A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (e-book).

Books may also refer to a literature work, 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, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).

A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.

A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries.

History of books

Main article: History of the book

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From time to time, I get an e-mail or a comment from male readers who enjoyed my goblin . books. , but are hesitant to pick up Stepsister Scheme or Mermaid's Madness because they look like they're for girls. ...

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Sat Dec 19 23:47:12 2009

What books would you suggest to a girl entering high school?
Q. My dad doesn't like me on the computer, so he told me he'd take me to the library later to get some books. I'm not sure what to get though. Does anyone have any good suggestions? Preferably books that will open my eyes about something. Don't suggest anything from Stephanie Meyer or Sarah Dessen, I've read their books already.
Asked by :)<3 - Mon Jun 23 17:32:09 2008 - - 17 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman Naughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman Uglies saga by Scott Westerfeld The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory Children of the River by Linda Crew Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith
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What books can i read about the women in the infantry issue?
Q. i know that women are not allowed to be 11 Bravo( infantry) as an MOS! i just need some books that talk about the topic! author and name of the book please!
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A. Here a good book for you. The title of the book is "Co-ed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn't Fight the Nation's Wars" written by Kingsley Browne. For more details, just click the link--
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How to arrange books in a home library?
Q. I have a passion for books, and I have hundreds of books on all sorts of subjects. Science, arts, management, cooking, interior design, history, religion, textbooks - everything. I've now decided to make a personal library, which needs help. Is there any system to arrange books in a home library? Don't need something too complicated like a proper catalog system. Any references, tips, ideas? I'd particularly appreciate standard system used by readers and home library owners. But share your own system too, if you got one. Thanks. The exact thing that I am looking for is a classification system for a home library. Like the Dewey Decimal classification system - but on a micro scale. I think many of us could use the answers! :) :) A good… [cont.]
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A. I'm a librarian, so I tend to lump things together by subject first (similar to the Dewey Decimal system). I think that if you create a genre scheme, and then alphabetize by author your collection will be well organized and be easy to navigate. You might also want to read At Home with Books by Estelle Ellis, et. al. It gives excellent tips about how to organize your collection and provides photos. Below is a link to information from Amazon
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Quotations about books:

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Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. ~ William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1 scene 2
  • One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.
  • Why is marking a book indespensible to reading it? First, it keeps you awake — not merely conscious, but wide awake. Second, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in wordes, spoken or written...Third, writing your reactions down helps you to remember the thoughts of the author...Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author, It is the highest respect you can pay him.
  • Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
  • Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
  • The covers of this book are too far apart.
  • Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
    • Harold Bloom, quoted in O Magazine (April 2003)
  • Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.
    • Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979), translated by William Weaver (1981), p. 72