Template:Infobox book

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

Usage

name
Author	author
Original title	[title_orig]
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Published	published
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	isbn
OCLC	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
LC Class	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Interlingua Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource

{{Infobox book
<!-- |italic title  = (see above) -->
| name              = 
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| alt               = 
| author            = 
| title_orig        = 
| orig_lang_code    = 
| title_working     = 
| translator        = 
| illustrator       = 
| cover_artist      = 
| country           = 
| language          = 
| series            = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = 
| published         = 
| media_type        = 
| pages             = 
| awards            = 
| isbn              = 
| oclc              = 
| dewey             = 
| congress          = 
| preceded_by       = 
| followed_by       = 
| wikisource        = 
}}

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: Example.jpg

image_width

Default size is 200px. Use a number to change 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 |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (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)

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, specify edition as needed)

award/awards

Awards(s) the book has won

isbn

(prefer ISBN of 1st edition). Format: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "ISBN 123-4-567-89012-3" (13-digit). If the book was published before the use of ISBN, do not include this parameter.

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 in series; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

preceded_by_quotation_marks

Title of prior work in series 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 in series or sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

followed_by_quotation_marks

Title of subsequent work in series or sequel 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 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 |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 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 |external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible

Example

Anne of Green Gables
First page of Anne of Green Gables.
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Published	1908 (L. C. Page & Co.)
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	429 pp (first edition)
ISBN	N/A
OCLC	367111
LC Class	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

{{Infobox book
| name           = Anne of Green Gables
| image          = FirstPageGreenGables.gif
| caption        = First page of ''Anne of Green Gables''.
| 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]]
| published      = 1908 ([[L. C. Page & Co.]])
| media_type     = Print ([[hardcover]])
| pages          = 429 pp ''(first edition)''
| awards         = 
| isbn           = N/A
| oclc           = 367111
| congress       = PR6025.O45 A53
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
| wikisource     = Anne of Green Gables
}}

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Infobox book

<templatedata>{ "description": "Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books", "params": { "name": { "label": "Name", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Book name.", "default": "Pagename" }, "author": { "label": "Author", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Author(s) of the book (should be link to their respective article if there is one)." }, "language": { "label": "Language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Language of (original) book. Full language name (not a language code)." }, "country": { "label": "Country", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Country of (original) publication." }, "genre": { "label": "Genre", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "" }, "published": { "label": "Published", "type": "number", "required": false, "description": "Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language)" }, "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "type": "string", "deprecated": "Add the publisher to the Published field instead.", "description": "Name of publisher." }, "isbn": { "label": "ISBN", "type": "string", "description": "Format: \"ISBN 1-234-56789-0\" (prefer 1st edition)" } } }</templatedata>

Translated books

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

COinS

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.

Tracking

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

See also

• {{Infobox book series}}