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When talking about a "doorstopper series", the series in question is likely to involve [[Heroic Fantasy|great battles between good and evil]], a [[Chosen One]] and [[MacGuffin|mysterious jewelry]]. It is a doorstopper series if, and only if, every actual book in the series is a '''Doorstopper'''.

Oftentimes, publishers will turn an ordinary trilogy, tetralogy, or series into one huge book. This is not strictly a '''Doorstopper''' but an "[[Omnibus]]". These books, though, can invariably be used to stop doors, press flowers, act as fake gold in a bank robbery, or crush small children. These are sometimes for the convenience of fans of the series. Other times, with very long series or ones where the order almost doesn't matter, it's to sell volumes that don't sell anywhere near as well as the most popular books in the series.

Oftentimes, publishers will turn an ordinary trilogy, tetralogy, or series into one huge book. This is not strictly a '''Doorstopper''' but an "[[Omnibus]]". These books, though, can invariably be used to stop doors, press flowers, act as fake gold in a bank robbery, or crush small children. These are sometimes for the convenience of fans of the series.<ref>The compiling of the work is the convenience, not the ability to crush small children &c.</ref>. Other times, with very long series or ones where the order almost doesn't matter, it's to sell volumes that don't sell anywhere near as well as the most popular books in the series.

Can and will cause massive muscle fatigue when reading while holding the book in your hands. Can also cause the text to disappear into the center fold or the book to rip apart halfway through reading.