I prefer omnibuses when the alternative is a serialized novel. Prime example: "The Wool Onmibus". In this case (an many others) the omnibus is really just the complete novel, when the original publications were just bits and pieces, ... snippets of the entire story.
I said "prefer" above. Actually that is too nice a word. I will not buy a serialized novel in pieces (not intentionally anyway), no matter how good it is. So the so-called "omnibus" is the ONLY way that I'll buy it.
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