Archipleago did nobody a favor by publishing a 1,500-page novel (My Struggle, Book 6)

I couldn't read Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle, Book 6 - and that has nothing to do w/ KOK's writing. I couldn't read it because of the publisher's decision to publish Book 6 as a single bound volume. KOK has been a godsend for the publisher Archipelago, a nonprofit publishing venture that I would guess picked up English-language rights to My Struggle for a pittance, never dreaming that a 6-volume autofiction by a to-that-point unknown Norwegian, middle-aged, male writer could become a best selling literary phenomenon. Well, I've read through the first 5 volumes and am completely taken up by KOK's writing, insights, honesty, wit, and intelligence; My Struggle is really one of the great books of the century (so far). Each of the first five volumes was roughly 600 pp., pretty substantial, but completely captivating start to finish. Archipelago has done a handsome hardcover edition of each of the volumes; I really like their unusual, almost squared-up page format, 6" x 7 1/2" by my rough measure. And now here comes the concluding and much-anticipated Book 6, clocking in at 1150 pp. OK, I'm still up for reading it - but how could Archipelago possibly expect any reader to manage a single volume of that size (and shape): 4 inches thick, and weighing approximately 4 lbs. Sorry, my wrists literally cannot handle that. Why not publish Book 6 as two parts, issued simultaneously (as was common in the pre-paperback days and we still see occasionally for the pb editions of various Russian classics)? It's as if they're defying anyone to even attempt to read this novel - what a disservice to their prize author! (Admittedly, maybe something in the contract bound them to single-volume editions?) So I reverted to an ebook (I'd read one of the first 5 volumes by ebook as well) - thanks, Prime, for making it nearly impossible to download the complete book after reading the "sample" - and, yes, it's fine, and I'm OK w/ making notes and highlighting passages on the tablet - which of course I couldn't do at all w/ the library copy I had - and yes I am captivated once again and can hardly wait to get back to my reading. There will be enough days ahead to post on the contents of this novel, but had to give my rant here: Archipelago did nobody a favor by publishing an unreadable 1,500-page hardcover edition of this novel.