Template:Infobox book/doc

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 = <!-- include the file, px and alt: [[File:Example.jpg|200px|alt=Cover]] --> | image_caption = | author = | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | subject = | genre = | publisher = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = | awards = | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

Parameters

Please spend some time at 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), include the file, px and alt: [[File:Example.jpg|200px|alt=Cover]] – don't use |thumb| because this adds unnecessary extra frames

image_caption

Image caption (should describe the edition used)

author

Author(s)

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

series

Series (if any)

subject

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

genre

(for fiction) See literary genre

publisher

Publisher of main publication (prefer 1st edition)

pub_date

Date published (1st edition)

english_pub_date

Date published in English (1st English edition), if originally published in another language

media_type

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

pages

Pages (prefer 1st edition)

awards

Awards(s) the book has won

isbn

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

oclc

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

dewey

Dewey Decimal System classification

congress

Library of Congress Classification (not to be confused with Library of Congress Control Number)

preceded_by

Title of prior book in series (do not use to connect separate books chronologically}

followed_by

Title of subsequent book in series or sequel (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

Example

Anne of Green Gables

First page of Anne of Green Gables.
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	L. C. Page & Co.
Publication date	April 1908
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	429 pp (first edition)
ISBN	N/A
[[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]]	367111
[[LCC (identifier)|LC Class]]	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea

{{Infobox book
| name           = Anne of Green Gables
| image          = [[File:FirstPageGreenGables.gif|200px|alt=Cover]]
| image_caption  = First page of ''Anne of Green Gables''.
| author         = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| title_orig     = 
| translator     = 
| illustrator    = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist   = 
| country        = [[United States]]
| 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)''
| awards         = 
| isbn           = N/A
| oclc           = 367111
| congress       = PR6025.O45 A53
| 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 book series}}