy if only people would stop using "stand alone" when they clearly mean "it's not 100% stand alone, but I really want you to consider reading it anyway, so I'm going to stretch the definition further than it should be stretched."
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To be fair, it could be more about their assumptions about what you want in a stand-alone book than try to sucker you into reading a series.
For example, this thread is "Anyone dislike series?" So if someone I knew didn't like to read series, I might recommend a book in a series as one that stands on its own - no previous knowledge required, no dangling threads. If they're just looking for a good story, but don't want to get bogged down in a long series - that book would still suit their needs.
In your comments on this thread, though, it sounds more like you do read series, but don't want to pick up a book in the middle of the series, in case you might later want to read that series.