Template:Infobox book series/doc

This template is for use on a book series main page.

Usage

{{{name}}}

[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|upright=1]] {{{image_caption}}}
{{{books}}}
Edited by	{{{editors}}}
Original title	{{{title_orig}}}
Translator	{{{translator}}}
Illustrator	{{{illustrator}}}
Cover artist	{{{cover_artist}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Discipline	{{{discipline}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
Published	{{{pub_date}}}
Published in English	{{{english_pub_date}}}
Media type	{{{media_type}}}
No. of books	{{{number_of_books}}} ([[{{{list_books}}}|List of books]])
[[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]]	{{{oclc}}}
Preceded by	{{{preceded_by}}}
Followed by	{{{followed_by}}}
Website	{{{website}}}

{{Infobox book series
| name             = 
| image            = <!-- include the file, px and alt: [[File:Example.jpg|200px|Cover]] -->
| image_caption    = 
| books            = 
| author           = 
| editors          = 
| title_orig       = 
| translator       = 
| illustrator      = 
| cover_artist     = 
| country          = 
| language         = 
| discipline       = <!-- or |genre= -->
| publisher        = 
| pub_date         = 
| english_pub_date = 
| media_type       = 
| number_of_books  = 
| list_books       = 
| oclc             = 
| preceded by      = 
| followed by      = 
| website          = 
}}

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

image

Image (prefer 1st edition – where permitted), include the file, px and alt: [[File:Example.jpg|200px|Cover]]

image_caption

Image caption (should describe the edition used)

books

List of works included in the series, using {{plainlist}}.

author

Author(s)

editors

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

title_orig

Original title, if not in English

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

discipline or genre

See literary genre

set_in

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

publisher

Name of publisher; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition

pub_date

Date of publication; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition

media_type

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

number_of_books

Number of works in the series

list_books

If a Wikipedia "List of" article exists for the books, put its name here. Do not use a link (i.e. do not include [[ ]]).

preceded_by

Title of prior series.

followed_by

Title of subsequent series.

website

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

See also

• {{Book list}} - for creating formatted table of books in a series within the series article (or related list)