How to make novel series boxset in indesign

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I can't find help on this anywhere.I want to make a boxset of series novels. I did this before by pulling all final files into Scrivener, and compiling those as one document/book, then importing/placing it into a new ID template.Problem is, the books I'm working on have been updated in ID, and the final files are now ID files.I tried using the move pages, and get an error with ebookexport and section plugins.I tried using the book template, and using the plus to add them as documents with the same result.I looked for those plugins, but couldn't find them.Notably, I am using the last 19 version of ID, because the 2025 versions kept crashing and no one could figure out how to help me. Nothing worked. So I rolled back to 19 and it stopped crashing. Problem is, I have some files created in 2025 version and have had to save them as 2024 version to get to them again, and now, this problem with combining books files into a series boxset.Is there some trick to this I haven't found?

James Gifford—NitroPress · Answer

Your difficulty may be that you're looking for information on the wrong thing.

To the best of my knowledge, and after a quick search to check, a "box set" is multiple books, published in matching style, usually encased in a slipcover. There would be no reason to do anything special in InDesign except make sure each volume is published to the same size and format.

What you seem to be asking is how to create a combined or omnibus edition, with two or three or more books in one volume — a collected work, in one cover. In that case, RT has given you the correct answer: you create an Indesign Book, and add each component file (complete book, chapter, section, whatever) to it in order. You then manage the Book as a single element, including for TOC, index, export to PDF, etc.

Maybe the latter is called a "box set" somewhere. But it's not a common usage and it won't lead you to useful information for what seems to be your goal.

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