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Summary
book is a type of publication[1]. book draws 18,878 Wikipedia views per month (type of publication category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: document[3], product[4], publication[5], communications media[6], written work[7], creative work[8]
- Has use: source of information[9], entertainment[10], spiritual development[11], education[12], critical thinking[13], imagination[14], pleasure[15], survival[16]
- Commons category: Books[17]
- Unicode character: 🕮[18], 📚[19], 📙[20], 📘[21], 📗[22], 📖[23], 📕[24]
- Has part(s): text[25], chapter[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Books[27], Q9721595[28]
- Commons gallery: Book[29]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Books[30]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[37], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Pauly–Wissowa[39]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox book 2[40], Template:Books[41], Template:Cite book/Russian[42]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/books[43], https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/books[44]
- Has characteristic: title[45], author[46], publishing house[47], place of publication[48], publication date[49], International Standard Book Number[50], language[51], volume[52]
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for book include BookTok[53], an online community[54]; World Book Day and Copyright Day[55], a world day[56], founded in 1995[57]; handbook[58], a book format[59]; emblem book[60], a literary genre[61]; Dewey Readmore Books[62], a cat[63]; World Book Capital[64], a recurring event[65], founded in 2001[66]; Kitobiston[67], a business[68], in Tajikistan[69], founded in 2022[70], headquartered in Khujand[71]; and Kitobz[72].
Why It Matters
book has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] book is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for book include BookTok[53], an online community[54]; World Book Day and Copyright Day[55], a world day[56], founded in 1995[57]; handbook[58], a book format[59]; emblem book[60], a literary genre[61]; Dewey Readmore Books[62], a cat[63]; and World Book Capital[64], a recurring event[65], founded in 2001[66].