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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I think besides series or stand-alone we need a 3rd term to describe the type of book that makes sense on its own, but has connections to or could spoil other books if you read it first.
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I agree.
That's part of a story verse that has developing characters and a timeline but can be read first or out of order. Perhaps only mild spoilers.
Wheel of Time comes to mind as something that is really just one long book, hardly even a series. The fact it might have been better as 4 to 6 books and the author died before finishing it are separate issues.
With POD paper and also eBooks it's irresponsible now for a publisher to have parts of a series unavailable. Though obviously more complicated if the publisher has changed.