Template:Infobox book/doc

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

Usage

name

alt caption
Author	author
Audio read by	audio_read_by
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Set in	set_in
Published	published
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Published in English	english_pub_date
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	123456789X
[[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]]	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
[[LCC (identifier)|LC Class]]	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Interlingua Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource
notes

{{Infobox book
| italic title      = <!--(see above)-->
| name              = 
| image             = 
| image_size        = 
| border            = 
| 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       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| followed_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
| 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
For a title page from a Commons PDF, specify the page and width in the syntax: [[File:Lissagaray - Histoire de la Commune de 1871, MS.djvu|page=9|220px]]

image_size

Uses image size set by user (default 220px). Use a number to override image size. However, this is discouraged per WP:THUMBSIZE.

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 |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[File: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; required if using |native_external_url= or |native_wikisource=

orig_lang_code

ISO 639 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, if any

country

Country of original publication

language

Language of original book. Do not link unless it is an unusual language.

series

Series (if any)

release_number

The "release number" of a book within the "series" (also would be called a "volume") - n.b. only relevant for an article where "series" is populated

subject/subjects

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

genre/genres

(for fiction) See literary genre. Use {{hlist}} for sorting multiple entries.

set_in

can be both time and place as setting. No need to create long lists. Use approximate dates/places if it is not clearly specified in the text.

publisher

Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also |publisher2= 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: |published= is acceptable, but no longer preferred to |publisher= and |pub_date=, 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 dis