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    A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Books are typically composed of many pages, bound together and protected by a cover. Modern bound books were preceded by many other written mediums, such as the codex and the scroll.

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    It is thought that the earliest Indo-European writings may have been carved on beech wood. The Latin word codex, means a book in the modern sense (bound and with separate leaves). It originally meant 'block of wood'.

    Between the written manuscript and the book are several inventions. While manuscripts are hand-made, books are now industrial products.

  2. External links. Wikipedia:Books. This page is about Wikipedia books – books built from Wikipedia articles. You may be looking for Help:Books, WikiProject Wikipedia-Books, WikiProject Books, Wikipedia:Notability (books), Print Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Bibliography of Wikipedia or User:Tompw/bookshelf. "WP:WR" redirects here.

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    A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The English word to describe such a work derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", or "short story (of something new)", itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning ...

  4. Aug 18, 2022 · How Wikipedia Works is a wiki remix of the 2008 book by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates, with technical edits by Samuel Klein. It is a guide to understanding and using Wikipedia, for readers with a basic understanding of the project.

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