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This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about [[book]]s.<br />
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=== Usage ===<br />
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{{Infobox book<br />
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| name = <br />
| image = <!-- include the file, px and alt: [[File:Example.jpg|200px|alt=Cover]] --><br />
| image_caption = <br />
| author = <br />
| title_orig = <br />
| translator = <br />
| illustrator = <br />
| cover_artist = <br />
| country = <br />
| language = <br />
| series = <br />
| subject = <br />
| genre = <br />
| publisher = <br />
| publisher2 = <br />
| pub_date = <br />
| english_pub_date = <br />
| media_type = <br />
| pages = <br />
| awards = <br />
| isbn = <br />
| oclc = <br />
| dewey = <br />
| congress = <br />
| preceded_by = <br />
| followed_by = <br />
}}</pre><br />
|}<br />
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=== Parameters ===<br />
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''Please spend some time at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books|WikiProject Books]] and/or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels|WikiProject Novels]] for standards on presenting names and other data.''<br />
* 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.<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Wikilinks|Wikilinks]] can be used in any of the infobox fields.<br />
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; name: Book name. If parameter is left blank, ''name'' will be inherited from page title.<br />
; image: Image (prefer 1st edition – where permitted), include the file, px and alt: <code><nowiki>[[File:Example.jpg|200px|alt=Cover]]</nowiki></code> – don't use <code><nowiki>|thumb|</nowiki></code> because this adds unnecessary extra frames<br />
; image_caption: Image caption (should describe the edition used)<br />
; author: Author(s)<br />
; title_orig: Original title, if not in English<br />
; translator: Translator(s), if original not in English<br />
; illustrator: Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)<br />
; cover_artist: Cover artist<br />
; country: Country of original publication<br />
; language: Language of original book<br />
; series: Series (if any)<br />
; subject: (for non-fiction) ''See [[index term]] and [[library classification]]''<br />
; genre: (for fiction) ''See [[literary genre]]''<br />
; publisher: Publisher of main publication (prefer 1st edition)<br />
; publisher2: Compatibility parameter for particularly notable additional publishers<br />
; pub_date: Date published (1st edition)<br />
; english_pub_date: Date published in English (1st English edition), if originally published in another language<br />
; media_type: Print / On-line (then binding types etc., if relevant)<br />
; pages: Pages (prefer 1st edition)<br />
; awards: Awards(s) the book has won<br />
; isbn: Format: "ISBN 1234567890" (prefer 1st edition)<br />
; oclc: [[OCLC]] number (prefer 1st edition), use when book has no ISBN<br />
; dewey: [[Dewey Decimal System]] classification<br />
; congress: [[Library of Congress Classification]] ('''not''' to be confused with [[Library of Congress Control Number]])<br />
; preceded_by: Title of prior book in series (do not use to connect separate books chronologically}<br />
; followed_by: Title of subsequent book in series or sequel (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
{{Infobox Book<br />
| name = Half of a Yellow Sun<br />
| title_orig =<br />
| translator =<br />
| image = [[File:HalfYellowSun.JPG|200px]]<br />
| image_caption = 1st edition cover<br />
| author = [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]<br />
| illustrator =<br />
| cover_artist =<br />
| country = [[Nigeria]]<br />
| language = [[English literature|English]]<br />
| series =<br />
| genre = [[Novel]]<br />
| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]<br />
| pub_date = January 15, 2007<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardback]])<br />
| pages = 448 pp<br />
| isbn = 9780007200283<br />
| oclc= 78988623<br />
}}<br />
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{{Infobox Book<br />
| name = Half of a Yellow Sun<br />
| title_orig =<br />
| translator =<br />
| image = [[File:HalfYellowSun.JPG|200px]]<br />
| image_caption = 1st edition cover<br />
| author = [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]<br />
| illustrator =<br />
| cover_artist =<br />
| country = [[Nigeria]]<br />
| language = [[English literature|English]]<br />
| series =<br />
| genre = [[Novel]]<br />
| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]<br />
| pub_date = January 15, 2007<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardback]])<br />
| pages = 448 pp<br />
| isbn = 9780007200283<br />
| oclc= 78988623<br />
}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
* {{tl|Infobox book series}}</div>Kofi