Template:Infobox book/doc

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

Parameters
Please spend some time at 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), include the file, px and alt:  - don't use   because this adds unnecessary extra frames
 * image_caption: Image caption (should describe the edition used)
 * author: Author(s)
 * title_orig: Original title, if not in English
 * 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: (for non-fiction) See index term and library classification
 * genre: (for fiction) See literary genre
 * 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), 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 (do not use to connect separate books chronologically}
 * followed_by: Title of subsequent book in series or sequel (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)

Example


Translated books
About how to handle translated books, see the discussion at Template talk:Infobox book/Archive 4.