A book is a SET or COLLECTION of WRITTEN, PRINTED, ILLUSTRATED, or BLANK SHEETS, made of PAPER, PARCHMENT, or other material, usually fastened together to HINGE at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a LEAF, and each side of a leaf is called a PAGE. A book produced in electronic format is known as an E-BOOK.
Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such work. In a library and information science, a book is called a MONOGRAPH, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as MAGAZINES, JOURNALS or NEWSPAPERS. The body of all written works including books is LITERATURE.
In NOVELS, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called BOOKS (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc)
A lover of books is usually referred to as a BIBLIOPHILE, a BIBLIOPHILIST, or a PHILOBIBLIST, or, more informally, a BOOKWORM.
A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries or obtained for reading through the practice of Book Crossing.
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