Template:Infobox book

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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         = 
| publisher      = 
| publisher2     = 
| pub_date       = 
| english_pub_date = 
| published      = 
| media_type     = 
| pages          = 
| awards         = 
| isbn           = 
| isbn_note      = 
| oclc           = 
| dewey          = 
| congress       = 
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = 
| native_wikisource = 
| wikisource     = 
| notes          =
| exclude_cover  = 
| 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), use bare filename: Example.jpg
image_size: Uses image size set by user (default 220px). Use a number to override 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 Template:Para uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in Template:Para (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 Template:Para, Template:Para or Template:Para
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.
publisher: Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also Template:Para for additional publishers.
pub_date: Date published (1st edition)
english_pub_date: Date first published in English if 1st edition is in another language.
published: Alternate parameter, using the following composite format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition; Note: Template:Para is acceptable, but no longer preferred to Template:Para and Template:Para, which have been restored to common usage. No consensus has yet been reached regarding the migration of infoboxes to a common format, and none should be "fixed" one way or the other en masse until such consensus is reached.
media_type: Print / Digital (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: "1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "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, because the last digit is a calculated check digit, which will be wrong. Similarly, do not remove "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 not put "ISBN " in front of the number. ISBNs are checked for validity; articles with invalid ISBNs are placed in Category:Pages with ISBN errors and display a red error message.
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 Template:Em; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
preceded_by_quotation_marks: Title of prior work Template:Em 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 Template:Em; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work Template:Em 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 Template:Para 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 Template:Para, 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 Template:Para, 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 Template:Para.
website: for the publisher's or author's website about the book.

Example

{{Infobox bookTemplate:\sandbox | italic title = no | 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 novel | publisher = L. C. Page & Co. | pub_date = 1908 | pages = 429 (first edition) | awards = | isbn = | oclc = 367111 | congress = PR6025.O45 A53 | preceded_by = | followed_by = Anne of Avonlea | wikisource = Anne of Green Gables }}

{{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]]
| publisher = [[L. C. Page & Co.]]
| pub_date = 1908
| 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

Template:TemplateDataHeader

Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of 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`	no description	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	`exclude_cover`	"yes" if no image is present and adding this article to "Category:Books with missing cover" is not desired	String	optional

Template:Infobox book

Usage

Parameters

Example

TemplateData

Translated books

COinS

Tracking categories

See also