History Main / DividedForPublication

* Another translation split. The Japanese versions of the {{Honor Harrington}} books are split in two starting with the third or fourth book. Possibly more with [[DoorStopper the later volumes]]

* David Weber's first ''HellsGate'' novel was split into two books, and it seems likely the same will have to happen to his next ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novel, ''A Rising Thunder''.

* ''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]]'' was famously split into three volumes for publication, and in fact to this day is commonly (and erroneously) referred to as a trilogy. It is technically an epic.

* David Weber's first ''HellsGate'' novel was split into two books, and it seems likely the same will have to happen to his next ''HonorHarrington'' novel, ''A Rising Thunder''.

** Zork 1 and Zork 2 are the two halves of the original ''Dungeon,'' with a few details added to each to round them out. Zork 3 was developed ''de novo'' by Infocom.

* TheBible Old Testament books of 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and 2 Kings were originally one book. So were 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, and Ezra (the dividing line between the end of 2 Chronicles and 1 Ezra is in the ''middle of a sentence''). These were split in the Septuagint, with the Vulgate following the same convention, because the scrolls used by those "publishers" couldn't fit the text of the whole book. Making this ExecutiveMeddling that's OlderThanFeudalism.

* TheBible Old Testament books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles were originally one book but were split by the Septuagint and the Vulgate because the scrolls used by those 'publishers' couldn't fit the text of the whole book. Making this ExecutiveMeddling that's OlderThanFeudalism.

* ''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]]'' was famously split into three volumes for publication, and in fact to this day is commonly (and erroneously) referred to as a trilogy. It is technically an epic. (This can be further confused that each "part" is divided into two "books", making six "books" in total. This is using the meaning of "book" as a division of an epic.)

* Ursula Vernon of ''{{Digger}}'' fame had a WebSerialNovel called "Black Dogs" which is making the jump to print in two parts - as of mid-2009, only Part One is out.

* ''[[{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]]'' seems to have taken a page out of ''HarryPotter's'' book and is being split into two parts. As little of significance actually happens in the story, this was [[MoneyDearBoy a purely money-grubbing decision.]]

* [[{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]] seems to have taken a page out of ''HarryPotter's'' book and is being split into two parts. As little of significance actually happens in the story, this was [[MoneyDearBoy a purely money-grubbing decision.]]

** Tad Williams is very good at this. There's a note at the front of ''Shadowrise'' remarking that the quartet was originally meant as a trilogy, and "one of these days I will learn to write a last volume that doesn't need its own zip code."

** Tad Williams is very good at this. There's a note at the front of Shadowrise remarking that the quartet was originally meant as a trilogy, and "one of these days I will learn to write a last volume that doesn't need its own zip code."

* David Weber's first ''HellsGate'' novel was split into two books.

* Charlie Stross's first ''MerchantPrinces'' novel was split into two books.

You've written [[{{Doorstopper}} a long book]]. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Lots of characters]], many PlotThreads, and deep, complex CharacterDevelopment. Your publisher likes it, but unfortunately, you're not a very well-known writer, and readers aren't likely to pick up such a vast novel.

* The 2nd and 3rd ''BacktotheFuture'' movies where supposed to be one long 4-hour movie, but was split into two parts.

* The ''NightsDawn'' trilogy was split into six books for the American release.

* StephenKing's ''TheGreenMile'' was originally published as six separate novellas. Nowadays, most reprints compile all six into one book.

* StephenKing's ''The Green Mile'' was originally published as six separate novellas. Nowadays, most reprints compile all six into one book.