Outline of books

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to books:

Book set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.

What type of thing is a book?

A book is a medium for a collection of words and/or pictures to represent knowledge, often manifested in bound paper and ink, or in ebooks.

Books can be described as all of the following:

Types of books

Physical parts of a book

Contents of a book

Subject matter

Structure of book content

Scheme of common book design
  1. Belly band
  2. Flap
  3. Endpaper
  4. Book cover
  5. Top edge
  6. Fore edge
  7. Tail edge
  8. Right page, recto
  9. Left page, verso
  10. Gutter
The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang Dynasty China, 868 AD (British Museum)

Book design the common structural parts of a book include:

Binding of a book from separate papers

Study of books

Book collections

Book identification and classification

Classification systems

History of books

History of books

Book production

Book distribution

Politics of books

Book culture

Specific books

Books by title

Lists of books

Publications about books

New York Review of Books[1] – an American magazine containing lietary criticism, and discussions of the contents of various books.

Persons influential in relation to books

See also

References

  1. "Home". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (pp 130–133) ISBN 0-471-29198-6
History of books
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