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I'm perfectly OK with most types of "series", but I rather detest "serials" except when distributed complete in a single volume.
I've read a number of series that worked well (e.g. the Lord Peter Whimsey series, the Sherlock Holmes stories, ...), even when it is best to read them in order. As long as each is complete in and of itself, I'm OK with their being a series.
When you have to read the whole set to get to the single conclusion then its a "serial", and it must be complete in a single volume or I won't read any of it. I had enough of the "tune in next week for the next exciting chapter..." long ago in early childhood.
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