KnowraBookBookA written or printed work whose pages are bound or assembled as a unit. Books may also be distributed in digital formats.BriefConnectPage: One side of a sheet in a book or another document, bearing text or images. Pages are the basic units assembled into a book.Cuneiform tablet: A clay tablet bearing wedge-shaped marks used in ancient Mesopotamian writing. Tablets preserved texts before bound-page books became widespread.Novel: A long work of prose fiction that presents characters and events in a sustained narrative. Novels are a major literary form published as books.E-book: A book-length work distributed in a digital file for reading on an electronic device. E-books contain book-length works without requiring bound paper pages.Codex: A book format made of sheets joined along one edge, with pages that can be turned. The codex is the bound-page form now commonly meant by “book.”Papyrus: A writing material made from strips of the papyrus plant, used in the ancient Mediterranean. Papyrus sheets were joined into scrolls that carried book-length works.Textbook: A book designed to teach a subject through organized explanations and learning materials. Textbooks use book structure to support systematic study.Audiobook: A recording of a book or book-length text intended for listening. Audiobooks convey book content through sound rather than printed pages.Manuscript: A text written by hand or prepared as an original document before publication. Manuscripts can become books, but need not be bound or published.Scroll: A long sheet of writing material rolled for storage and read by unrolling it. The scroll was a major ancient format later displaced by the codex.Show all 20Linked from 8 pagesPaperRelated: Paper sheets enabled the codex to become a widely produced format.Book reviewNarrower topic: The work under review supplies the content and form being assessed.Political pamphletCompared with: Pamphlets are typically shorter and more immediate than books, though the boundary is not fixed.WritingRelated: Books make extended writing portable and reproducible.History of writingNarrower topic: The history of writing is also a history of changing forms for storing texts.Five Laws of Library ScienceRelated: The first three laws describe how books should serve and find readers.Show all 8