Template:Infobox book/doc

name

caption
Author	author
Audio read by	audio_read_by
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Set in	set_in
Published	published
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Published in English	english_pub_date
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	isbn
[[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]]	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
[[LCC (identifier)|LC Class]]	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Interlingua Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource
notes

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

Usage

{{Infobox book
| italic title   = <!--(see above)-->
| name           = 
| image          = 
| image_size     = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| author         = 
| audio_read_by  = 
| title_orig     = 
| orig_lang_code = 
| title_working  = 
| translator     = 
| illustrator    = 
| cover_artist   = 
| country        = 
| language       = 
| series         = 
| release_number = 
| subject        = 
| genre          = 
| set_in         = 
| published      = 
| publisher      = 
| publisher2     = 
| pub_date       = 
| english_pub_date = 
| media_type     = 
| pages          = 
| awards         = 
| isbn           = 
| oclc           = 
| dewey          = 
| congress       = 
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = 
| native_wikisource = 
| wikisource     = 
| notes          =
| exclude_cover  = 
}}

Parameters

Please see WikiProject Books and/or WikiProject Novels for standards on presenting names and other data.

• 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. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from page title.

image

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

image_size

Default size is 250px. Use a number to change 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. [[Image:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[Image: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 code of original language, required if using |title_orig=, |native_wikisource= or |native_external_url=

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

country

Country of original publication

language

Language of original book

series

Series (if any)

subject/subjects

(for non-fiction) See index term and library classification

genre/genres

(for fiction) See literary genre

set_in

can be both time and place as setting. No need to create long lists.

published

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

publisher/publisher2/pub_date/release_date/english_pub_date/english_release_date

Deprecated (use published instead)

media_type

Print / On-line (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: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "ISBN 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. The last digit is a calculated check-digit which will be wrong. Same for removing "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 put "ISBN " in front of the number so that the ISBN is automatically linked to Special:BookSources.

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 Classification (not to be confused with 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 series or sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

followed_by_quotation_marks

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

native_wikisource

Page name of original text at a foreign language Wikisource (if applicable); use |orig_lang_code= to specify which Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources

native_external_url

URL to a site hosting the original text when in a foreign language, and in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to

native_external_host

The name of the website linked to by |native_external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible

wikisource

Title of work if in the public domain and hosted at English Wikisource:. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource

external_url

URL to a site hosting the text in English (whether the original or a translation), when in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to

external_host

The name of the website linked to by |external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible

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.

Example

Anne of Green Gables

The front (first) page of the first edition
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Published	1908 by L. C. Page & Co.
Pages	429 (first edition)
[[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]]	367111
[[LCC (identifier)|LC Class]]	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

{{Infobox book
| name = Anne of Green Gables
| image = FirstPageGreenGables.gif
| caption = The front (first) page of the first edition
| alt = Cover
| author = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| title_orig = 
| working_title = 
| translator = 
| illustrator = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist = 
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = 
| subject = 
| genre = [[Children's literature|Children's novel]]
| published = 1908 by [[L. C. Page & Co.]]
| pages = 429 ''(first edition)''
| awards = 
| isbn = <!-- N/A -->
| oclc = 367111
| congress = PR6025.O45 A53
| preceded_by = 
| followed_by = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
| wikisource = Anne of Green Gables
}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Infobox book

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Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Book name. Default Pagename	String	optional
Author	author	Author(s) of the book (should be link to their respective article if there is one).	String	optional
Language	language	Language of (original) book. Full language name (not a language code).	String	optional
Country	country	Country of (original) publication.	String	optional
Genre	genre		String	optional
Published	published	Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language)	String	optional
Publisher	publisher	Name of publisher.	String	deprecated
ISBN	isbn	Format: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (prefer 1st edition)	String	optional
	exclude_cover	"yes" if no image is present and adding this article to "Category:Books with missing cover" is not desired	String	optional

Translated books

About how to handle translated books, see the Translated books case study.

COinS

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

Tracking

Instances without images cause the article to be added to Category:Books with missing cover.

See also

• {{Infobox book series}}
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/InfoboxCode
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticleTemplate#Pattern template