Template:Infobox book series

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This template is for use on a book series main page.

Usage

{{{name}}}

[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|upright=1]] {{{image_caption}}}
{{{books}}}
Edited by	{{{editors}}}
Original title	{{{title_orig}}}
Translator	{{{translator}}}
Illustrator	{{{illustrator}}}
Cover artist	{{{cover_artist}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Discipline	{{{discipline}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
Published	{{{pub_date}}}
Published in English	{{{english_pub_date}}}
Media type	{{{media_type}}}
No. of books	{{{number_of_books}}} ([[{{{list_books}}}|List of books]])
OCLC	{{{oclc}}}
Preceded by	{{{preceded_by}}}
Followed by	{{{followed_by}}}
Website	{{{website}}}

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Parameters

Please see WikiProject Books and/or WikiProject Novels for standards on presenting names and other data.

• Parameters can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
• Wikilinks can be used in any of the infobox fields.

name

Book name or title. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from the Wikipedia page where this infobox is invoked.

image

Image (prefer 1st edition – where permitted)

image_caption

Image caption (should describe the edition used)

books

List of works included in the series, using {{plainlist}}.

author

Author(s)

editors

Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies

title_orig

Original title, if not in English

translator

Translator(s), if original not in English

illustrator

Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)

cover_artist

Cover artist

country

Country of original publication

language

Language of original book

discipline or genre

See literary genre

publisher

Name of publisher; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition

pub_date

Date of publication; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition

media_type

Print / Digital (then binding types etc., if relevant)

number_of_books

Number of works in the series

list_books

If a Wikipedia "List of" article exists for the books, put its name here. Do not use a link (i.e. do not include [[ ]]).

preceded_by

Title of prior series.

followed_by

Title of subsequent series.

website

for the publisher's or author's website about the book.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox book series in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox book series A template for displaying information related to a book series. Template parameters This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Book name or title String suggested Image image Prefer first edition where permitted File optional Image caption image_caption Should describe the edition used String optional Alt text alt Alternative text for image String optional Books books List of works included in the series, using {{plainlist}} String optional Author author Author(s) String suggested Editors editors Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies String optional Original title title_orig Original title, if not in English String optional Translator translator Translator(s), if original not in English String optional Illustrator illustrator Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature) String optional Cover artist cover_artist Creator of the cover art String optional Country country Country of original publication String optional Language language Language of original book String suggested Discipline discipline Literary discipline. Mutually exclusive with 'genre' String optional Genre genre Literary genre. Mutually exclusive with 'discipline' String optional Publisher publisher Name of publisher; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition String suggested Publication date pub_date Date of publication; use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition String suggested Media type media_type Print / Digital (then binding types etc., if relevant) String optional Number of books number_of_books Number of works in the series Number suggested List of books list_books If a Wikipedia 'List of' article exists for the books, put its name here. Do not use a link (i.e. do not include [[ ]]). Page name optional Preceded by preceded_by Title of prior series String optional Followed by followed_by Title of subsequent series String optional Website website For the publisher's or author's website about the book String optional OCLC oclc Identifying number assigned by the Online Computer Library Center Number optional

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox book series with unknown parameters (3)

See also

• {{Infobox book}}
• {{Book list}}—for creating formatted table of books in a series within the series article (or related list)

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