Template:Infobox book

Anne of Green Gables
	Title page of the first edition
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	L. C. Page & Co.
Publication date	1908
Publication place	Boston
Pages	429 (first edition)
OCLC	367111
LC Class	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

*name*
	caption
Author	author
Audio read by	audio_read_by
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Set in	set_in
Published	published
Published in	published_in
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Publication place	pub_place
Published in English	english_pub_date
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	123456789X
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
	notes

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This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|italic title=no to the list of parameters.

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

Usage

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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 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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[File:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|image= (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; recommended if using <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|native_external_url= or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|native_wikisource=, unless <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|name= (or the article's title if <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|name= is not used) is the original non-English title
orig_lang_code: ISO 639 code of original language, required if using <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|title_orig=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|native_wikisource= or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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, if any
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) A word or phrase that captures the essence of the topic of the work. See index term and library classification. Should not generally be combined with genre/genres (i. e., cooking as the subject or cookbook as the genre, but not both).
genre/genres: See literary genre. Use {{hlist}} for sorting multiple entries. Should not generally be combined with subject/subjects (i. e., cooking as the subject or cookbook as the genre, but not both). Should be both specific (e. g., memoir rather than nonfiction) and reliably sourced.
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.
set_on: overrides <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|set_in=, and changes the label to "Set on". For use with planets and other locations where "on" is more appropriate.
publisher: Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|publisher2= for additional publishers.
pub_date: Date published (1st edition)
pub_place: Place of original publication
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: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|published= is acceptable, but no longer preferred to <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|publisher= and <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|pub_date=, 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.
published_in: Larger work in which the book was first published, e.g. a magazine, anthology, collection
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 digit – the last character – is 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 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 a series or a sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work in a series or a 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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|external_url=, 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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|exclude_cover=yes.
website: for the publisher's or author's website about the book.
module: for embedding other infoboxes into this one (see WP:IEmbed).

Example

Anne of Green Gables
Title page of the first edition
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	L. C. Page & Co.
Publication date	1908
Publication place	Boston
Pages	429 (first edition)
OCLC	367111
LC Class	PR6025.O45 A53
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox book

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Full language name (not a language code).", "example": "English" }, "genre": { "label": "Genre(s)", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The book's genre", "example": "Science fiction", "aliases": [ "genres" ] }, "published": { "label": "Published", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language)" }, "published_in": { "label": "Published in", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Larger work in which the book was first published, e.g. a magazine, anthology, collection." }, "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Name of publisher." }, "isbn": { "label": "ISBN", "type": "string", "description": "Format: \"1-234-56789-0\" (prefer 1st edition)", "aliases": [ "ISBN" ], "suggested": true, "example": "\"1-234-56789-0\" (if 10-digit) or \"978-1-234-56789-0\" (if 13-digit)" }, "exclude_cover": { "type": "string", "description": "\"yes\" if no image is present and adding this article to \"Category:Books with missing cover\" is not desired", "label": "exclude cover?", "example": "yes" }, "series": { "label": "Series", "description": "Series the book is part of", "example": "The Federalist Papers", "type": "string" }, "image_size": { "label": "Image size", "example": "200 px", "type": "string" }, "caption": { "label": "Image caption", "description": "a caption for the image used", "type": "content", "aliases": [ "image_caption" ] }, "media_type": { "label": "Type of media", "example": "Print (hardcover), Print (paperback)", "type": "string" }, "pub_date": { "label": "Date of publication", "description": "Date the book or work was published", "example": "December 21, 1787", "type": "date", "suggested": true }, "pub_place": { "label": "Place of publication", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Place of (original) publication." }, "preceded_by": { "label": "Preceded by", "description": "The previous installment in the series/from the author", "example": "Federalist No. 4", "type": "string" }, "followed_by": { "label": "Followed by", "description": "The next installment in the series/from the author", "example": "Federalist No. 6", "type": "string" }, "italic title": { "label": "Italicize title?", "description": "If not specified, the title is italicized automatically. If set to \"no\", the title is not italicized.", "example": "no", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "no" ] }, "editor": { "aliases": [ "editors" ], "label": "Editor(s)", "description": "Editor or editors of the book. Use this template if they are a PRIMARY contributor (eg for dictionaries or encyclopedias).", "example": "John Doe", "type": "content" }, "audio_read_by": { "label": "Audio read by", "description": "The person who read the audio, if this is an audiobook.", "example": "Jane Smith", "type": "content" }, "title_orig": { "label": "Original title", "description": "The original title of the book, if it was not in English.", "example": "Exemple d'une Livre", "type": "content" }, "title_working": { "label": "Working title", "description": "The working title of the book, if this was different from the title the book was ultimately published as.", "example": "Example Working Book Title", "type": "content" }, "translator": { "aliases": [ "translators" ], "label": "Translator(s)", "description": "The person or people who translated the book to English, if it was not originally in English.", "example": "Joe Bloggs", "type": "content" }, "illustrator": { "aliases": [ "illustrators" ], "label": "Illustrator(s)", "description": "The person or people who illustrated this book, if applicable.", "example": "John Doe", "type": "content" }, "cover_artist": { "label": "Cover artist", "description": "The person who made the cover art, if applicable.", "example": "Jane Smith", "type": "content" }, "release_number": { "label": "Release number", "description": "Ordinal index of the book, if it was released within a series", "type": "string" }, "subject": { "aliases": [ "subjects" ], "label": "Subjects", "description": "Topics discussed by the book. For non-fiction books only.", "example": "chemistry", "type": "content" }, "set_in": { "label": "Set in", "description": "The time and/or place where the book is set in, if it's a work of fiction", "example": "England", "type": "content" }, "publisher2": { "label": "Second publisher", "description": "An additional publisher that published this book (not the primary publisher).", "example": "Penguin Random House", "type": "content" }, "release_date": { "label": "Release date" }, "english_pub_date": { "label": "English publication date" }, "english_release_date": {}, "pages": { "label": "Number of pages" }, "awards": {}, "award": {}, "isbn_note": { "aliases": [ "ISBN_note" ], "label": "ISBN note", "description": "Note about the ISBN, like what edition it applies to if it is different from the rest of the infobox." }, "dewey": { "label": "Dewey Decimal class" }, "congress": { "label": "Library of Congress Class", "description": "Classification of the book in the LoC system" }, "last": {}, "first": {}, "oclc": { "label": "OCLC number", "description": "Number in the Worldcat classification system for the book. 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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 categories

Category:Articles that link to Wikisource (0)
Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources (0)
Category:Books with missing cover (1) – instances without images
Category:Pages using infobox book with unknown parameters (0)
Category:Pages using infobox book with conflicting parameters (0)
Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (19) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.