Saturday, May 03, 2008

What is a book


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 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 or obtained for reading through the practice of Book Crossing.

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