Talk:Book

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WikiPro9102 (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex.But today, books are used for MANY reasons: Entertainment, religious purposes, studying, and more! Books are incredible, and they have taught us so much. To sum it up, the purpose of books back then were for religious purposes. Many sacred texts are used in religion.While a book is written on a specific subject without a fixed count for the minimum amount of words to be used, a novel is a book of a story or stories (in the case of the collection of short stories) written in not less than forty thousand words. Any book of stories short of that amount of words is not a novel.Jon asks: Why are books called that? “A portable volume consisting of a series of written, printed, or illustrated pages bound together,” the word for book (or variously booke, bokis, boke and boc) has been around for as long as the English language. Front matter is the information that appears in the very beginning of a book. The front matter contains the nuts and bolts of the book's publication—information such as title, author, publisher, ISBN, and Library of Congress data.The earliest writings were on clay tablets and were probably administrative lists. The first written story that has come down to us is The Epic of Gilgamesh. It is a mythologized account of an historical figure, Gilgamesh, a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, believed to have ruled sometime between 2700-2500 BC.Increase Self Confidence, Boost Memory and Imagination Power. Reading books and novels can also improve our memory, reduce stress, and increase mental power as well as knowledge. They also help us to improve vocabulary, concentration power & make our thinking skills stronger.It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250-300 words per page. Therefore, a 55,000 word book should be about 200 manuscript pages. A 100,000 word book would be about 400. Editors like 12 point fontThis is how you can start writing a book today: -Start by setting up your writing environment. -Develop a writing habit to start. -Create a book outline to start writing. -Focus on writing your book ONLY. -Maintain your focus at the start. -Schedule book writing time. -Deal with writing distractions. -Start writing your book! A novel is a long, fictional narrative which describes intimate human experiences. The novel in the modern era usually makes use of a literary prose style.Printers print the text of a book on large sheets of paper, sometimes as large as a newspaper page. ... The large sheets are then cut into smaller pages that are still about twice the size of a finished book. The smaller pages are then divided into small groups, folded in half, and sewn together.Apparently, the practice of reading books creates cognitive engagement that improves lots of things, including vocabulary, thinking skills, and concentration. It also can affect empathy, social perception, and emotional intelligence, the sum of which helps people stay on the planet longerReading is important because it develops our thoughts, gives us endless knowledge and lessons to read while keeping our minds active. The importance of reading books to help us learn and understand cannot be underestimated, not to mention the vocabulary and thinking skills we develop.Books are made up of three main parts: front matter, body matter, and end matter. The front matter comes at the beginning of the book and includes the: Half title, frontispiece, and title page.The sheets of paper that make up the pages of a book are called the leaves. The hard cover of most commercially bound books is known as the case.How old is the first book? The Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line Bible, is listed by the Guinness Book of World records as the world's oldest mechanically printed book – the first copies of which were printed in 1454-1455 AD. Around 1450, in what is commonly regarded as an independent invention, Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in Europe, along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. This invention gradually made books less expensive to produce, and more widely available. There Are 129,864,880 Books in the Entire World. How many books have ever been published in all of modern history? According to Google's advanced algorithms, the answer is nearly 130 million books, or 129,864,880, to be exact.Books are important for several reasons: they allow children and adults to learn and understand the alphabet, achieve a minimal standard of literacy and help people understand their roles in society.Picture books are written in a series of scenes, each of which can be illustrated. The average picture book is 32 pages long, but the front matter (title page, copyright page, etc.) eats up about four pages. So assume you have 28 pages for your textWhen added all together, the Harry Potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Below you'll find the total word count numbers for each book in the Harry Potter series: How many words are in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stones? There are 76,944 words.1,500 words is 3 pages single spaced, 6 pages double spaced. 2,000 words is 4 pages single spaced, 8 pages double spaced. 2,500 words is 5 pages single spaced, 10 pages double spaced. 3,000 words is 6 pages single spaced, 12 pages double spaced.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Edit request: Add audiobooks

According to the Audio Publishers Association, audiobook sales and consumption is growing steadily, with audiobook sales in the US seeing their eighth straight year of double digit revenue growth in 2019.

Libro.fm (talk) 05:25, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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Binary division

Where do books of music and books of poetry fit in the division into fiction and nonfiction? I looked at the article on nonfiction and found no mention of poetry, even though a lot of poetry purports to be truthful or hortatory. 67.209.131.36 (talk) 11:54, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Adjusted - the whole section read as though written by a 15-yo. It doesn't help that we don't have an article for "books of music" beyond religious types or sheet music (by definition not in book form I suppose). Johnbod (talk) 13:19, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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Wikipedia about acquire reading materials 124.105.213.176 (talk) 04:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

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What are the importance of a book?

Tell what are the importance of a book so that people feel enthusiasm and eagerness and curiosity to read books. Tell them that benefits and also add how it will affect their lives!

Hope you will make! Thanks 2A02:CE0:1801:50E:C51D:9330:A910:98D3 (talk) 15:02, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Books

a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers are called books. Books play a quintessential role in every student's life by introducing them to a world of imagination, providing knowledge of the outside world, improving their reading, writing and speaking skills as well as boosting memory and intelligence. Books Make Student Intelligent. Books increase the knowledge of students and improve their intellect. ... Books Improve The Memory. ... Books Relieve Stress Of Students. ... Books Improves The Vocabulary. ... Books Help To Get More Focus. ... Learn Different Languages. ... Develops Analytical Skills. Books are very good listeners. We need books for learning, reading, writing etc. Books can refresh our mind and motivates us to be positive in our life. Books provide us knowledge about the things which are impossible to learn from anyone.

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” 2A02:CE0:1801:50E:C51D:9330:A910:98D3 (talk) 15:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)