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* Manga/AttackOnTitan is receiving a "[DoorStopper Colossal Edition]" that compiles the first five volumes of the manga and is to be released on May 27 2014 .

* {{Negima}} is being re-released in Omnibuses in North America with a new translation job, in order to replace the first 21 volumes which had varying levels of dubious quality.

* Manga/AttackOnTitan is receiving a "Colossal Edition" that compiles the first five volumes of the manga and is to be released on May 27 2014 .

* Viz has compiled Manga/DragonBall Z and Manga/RurouniKenshin into "Viz Big" editions that contain three or four volumes each. Likewise, OnePiece has also received this treatment, but isn't under the Viz Big name.

* {{Negima}} is being re-released in Omnibuses in North America with a new translation job, in order to replace the first 21 volumes which had varying levels of dubious quality.

* The 12 ThievesWorld books have been combined into 4 collections: ''Sanctuary'', ''Cross-Currents'', ''The Shattered Sphere'' and ''The Price of Victory''.
* LloydAlexander's five Prydain books were joined into ''ThePrydainChronicles''.
* Harper Collins has published several one volume compilations of the seven ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' books.

* ''Lord Peter'', a collection of DorothyLSayers' short stories starring LordPeterWimsey published in 1986.
* The CiaphasCain omnibusses demonstrate the kind of exaggerated propaganda Cain is used for: a commissar with bulging muscles standing triumphantly AtopAMountainOfCorpses [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Hero-of-the-Imperium.html with an unbelievably smug grin]], [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Defender-of-the-Imperium.html or with]] a BladeAboveTheShoulder and a smoking HandCannon. Note that Cain is tall but not particularly bulky, and prefers a smaller and more accurate laspistol to the monstrous bolt pistol he's shown with.

* ''HalfLife 1 Anthology'', a compendium of Half-Life games on the "GoldSrc" engine (up to ''Half-Life 2'', which was made in Source).

An {{Omnibus}} (Latin for "for all") is usually several novels/issues collected in a single volume. In most cases, each installment had been published in some form, either as a standalone work, or as a part of another collection. Omnibuses are often published as a way to earn more money, or to release out-of-print installments. Another occasion is for a milestone, like the anniversary of a work or for the release of the last installment in a series. The publishing industry sometimes refers to these as "bind-ups".

* Many of the older BuffyTheVampireSlayer comics have been published in omnibus form, as have many Series/{{Angel}} ones. Ditto the early Buffy tie-in novels.

* Creator/DarkHorseComics has started doing this with many manga series, including [[Manga/{{Chobits}} several]] {{CLAMP}} works.

* Viz has compiled DragonBallZ and RurouniKenshin into "Viz Big" editions that contain three or four volumes each. Likewise, OnePiece has also received this treatment, but isn't under the Viz Big name.

* Comics in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse have been getting combined into books much larger than graphic novel. They're each called an "Omnibus", and contain two to three arcs, each composed of four comics. This started with the XWingSeries, which has a total of three omnibuses.

* Many of the older BuffyTheVampireSlayer comics have been published in omnibus form, as have many {{Angel}} ones. Ditto the early Buffy tie-in novels.

* Many ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' and ''{{Warhammer}}'' novels series are reissued in omnibus form, each omnibus typically containing three novels. The GotrekAndFelix, ''GauntsGhosts'', Shira Calpurnia, and various Space Marine novels have received this treatment.

* ''CommandAndConquer: The First Decade'' contains every game and expansion in the series up to Generals/Zero Hour, except for Sole Survivor.

* Many ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' and ''{{Warhammer}}'' novels series are reissued in omnibus form, each omnibus typically containing three novels. The GotrekAndFelix, ''GauntsGhosts'', Shira Calpurnia, and various Space Marine novels have received this treatment.

* ''The Big Book of Amber'' reprints all ten ''{{Amber}}'' novels in a single volume.

Related to {{Anthology}}. Compare CompilationMovie. Contrast MultiVolumeWork.

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[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
* There's an Manga/AzumangaDaioh omnibus that compiles the entire series into a single volume. [[DoorStopper It's around 700 pages long]].
* Viz has compiled DragonBallZ and RurouniKenshin into "Viz Big" editions that contain three or four volumes each. Likewise, OnePiece has also received this treatment, but isn't under the Viz Big name.
* DarkHorseComics has started doing this with many manga series, including [[{{Chobits}} several]] {{CLAMP}} works.
* {{Negima}} is being re-released in Omnibuses in North America with a new translation job, in order to replace the first 21 volumes which had varying levels of dubious quality.

[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* Comics in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse have been getting combined into books much larger than graphic novel. They're each called an "Omnibus", and contain two to three arcs, each composed of four comics. This started with the XWingSeries, which has a total of three omnibuses.
* Comic books in general nowadays tend to be collected in Trade Paperback editions collecting a story arc; hence WritingForTheTrade.
** Marvel and DC also put out "Essential" and "Showcase" editions of older comics: phone book-sized books in black and white collecting a larger series at a time, usually 20 issues or more. Plus the "absolute" editions, which are in color on high quality paper, usually with extras.

