Template:Infobox book

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        = 
| 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

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 Template:Para uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in Template:Para (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 Template:Para or Template:Para

orig_lang_code

ISO 639 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, 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 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 digitTemplate:Spndthe last characterTemplate:Spndis 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 = | release_number = | 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         = 
| release_number = 
| 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

Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Book title Default Pagename	String	optional
Image	image	Image (prefer 1st edition where permitted). Use bare filename.	File	suggested
Author	author	Author(s) of the book (should be link to their respective article if there is one).	String	suggested
Language	language	Language of (original) book. Full language name (not a language code). Example English	String	optional
Country	country	Country of (original) publication.	String	optional
Genre	genre	The book's genre Example Science fiction	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	optional
ISBN	isbn ISBN	Format: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (prefer 1st edition)	String	suggested
exclude cover?	exclude_cover	"yes" if no image is present and adding this article to "Category:Books with missing cover" is not desired Example yes	String	optional
Series	series	Series the book is part of Example [[The Federalist Papers]]	String	optional
Image size	image_size	no description Example 200 px	String	optional
Image caption	caption	a caption for the image used	Content	optional
Type of media	media_type	no description Example [[Newspaper]]	String	optional
Date of publication	pub_date	Date the book or work was published Example December 21, 1787	Date	suggested
Preceded by	preceded_by	The previous installment in the series/from the author Example [[Federalist No. 4]]	String	optional
Followed by	followed_by	The next installment in the series/from the author Example [[Federalist No. 6]]	String	optional
italic title	italic title	no description	Unknown	optional
infoboxwidth	infoboxwidth	no description	Unknown	optional
width	width	no description	Unknown	optional
image_caption	image_caption	no description	Unknown	optional
editors	editors	no description	Unknown	optional
editor	editor	no description	Unknown	optional
authors	authors	no description	Unknown	optional
audio_read_by	audio_read_by	no description	Unknown	optional
title_orig	title_orig	no description	Unknown	optional
title_working	title_working	no description	Unknown	optional
translators	translators	no description	Unknown	optional
translator	translator	no description	Unknown	optional
illustrators	illustrators	no description	Unknown	optional
illustrator	illustrator	no description	Unknown	optional
cover_artist	cover_artist	no description	Unknown	optional
release_number	release_number	no description	Unknown	optional
subjects	subjects	no description	Unknown	optional
subject	subject	no description	Unknown	optional
genres	genres	no description	Unknown	optional
set_in	set_in	no description	Unknown	optional
publisher2	publisher2	no description	Unknown	optional
release_date	release_date	no description	Unknown	optional
english_pub_date	english_pub_date	no description	Unknown	optional
english_release_date	english_release_date	no description	Unknown	optional
pages	pages	no description	Unknown	optional
awards	awards	no description	Unknown	optional
award	award	no description	Unknown	optional
isbn_note	isbn_note ISBN_note	no description	Unknown	optional
dewey	dewey	no description	Unknown	optional
congress	congress	no description	Unknown	optional
last	last	no description	Unknown	optional
first	first	no description	Unknown	optional
location	location	no description	Unknown	optional
oclc	oclc	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
border	border	no description	Unknown	optional
orig_lang_code	orig_lang_code	no description	Unknown	optional
preceded_by_quotation_marks	preceded_by_quotation_marks	no description	Unknown	optional
followed_by_quotation_marks	followed_by_quotation_marks	no description	Unknown	optional
native_wikisource	native_wikisource	no description	Unknown	optional
native_external_url	native_external_url	no description	Unknown	optional
native_external_host	native_external_host	no description	Unknown	optional
wikisource	wikisource	no description	Unknown	optional
external_url	external_url	no description	Unknown	optional
external_host	external_host	no description	Unknown	optional
website	website	no description	Unknown	optional
homepage	homepage	no description	Unknown	optional
URL	URL	no description	Unknown	optional
notes	notes	no description	Unknown	optional
note	note	no description	Unknown	optional
nocat_wdimage	nocat_wdimage	no description	Unknown	optional