Template:Item/Book/doc

The Item/Book or BookIU template is an infobox for in-universe, non-magical written works such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, etc. If it has magical properties, you should probably use Item instead, because it has edition-specific parameters and can handle sentient items.

Usage
An example is shown to the right.

Parameters
All parameters except "name" are optional. If left undefined, they will not appear. See Item for the edition-specific and sentient-related parameters.

Basic Information

 * image : The name of an image file. No link is required, but  and   links should still work for backward compatibility.
 * caption : A description of the image. This field will be automatically italicized.
 * caption2 : (Not shown above.) If you want to format the caption yourself, you can use this field.
 * name : (Required.) The name of the written work.
 * othernames : Other names or translations of the title of the written work.
 * type : The type of work, such as "History", "Travel guide", pamphlet, newspaper, etc.
 * author : The author of the work. If there is more than one, you may list them separated by commas or  tags. This field will generate categories for "Works by author". If the author is unknown, you can leave this blank or put "Unknown" and it will place the page in Category:Works with an unknown author.
 * date : The date the work was written.
 * publisher: The publisher of the work, if not self-published.
 * released : The date the work was published, if different than when it was written.
 * discovered : The date the work was discovered, if applicable.
 * location : The place you can get or view the work.
 * origin : Original source of the work, if different from one of the other parameters above.
 * language : The language(s) in which the work is written.
 * volumes : If it's a multi-volume work, you may put the volume or number here. For example: "Vol. XXI Number 3" or "Three-volume set".
 * pages : The number of pages, if known.
 * edition : If there is more than one edition of the work, you may specify it here. For example: "2 edition" or "Three editions".
 * value : If a price or value has been placed on the item, or its last sale price is known, you may specify it here.
 * variant : (Not shown above.) Set this to "book" if you want the style of the infobox to be unique. Styles are defined in the  file.
 * basicrefs : You may use this to put &lt:ref&gt; tags in the section header rather than clutter up the data area.
 * nocat : Setting this to "true" will suppress the automatic generation of categories. It generally used on documentation pages like this one, but may be used for newspapers and other non-book publications.

Description

 * binding : Brief description of the binding. For example: Hardbound.
 * cover : The material of the cover, if any. For example: Leather.
 * material : The material of the pages. For example: Parchment.