Template:Infobox book/doc

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.

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 above)
 * 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: Date published in English (1st English edition), if originally published in another language
 * 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


Translated books
About how to handle translated books, see the discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_Book/Archive_4.