Template:Infobox book/doc

This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books. Please do not make major changes to this infobox without proposing and discussing it on the talk page first.

Usage

{{ infobox Book
| name             = 
| title_orig       = 
| translator       = 
| image            = <!-- just the file name -->
| image_caption    = 
| author           = 
| illustrator      = 
| cover_artist     = 
| country          = 
| language         = 
| series           = 
| subject          = 
| genre            = 
| publisher        = 
| pub_date         = 
| english_pub_date = 
| media_type       = 
| pages            = 
| isbn             = 
| oclc             = 
| preceded_by      = 
| followed_by      = 
}}

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.
• Wiki links [[]] are fine in any of the Infobox fields.
• Please spend some time at the WikiProject Books and its talk page to find about standards on presenting names and other data.
• In the "language" field, link to the article that is actually about the language; for example, use [[English language|English]], not [[English]]
• The preceded_by and followed_by fields both apply to books in a series and to sequels. They should not connect separate books chronologically.
• Use OCLC when the book has no ISBN.

name

Book name. If whole parameter is omitted, inherited from page title.

title_orig

Original title, if not in English

translator

Translator(s), if original not in English

image

Image (prefer 1st edition - where permitted)

image_caption

Image caption (should describe the edition used)

author

Author(s)

illustrator

Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)

cover_artist

Cover artist

country

Country of original publication

language

Language of original book (see note below)

series

Series (if any)

subject

Subject or subjects (only use for non-fiction)

genre

Genre or genres (only use for fiction)

publisher

Publisher of main publication (prefer 1st edition)

pub_date

Date published (1st edition)

english_pub_date

Published in English (1st English edition)

media_type

Print / On-line (then binding types etc. if relevant)

pages

Pages (prefer 1st edition)

format

Format: "ISBN 1234567890" (prefer 1st edition)

oclc

OCLC (prefer 1st edition)

preceded_by

Title of prior book in series

followed_by

Title of subsequent book in series

Example

{{Infobox Book
| name         = Anne of Green Gables
| title_orig   = 
| translator   = 
| image        = [[Image:FirstPageGreenGables.gif|200px|Cover]]
| image_caption= First page of ''Anne of Green Gables''.
| author       = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| illustrator  = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist = 
| country      = [[Canada]]
| language     = [[English language|English]]
| series       = 
| subject      = 
| genre        = [[Children's literature|Children's novel]]
| publisher    = [[L. C. Page & Co.]]
| pub_date     = April 1908
| media_type   = Print ([[hardcover]])
| pages        = 429 pp ''(first edition)''
| isbn         = N/A
| oclc         = 367111
| preceded_by  = 
| followed_by  = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
}}

Translated books

About how to handle translated books, see the discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_Book/Archive_4#Translated books case study.

COinS

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.

See also

• {{infobox Novel series}}