* The original ''Official Handbook of the MarvelUniverse'' comics have been compiled into paperback books.
* The first seven ''DangerGirl'' comics were reprinted in a paperback book.
* ''{{Bone}}'' was initially published as individual issues, which were collected into nine trade paperbacks... which were then republished as the One Volume Edition. It's a 1300-page tome.
* ''ElfQuest'' was at one point collected into a single limited-edition volume containing the original 20-part series - a mere 652 pages. (Strictly speaking a compilation of compilations, collecting 4 volumes containing 5 parts each.)
* Many of the older {{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}} comics have been published in omnibus form, as have many {{Angel}} ones. Ditto the early Buffy tie-in novels.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Most of the {{Dragaera}} novels have been reprinted in omnibus editions, with two or three novels to a book.
* The Literature/VorkosiganSaga also has a number of omnibuses; [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming all of them have "Miles" in the title]] after the primary series protagonist except for ''Cordelia's Honor'', which collects the novels where Cordelia is the protagonist. ''Memory'' -- the capstone novel of the series -- remains in print separately despite the fact that the two novels after it have already been collected as ''Miles in Love''.
* The SectorGeneral books have been collected into four omnibus editions of three novels each. Confusingly, the novels themselves are mostly PatchworkStories pieced together out of shorter works.
* ''The Big Book of Amber'' reprints all ten ''{{Amber}}'' novels in a single volume.
* The three Literature/LordDarcy books (''Murder and Magic'', ''Too Many Magicians'' and ''Lord Darcy Investigates'') were made into one book entitled ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Darcy_(omnibus) Lord Darcy]]''.
* The 12 ThievesWorld books have been combined into 4 collections: ''Sanctuary'', ''Cross-Currents'', ''The Shattered Sphere'' and ''The Price of Victory''.
* LloydAlexander's five Prydain books were joined into ''ThePrydainChronicles''.
* Harper Collins has published several one volume compilations of the seven ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' books.
* The "Invasion" series of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels.
* ''Lord Peter'', a collection of DorothyLSayers' short stories starring LordPeterWimsey published in 1986.
* The CiaphasCain omnibusses demonstrate the kind of exaggerated propaganda Cain is used for: a commissar with bulging muscles standing triumphantly AtopAMountainOfCorpses [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Hero-of-the-Imperium.html with an unbelievably smug grin]], [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Defender-of-the-Imperium.html or with]] a BladeAboveTheShoulder and a smoking HandCannon. Note that Cain is tall but not particularly bulky, and prefers a smaller and more accurate laspistol to the monstrous bolt pistol he's shown with.

* ''HalfLife 1 Anthology'', a compendium of Half-Life games on the "GoldSrc" engine (up to ''Half-Life 2'', which was made in Source).

* The VorkosiganSaga also has a number of omnibuses; [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming all of them have "Miles" in the title]] after the primary series protagonist except for ''Cordelia's Honor'', which collects the novels where Cordelia is the protagonist. ''Memory'' -- the capstone novel of the series -- remains in print separately despite the fact that the two novels after it have already been collected as ''Miles in Love''.

* The "Invasion" series of ''StarTrek'' novels.

* There's an AzumangaDaioh omnibus that compiles the entire series into a single volume. [[DoorStopper It's around 700 pages long]].

* Many ''Warhammer40000'' and ''{{Warhammer}}'' novels series are reissued in omnibus form, each omnibus typically containing three novels. The GotrekAndFelix, ''GauntsGhosts'', Shira Calpurnia, and various Space Marine novels have received this treatment.

* DorothyParker lives on almost entirely in various omnibus versions of her poetry and short story collections, originally created to entertain servicemen during WWII. The best known of her omnibuses are ''The Portable Dorothy Parker'' and ''The Collected Dorothy Parker''.

* The CiaphasCain omnibusses demonstrate the kind of exaggerated propaganda Cain is used for: a commissar with bulging muscles standing triumphantly AtopAMountainOfCorpses [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Hero-of-the-Imperium.html with an unbelievably smug grin]], [[http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Defender-of-the-Imperium.html or with]] a BladeAboveTheShoulder and a smoking ReallyBigGun. Note that Cain is tall but not particularly bulky, and prefers a smaller and more accurate laspistol to the monstrous bolt pistol he's shown with.

* The three LordDarcy books (''Murder and Magic'', ''Too Many Magicians'' and ''Lord Darcy Investigates'') were made into one book entitled ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Darcy_(omnibus) Lord Darcy]]''.

An {{Omnibus}} is usually several novels/issues collected in a single volume. In most cases, each installment had been published in some form, either as a standalone work, or as a part of another collection. Omnibuses are often published as a way to earn more money, or to release out-of-print installments. Another occasion is for a milestone, like the anniversary of a work or for the release of the last installment in a series. The publishing industry sometimes refers to these as "bind-ups".

An {{Omnibus}} is usually several novels/issues collected in a single volume. In most cases, each installment had been published in some form, either as a standalone work, or as a part of another collection. Omnibuses are often published as a way to earn more money, or to release out-of-print installments. Another occasion is for a milestone, like the anniversary of a work or for the release of the last installment in a series.

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