Template:Infobox book/doc
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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 = <!-- include the [[file:]] and the image size -->
| image_caption =
| author =
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country =
| language =
| series =
| subject =
| genre =
| publisher =
| pub_date =
| english_pub_date =
| media_type =
| pages =
| isbn =
| oclc =
| dewey =
| congress =
| 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)
- isbn
- Format: "ISBN 1234567890" (prefer 1st edition)
- oclc
- OCLC Number (prefer 1st edition)
- 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
- 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
