Template:Book/doc

This template is for use in any article about a book relating to the Forgotten Realms. Some parameters are optional and can be left blank. If undefined, these optionals will not appear. The recommended image size is a width of 250px so that it will completely fill the infobox without increasing its size.

This template is loosely based on the book template at Wikipedia.

Template
Please note that this template uses the newer ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 formats. If you do not want to use both of these, you can simply use an ISBN-10 number, or the old isbn parameter will still work.

Additional Options
Two additional optional parameters exist to enable changing of the background and foreground colours in the name part of the infobox, the default is white text on a black background.


 * fgcolor = #FFF
 * bgcolor = #000

Usage

 * image (optional) : An image of the product's cover. The recommended size is 250px.
 * caption (optional) : A sentence to describe the image.
 * code (optional) : The identifying product code used by Wizards of the Coast or TSR, Inc, such as "954627400" or "TSR02159".
 * author (optional) : Where necessary add multiple authors.
 * cover_artist (optional) : The artist who created the front cover.
 * inter_artist (optional) : The artist who created artwork inside the book.
 * publisher (optional) : This will usually be "Wizards of the Coast" or "TSR, Inc."
 * released (optional) : Could be simply a year ("1998") or a month and year ("June 1998").
 * reprinted (optional) : A list of one or more dates when the book was reprinted.
 * type : The product type according to how the Wizards of the Coast list their game products (an example can be seen on their product site). Types are:
 * Accessory
 * Adventure
 * Anthology
 * Novel


 * binding (optional) : Usually one of the four options below, but other binding types are possible.
 * Paperback
 * Mass Market Paperback – the binding for standard-sized novels
 * Hardback
 * Boxed set
 * E-book


 * pages (optional) : The number of pages in the book.
 * languages (optional) : The publication languages of the book. If the language is different from English, please also insert the foreign title. See, for example, Shadowdale (novel).
 * realm year (optional) : If the year (or years) in which this book is set (or end at) is known enter the years(s) here.
 * isbn10 (optional) : The ISBN-10 number of the book.
 * isbn13 (optional) : The ISBN-13 number of the book.
 * series (optional) : If this book is part of a series, the name of the series.
 * preceded_by and followed_by (optional) : Add wiki links to the books that immediately precede and follow the entry. If the entry is the first or last book in a series, use "none" for the proceeding or following product.
 * source (optional) : The location(s) of the information about this book. This will usually be Amazon.com but could be anywhere that lists information about the book. To find the Amazon.com product listing URL, take the ISBN-10 number, remove all the dashes so only 10 numbers remain, and add it to the end of . For example, ISBN 0-7869-2881-6 would be found at  . You can use Amazon.

Example for one edition
If there is only one edition of the book, the full template can be used. Here is an example from Unapproachable East (sourcebook):

In this example, the caption is left blank and both ISBNs are given. The source is provided as Amazon.com.

Example for more than one edition
Particularly with novels, there is sometimes more than one edition. In this case, rather than try to list all the different editions' page numbers, codes, bindings and other information in the template, leave this information out, and use the Editions template to create an editions table where this information can be placed.

The template is much shorter, relying on the Editions template to provide edition-specific information, but it does still include the date the book was first released, for quick reference.