Template:Infobox book/doc

This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books.

Usage


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:
 * image_size: Default size is 200px. Use a number to change image size
 * border: Inserting  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 image uses the full image syntax (e.g.  ); in this case add the border in image (e.g.  )
 * 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, encylopedias, anthologies
 * author/authors: Author(s)
 * title_orig: Original title, if not in English
 * orig_lang_code: ISO code of original language, required if using title_orig, native_wikisource or native_external_url
 * 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
 * published: Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use plainlist when there is more than one notable edition
 * publisher/publisher2/pub_date/english_pub_date: Deprecated (use published instead)
 * media_type: Print / On-line (then binding types etc., if relevant)
 * pages: Pages (prefer 1st edition)
 * award/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 ; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
 * preceded_by_quotation_marks: Title of prior work 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 ; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
 * followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work 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 orig_lang_code to specify which Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to foreign language Wikisource
 * 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 native_external_url, 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 accesible 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 external_url, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible

Example


Translated books
About how to handle translated books, see the Translated books case study.

Tracking
Instances without images cause the article to be added to Category:Books with missing cover.