Template:Infobox book/doc
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This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books.
Usage
 caption | |
| Author | author |
|---|---|
| Original title | title_orig |
| Translator | translator |
| Illustrator | illustrator |
| Cover artist | cover_artist |
| Country | country |
| Language | language |
| Series | series |
| Subject | subject |
| Genre | genre |
| Publisher | publisher, publisher2 |
Publication date | pub_date |
Published in English | english_pub_date |
| Media type | media_type |
| Pages | pages |
| Awards | awards |
| ISBN | isbn Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: invalid character |
| [[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]] | oclc |
| dewey | |
| [[LCC (identifier)|LC Class]] | congress |
| Preceded by | preceded_by |
| Followed by | followed_by |
| Text | name at Wikisource |
{{Infobox book
<!-- |italic title = (see above) -->
| name =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| alt =
| author =
| title_orig =
| translator =
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country =
| language =
| series =
| subject =
| genre =
| publisher =
| publisher2 =
| pub_date = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| english_pub_date =
| media_type =
| pages =
| awards =
| isbn =
| oclc =
| dewey =
| congress =
| preceded_by =
| preceded_by_quotation_marks =
| followed_by =
| followed_by_quotation_marks =
| wikisource =
}}
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 200px. Use a number to change image size
- caption
- Image caption (should describe the edition used)
- alt
- Image alternate text
- 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)
- publisher2
- Compatibility parameter for particularly notable additional publishers
- pub_date
- Date published (1st edition). Use {{Start date}}
- 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 1-234-56789-0" (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; 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)
- wikisource
- Title of work if in the public domain and hosted at English Wikisource:. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource
Example
 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 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: invalid character |
| [[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 = First page of ''Anne of Green Gables''.
| alt = Cover
| 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 = {{Start date|1908|04}}
| 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]]
| wikisource = Anne of Green Gables
}}
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
