A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images , typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus , parchment , vellum , or paper ) bound together and protected by a cover . [1] it can also be handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex (plural, codices ). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or rec
As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle 's Physics is called a book. In an unrestricte
The intellectual content in a physical book need not be a composition, nor even be called a book. Books can consist only of drawings , engravings or photographs , crossword puzzles or cut-out dolls. In a physical book, the pages can be left blank or can feature an abstract set of lines to support entries, such as in an account book, appointment book, autograph book , notebook, diary or sketchbook . Some physical books are made with pages thick and sturdy enough to support other physical objects, like a scra