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Karl Jones at 20:02, 28 April 2016

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Karl Jones at 19:50, 28 April 2016

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 [[Google]] has estimated that as of 2010, approximately 130,000,000 distinct titles had been published.
-In some wealthier nations, printed books are giving way to the usage of electronic or e-books, though sales of e-books declined in the first half of 2015.
+In some wealthier nations, printed books are giving way to the usage of electronic or [[E-book|e-books]], though sales of e-books declined in the first half of 2015.
 == See also ==
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 * [[Book burning]]
 * [[Booksellers]]
 * [[Lists of books]]
 * [[Open access book]]

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		+	* [[Artist's book]]
		+	* [[Audiobook]]
		+	* [[Book burning]]
		+	* [[Booksellers]]
		+	* [[Lists of books]]
		+	* [[Open access book]]
		+	* [[Bibliodiversity]]
	* [[Writing]]		* [[Writing]]

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−	A book is ...	+	A '''book''' is a set of [[written]], [[printed]], [[illustrated]], or blank sheets, made of [[ink]], [[paper]], [[parchment]], or other materials, fastened together to [[hinge]] at one side.
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		+	== Description ==
		+
		+	A single sheet within a book is a [[leaf]], and each side of a leaf is a [[page]].
		+
		+	A set of [[text]]-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an [[electronic book]], or e-book.
		+
		+	Books may also refer to works of [[literature]], or a main division of such a work.
		+
		+	In [[library science]] and [[information science]], a book is called a [[monograph]], to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as [[Magazine\|magazines]], [[Journal\|journals]], or [[Newspaper\|newspapers]].
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		+	The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, and so on).
		+
		+	An avid reader of books is a bibliophile or colloquially, bookworm.
		+
		+	== Economics ==
		+
		+	A shop where books are bought and sold is a [[bookshop]] or bookstore.
		+
		+	Books can also be borrowed from [[Library\|libraries]].
		+
		+	[[Google]] has estimated that as of 2010, approximately 130,000,000 distinct titles had been published.
		+
		+	In some wealthier nations, printed books are giving way to the usage of electronic or e-books, though sales of e-books declined in the first half of 2015.
		+
		+	== See also ==
		+
		+	* [[Writing]]
		+
		+	== External links ==
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		+	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book Book] @ Wikipedia
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		+	[[Category:Books]]
		+	[[Category:Literature]]
		+	[[Category:Writing]]