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Template:BookInfobox

Renders the right-hand infobox card for books and published works.

Used for:

Paranormal research books
Historical texts
Investigator memoirs
Fictional works with relevance to The Vault
Important publications within paranormal studies

Note: requires the ParserFunctions extension for the conditionals.

Usage:

{{BookInfobox
|title=Extra-Sensory Perception
|author=J. B. Rhine
|publisher=Boston Society for Psychic Research
|published=1934
|pages=372
|type=Research publication
|genre=Parapsychology
|subject=Extrasensory perception and psychic phenomena
|related=[[Parapsychology]], [[Telepathy]], [[Psychokinesis]]
|status=Historical work
}}

Place this at the very top of the page before the article text.

Parameters

title — required. Book title
image — optional. Cover image filename
caption — optional. Image caption
author — recommended
publisher — recommended
published — recommended
isbn — optional
pages — optional
type — recommended. Publication type
genre — optional
subject — recommended for Vault articles
related — optional. Related Vault subjects
status — optional. Historical importance/status

Suggested type values

Research publication
Academic work
Investigator memoir
Biography
Historical text
Novel
Anthology

Suggested status values

Historical work
Influential publication
Controversial work
Foundational text
Popular work

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-<includeonly><div class="vault-infobox">
+<includeonly>
+<div class="vault-infobox">
 <div class="vault-infobox-header">{{{title}}}</div>
-{{#if:{{{author|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">AUTHOR</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{author}}}</span></div>}}
-{{#if:{{{publisher|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">PUBLISHER</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{publisher}}}</span></div>}}
+{{#if:{{{image|}}}|
-{{#if:{{{published|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">PUBLISHED</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{published}}}</span></div>}}
+<div class="vault-infobox-image">
-{{#if:{{{isbn|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">ISBN</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{isbn}}}</span></div>}}
+[[File:{{{image}}}|280px]]
-{{#if:{{{pages|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">PAGES</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{pages}}}</span></div>}}
+{{#if:{{{caption|}}}|
-{{#if:{{{genre|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">GENRE</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{genre}}}</span></div>}}
+<div class="vault-infobox-caption">{{{caption}}}</div>
-</div></includeonly><noinclude>
+}}
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{author|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">AUTHOR</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{author}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{publisher|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">PUBLISHER</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{publisher}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{published|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">PUBLISHED</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{published}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{isbn|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">ISBN</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{isbn}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{pages|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">PAGES</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{pages}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{type|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">TYPE</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{type}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{genre|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">GENRE</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{genre}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{subject|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">SUBJECT</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{subject}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{related|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">RELATED</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{related}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+{{#if:{{{status|}}}|
+<div class="vault-infobox-row">
+<span class="vault-infobox-k">STATUS</span>
+<span class="vault-infobox-v vault-infobox-status">{{{status}}}</span>
+</div>
+}}
+</div>
+</includeonly>
+<noinclude>
 == Template:BookInfobox ==
-Renders the right-hand infobox card on a page about a book — as distinct from a magazine or periodical ({{tl|PublicationInfobox}}).
-'''Note:''' requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals, same as the other infoboxes.
+Renders the right-hand infobox card for books and published works.
+Used for:
+* Paranormal research books
+* Historical texts
+* Investigator memoirs
+* Fictional works with relevance to The Vault
+* Important publications within paranormal studies
+'''Note:''' requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals.
 '''Usage:'''
 <pre>
 {{BookInfobox
-|title=Derek Acorah: Extreme Psychic
+|title=Extra-Sensory Perception
-|author=Derek Acorah
+|author=J. B. Rhine
-|publisher=HarperElement
+|publisher=Boston Society for Psychic Research
-|published=5 March 2007
+|published=1934
-|isbn=978-0-00-724973-2
+|pages=372
-|pages=272
+|type=Research publication
-|genre=Paranormal memoir
+|genre=Parapsychology
+|subject=Extrasensory perception and psychic phenomena
+|related=[[Parapsychology]], [[Telepathy]], [[Psychokinesis]]
+|status=Historical work
 }}
 </pre>
-Place at the very top of the page, before the article text.
+Place this at the very top of the page before the article text.
 === Parameters ===
-* '''title''' — required
+* '''title''' — required. Book title
+* '''image''' — optional. Cover image filename
+* '''caption''' — optional. Image caption
 * '''author''' — recommended
 * '''publisher''' — recommended
 * '''published''' — recommended
-* '''isbn''' — recommended
+* '''isbn''' — optional
 * '''pages''' — optional
+* '''type''' — recommended. Publication type
 * '''genre''' — optional
+* '''subject''' — recommended for Vault articles
+* '''related''' — optional. Related Vault subjects
+* '''status''' — optional. Historical importance/status
+=== Suggested type values ===
+<pre>
+Research publication
+Academic work
+Investigator memoir
+Biography
+Historical text
+Novel
+Anthology
+</pre>
+=== Suggested status values ===
+<pre>
+Historical work
+Influential publication
+Controversial work
+Foundational text
+Popular work
+</pre>
 [[Category:Vault Templates]]
 </noinclude>