Book
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
A Book is a structured document that presents cohesive content through sequential pages.
- AKA: Codex, Volume, Tome.
- Context:
- It can typically contain Written Content organized into chapters and sections.
- It can typically present Narrative Structure through linear progression or thematic organization.
- It can typically serve as a Persistent Information Repository for knowledge preservation.
- It can typically include Front Matter such as title pages, table of contents, and prefaces.
- It can typically feature Back Matter including appendices, glossaries, and indexes.
- ...
- It can often incorporate Visual Elements such as illustrations, diagrams, and photographs.
- It can often contain Reference Material through citations, footnotes, and bibliographies.
- It can often present Structured Information via numbered lists, bullet points, and tables.
- It can often include Supplementary Content like case studies, exercises, and summaries.
- ...
- It can range from being a Short Book to being a Long Book, depending on its page count.
- It can range from being a General-Audience Book to being a Specialized Book, depending on its target readership.
- It can range from being a Print Book to being a Digital Book, depending on its publication medium.
- It can range from being a Published Book to being an Unpublished Book, depending on its publication status.
- It can range from being a Fiction Book to being a Non-Fiction Book, depending on its content nature.
- ...
- It can be produced by Authors working with publishers.
- It can be distributed through bookstores, libraries, and online platforms.
- It can be preserved in library collections and digital archives.
- It can be reviewed by book reviewers and literary critics.
- It can be studied by scholars and researchers.
- ...
- Example(s):
- Genre-Based Books, such as:
- Fiction Books, such as:
- Novels, such as Don Quixote, 1984 (Novel), and To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Short Story Collections for narrative fiction compilation.
- Poetry Books, such as Book of Poems.
- Non-Fiction Books, such as:
- Academic Books, such as Textbooks, Monographs, and Treatises like Plato's Republic.
- Reference Books, such as Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Atlases.
- Professional Books, such as Technical Manuals, Law Books, and Medical Textbooks.
- Fiction Books, such as:
- Purpose-Based Books, such as:
- Educational Books, such as:
- Informational Books, such as:
- Format-Based Books, such as:
- Historical Books, such as:
- Specialized Books, such as:
- Conference Proceedings compiling academic papers.
- Edited Volumes collecting scholarly contributions.
- Comprehensive Books providing exhaustive coverage.
- Analytical Books presenting systematic analysis.
- ...
- Genre-Based Books, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Pamphlets, which lack sufficient page count for book classification.
- Magazines, which are periodical publications rather than standalone works.
- Newspapers, which are intended for single-day consumption rather than persistent reference.
- Short Stories, which are individual narratives rather than book-length works.
- Articles, which are brief compositions lacking book structure.
- See: Document, Publication, Literature, Library, Publishing Industry, Book Citation, Bibliographic Database, Reading, Literacy.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/book Retrieved:2015-12-9.
- A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.
Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, and so on). An avid reader of books is a bibliophile or colloquially, bookworm.
A shop where books are bought and sold is a bookshop or bookstore. Books can also be borrowed from libraries. Google has estimated that as of 2010, approximately 130,000,000 unique titles had been published. In some wealthier nations, printed books are giving way to the usage of electronic or e-books, though sales of e-books declined in the first half of 2015.
- A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.
2007
- (Hjørland, 2007) ⇒ Birger Hjørland. (2007). “Core Concepts in Library and Information Science (LIS)."
- Book.
- http://www.db.dk/bh/Core%20Concepts%20in%20LIS/articles%20a-z/book.htm
- A book may be defined in many different ways, including:
- a physical unit consisting of pages that are held together along one of the edges,
- a form of publication (see: Publications, forms of)
- a bibliographical unit (containing a certain minimum of pages as opposite to pamphlets),
- a statistical unit which may, for example, include sound books on tape.
- The book has had exceptional cultural influence.
- The history of the book is an established field of research with a main focus on the technical aspects of book production.
1996
- G. A. Glaister. (1996). “Encyclopedia of the Book, 2nd Edition.” Oak Knoll Press.
1986
- J. Feather. (1986). “A Dictionary of Book History.” Oxford University Press.
1980
- Elizabeth L. Eisenstein. (1980). “The Printing Press as an Agent of Change." Cambridge University Press. ISBN:0521299551