History Main / DoubleSidedBook

* Creator/{{Disney}} has a series of books called "My Side of the Story", where one of its films [[RashomonStyle is told from different points of view]]; one side of the book is for the hero, and the other side is for the villain, with the story ending in the middle. These include ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (Snow White and Queen Grimhilde), ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' (Cinderella and Lady Tremaine), ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' (Peter Pan and Captain Hook), ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' (Princess Aurora and Maleficent), ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' (The Puppies and Cruella De Vil), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' (Ariel and Ursula).

* During Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra, the company's souvenir programs were divided in two parts printed upside-down from each other, with one half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]'' and the other half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Thursday Night SmackDown]]''.

* During Wrestling/WWE's Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra, the company's souvenir programs were divided in two parts printed upside-down from each other, with one half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]'' and the other half showing the roster of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Thursday Night SmackDown]]''.

A book with two different stories -- you read one side, then flip the book over and read the other one. The technical name for this type of book is tête-bêche; it is sometimes improperly called dos-à-dos, which properly refers to an even stranger book style that has two spines.

Related to UnconventionalFormatting (when words are arranged on the page in unusual or confusing ways), just in a whole-book scale. Compare PageTurnSurprise (A {{cliffhanger}}'s resolution is on the next page.).

* ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'':

* UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}}: Copies of the Ginza Rba—the primary religious scripture of the Mandeans—are typically divided into two sections, the Left and Right Ginza, which are printed upside-down from each other.

* Copies of the Ginza Rba — the primary religious scripture of the Mandeans — are typically like this. The Ginza Rba is divided into two sections, the Left and Right Ginza, which are printed upside-down from each other.

Related to UnconventionalFormatting (when words are arranged on the page in unusual or confusing ways), just in a whole-book scale.

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* ''Series/{{Ghostwriter}}'': One of the books (and possibly more) was this: Each side of the book told the story from a different character's viewpoint.

* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': In the Summer Special 1994, one side was "The Genesis of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]"; a transcript of Creator/WilliamHartnell's ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'' interview; an interview with Virginia Wetherall (Dyoni in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]"); articles about the show's origins and the original title sequence; a fact file on "An Unearthly Child" (or "100,000 BC", as ''DWM'' insisted on calling it at the time); and a comic strip featuring First, Vicki and Steven. The other side was "The Destiny of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]"; interviews with Creator/SylvesterMcCoy and Creator/LisaBowerman (not yet Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, but Karra in "Survival"); articles about eighties visual effects and the [=McCoy=] title sequence; a fact file on "Survival"; and a comic strip featuring Seventh and Benny that was a direct sequel to the First Doctor one.

* The last issue of the anthology ''[=FantaSci=]'', published by Apple Comics, was labeled "An Apple Turnover", with one story on each side, and a centerfold picture of an EldritchAbomination that looked equally horrible either way up.

* After ''Film/{{Borat}}'' came out, a double-sided book was released, supposedly written by the titular character. One side was titled "Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A." and the other side was "Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". They were both, of course, riddled with broken English and glaring factual errors, as per the usual for Borat.

* One of the ''Series/{{Ghostwriter}}'' books (and possibly more) was this: Each side of the book told the story from a different character's viewpoint.

* Ace Books used the format in their Ace Doubles series from the late 1950s through to the early 1970s. Most of the Ace Doubles comprised one book by an established author and one by a relative unknown, in an attempt to boost the unknowns' recognition. It's also worth noting that because of the Doubles' fixed page lengths (usually between 256 and 320 pages) novels often had to be abridged to fit.
* This is also the format of the large-format ''Creator/MontyPython's Life of Brian / Montypythonscrapbook''.
* ''Literature/TheGreatSnapeDebate'', published just before the last ''Literature/{{Harry Potter|and the Deathly Hallows}}'' novel offered the evidence for and against Severus Snape, with each half listing the arguments for one side, with some editions instead going for the more traditional single-sided look.

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* Manga anthology magazine ''Yen Plus'' works like this, but slightly different from the usual; manhwa and OEL manga (which read left to right) are on one side, manga (reading right to left) on the other.
* ''Bugs Bunny & Co.'', a German mag in the 90s printing comics based on ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' and its {{Spin Off}}s, did this in its twilight years.
* Many, many equipment manuals with English on one side and Spanish or French on the other.
* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' Summer Special 1994: One side was "The Genesis of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]"; a transcript of Creator/WilliamHartnell's ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'' interview; an interview with Virginia Wetherall (Dyoni in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]"); articles about the show's origins and the original title sequence; a fact file on "An Unearthly Child" (or "100,000 BC", as ''DWM'' insisted on calling it at the time); and a comic strip featuring First, Vicki and Steven. The other side was "The Destiny of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]"; interviews with Creator/SylvesterMcCoy and Creator/LisaBowerman (not yet Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, but Karra in "Survival"); articles about eighties visual effects and the [=McCoy=] title sequence; a fact file on "Survival"; and a comic strip featuring Seventh and Benny that was a direct sequel to the First Doctor one.
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* The StrategyGuide for ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame''. One side is the "Realistic" version for [=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, and PC, and the other is the "Stylistic" version for Wii and [=PlayStation=] 2.

** The first issue of includes two stories, flipped 180 degrees from each other. One story featured Youngblood's "Home Team", which dealt with domestic threats, while the other featured the "Away Team", which dealt with international threats.

* One of the tie-in picture books for ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' worked this way: one side, ''Anna's Act of Love'', told the story from her first-person point-of-view, while the second, ''Elsa's Icy Magic'', did the same from her sister's POV.
* One of the tie-in books for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' is titled ''Joy's Greatest Joy/Simply Sadness'', where both Joy and Sadness share their favorite memories of Riley. The two stories meet in the middle when the two emotions settle on the day of Riley's big playoff game as their favorite memory. For Sadness, it was because Riley missed the winning shot, felt awful and wanted to quit, but her parents cheered her up by listening to her and telling her about they times they lost as well. For Joy, it was because Riley's hockey team congratulated Riley for doing her best and Riley's parents ordered pizza for lunch.

* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' Summer Special 1994: One side was "The Genesis of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "An Unearthly Child"; a transcript of Creator/WilliamHartnell's ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'' interview; an interview with Virginia Wetherall (Dyoni in "The Daleks"); articles about the show's origins and the original title sequence; a fact file on "An Unearthly Child" (or "100,000 BC", as ''DWM'' insisted on calling it at the time); and a comic strip featuring First, Vicki and Steven. The other side was "The Destiny of Doctor Who", with a cover picture from the VHS release of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]"; interviews with Creator/SylvesterMcCoy and Creator/LisaBowerman (not yet Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, but Karra in "Survival"); articles about eighties visual effects and the [=McCoy=] title sequence; a fact file on "Survival"; and a comic strip featuring Seventh and Benny that was a direct sequel to the First Doctor one.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' Classic's "Double Adventures" were like this. Each book had two mini-adventures, printed upside down to each other.

* One of the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch relaunch]] books, called ''Fearful Symmetry''. The dualism implied was covering both one woman (Iliana Ghemor) who was surgically altered and sent into deep cover as another woman (Kira Nerys), and their mirror-universe counterparts.

* ''Literature/MrAndMrsS0mith'': The upside-down version only had the initial chapter in which they meet from alternating points of view.