Template:Infobox book

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This template is used to present a consistently formatted table for use in articles about books.

Usage

name

Author	author
Audio read by	audio_read_by
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Published	published
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Publication place	pub_place
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	123456789X
OCLC	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
LCCN	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
notes

{{Infobox book
| italic title      = <!-- (see above) -->
| name              = 
| image             = 
| image_size        = 
| border            = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| author            = 
| audio_read_by     = 
| title_orig        = 
| orig_lang_code    = 
| title_working     = 
| translator        = 
| illustrator       = 
| cover_artist      = 
| language          = 
| series            = 
| release_number    = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = 
| set_in            = <!-- or use set_on to change the label to "Set on" -->
| publisher         = 
| publisher2        = 
| pub_date          = 
| pub_place         = 
| published         = 
| media_type        = 
| pages             = 
| awards            = 
| isbn              = 
| isbn_note         = 
| oclc              = 
| dewey             = 
| congress          = 
| preceded_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| followed_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| notes             = 
| exclude_cover     = 
| website           = 
| module            = 
}}

Parameters

• Parameters can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
• Wikilinks can be used in any of the infobox fields.

name

Book name or title. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from the page where this infobox is invoked.

image

Image (prefer 1st edition where permitted), use bare filename: Example.jpg

image_size

Uses image size set by user (default 220px). Use a number to override image size.

border

Inserting yes here will result in a 1px grey border around the image, useful for instances where the image and the background will blend together (such as a book cover with a white background). If no border is necessary, this parameter should not be used. Note: does not apply if |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg|border=yes]])

caption

Image caption (should describe the edition used)

alt

Image alternate text

editor/editors

Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies

author/authors

Author(s)

audio_read_by

For audiobooks

title_orig

Original title, if not in English;

orig_lang_code

ISO 639 code of original language, required if using |title_orig=

working_title

Working title, when different from published title

translator

Translator(s), if original not in English

illustrator

Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)

cover_artist

Cover artist, if any

language

Language of original book. Do not link unless it is an unusual language.

series

Series (if any)

release_number

The "release number" of a book within the "series" (also would be called a "volume") – n.b. only relevant for an article where "series" is populated

subject/subjects

(for non-fiction) A word or phrase that captures the essence of the topic of the work. Should not generally be combined with genre/genres (i. e., cooking as the subject or cookbook as the genre, but not both).

genre/genres

Literary genre. Use {{hlist}} for sorting multiple entries. Should not generally be combined with subject/subjects (i. e., cooking as the subject or cookbook as the genre, but not both). Should be both specific (e. g., memoir rather than nonfiction) and reliably sourced.

set_in

can be both time and place as story setting. No need to create long lists. Use approximate dates/places if it is not clearly specified in the text.

set_on

overrides |set_in=, and changes the label to "Set on". For use with planets and other locations where "on" is more appropriate.

publisher

Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also |publisher2= for additional publishers.

pub_date

Date published (1st edition)

pub_place

Place of original publication

published

Alternate parameter, using the following composite format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition

Note: |published= is acceptable, but no longer preferred to |publisher= and |pub_date=, which have been restored to common usage. No consensus has yet been reached regarding the migration of infoboxes to a common format, and none should be "fixed" one way or the other en masse until such consensus is reached.

media_type

Print / Digital (then binding types etc., if relevant)

pages

Pages (prefer 1st edition, specify edition as needed)

award/awards

Awards(s) the book has won

isbn

(prefer ISBN of 1st edition). Format: "1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "978-1-234-56789-0" (13-digit). If the book has a standard book number (9 digits) add a "0" to the beginning of the number. Do not change a 10-digit to a 13-digit ISBN by prefixing a "978" by hand, because the last digit is a calculated check digit, which will be wrong. Similarly, do not remove "978-" from a 13-digit ISBN to make a 10-digit ISBN. If the book was published before the use of ISBN, do not include this parameter. If the 13-digit number you have does not start with "978", "979-10", or "979-11", then it is not an ISBN and should not be used in this parameter. Change spaces in the ISBN to hyphens. The rules for hyphenating an ISBN are complex (currently 29 pages). Do not add spaces or hyphens to an unformatted ISBN which are likely to be wrong if you are guessing. However the "978" prefix of a 13-digit ISBN is always separated by a hyphen and the check digit – the last character – is always separated by a hyphen. The last character of a 10-character ISBN may be an "X". In such case, use the uppercase "X" character, not any alternate character. Do not put "ISBN" in front of the number. ISBNs are checked for validity; articles with invalid ISBNs are placed in Category:Pages with ISBN errors and display a red error message.

isbn_note

May be used to add a note following the ISBN.

oclc

OCLC number (prefer 1st edition), use when book has no ISBN

dewey

Dewey Decimal Classification

congress

Library of Congress Control Number

preceded_by

Title of prior book in series; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

preceded_by_quotation_marks

Title of prior work in series if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

followed_by

Title of subsequent book in a series or a sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

followed_by_quotation_marks

Title of subsequent work in a series or a sequel if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

exclude_cover

This template will place articles with this infobox where no image has been specified into the category Books with missing cover; where this is not desired, e.g because the cover is shown elsewhere in the article, this parameter should be set to |exclude_cover=yes.

website

for the publisher's or author's website about the book.

module

for embedding other infoboxes into this one ).

Tracking categories

• Category:Books with missing cover (0) – instances without images
• Category:Pages using infobox book with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox book with conflicting parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox book series}}
• {{Infobox novella}}
• {{Infobox short story}}

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