book

medium for recording information (words or images) typically on bound pages or more abstractly in electronic or audio form
class type_of_mass_media Q571
book
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book

Summary

book is a type of mass media[1]. book draws 5,761 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • book's instance of is recorded as type of mass media[3].
  • book's instance of is recorded as type of publication[4].
  • book is a type of document[5].
  • book is a type of product[6].
  • book is a type of publication[7].
  • book is a type of communications media[8].
  • book is a type of written work[9].
  • book is used for source of information[10].
  • book is used for entertainment[11].
  • book is used for spiritual development[12].
  • book is used for education[13].
  • book is used for critical thinking[14].
  • book is used for imagination[15].
  • book is used for pleasure[16].
  • book is used for survival[17].
  • book's Commons category is recorded as Books[18].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 🕮[19].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📚[20].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📙[21].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📘[22].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📗[23].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📖[24].
  • book's Unicode character is recorded as 📕[25].
  • book comprises text[26].
  • book comprises chapter[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for book include BookTok[28], an online community[29]; emblem book[30], a literary genre[31]; World Book Day and Copyright Day[32], a world day[33], founded in 1995[34]; World Book Capital[35], a recurring event[36], founded in 2001[37]; Dewey Readmore Books[38], a cat[39]; handbook[40], a book format[41]; Kitobiston[42], a business[43], in Tajikistan[44], founded in 2022[45], headquartered in Khujand[46]; and Kitobz[47].

Why It Matters

book draws 5,761 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #2 of 13).[2] book has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] book is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for book include BookTok[28], an online community[29]; emblem book[30], a literary genre[31]; World Book Day and Copyright Day[32], a world day[33], founded in 1995[34]; World Book Capital[35], a recurring event[36], founded in 2001[37]; Dewey Readmore Books[38], a cat[39]; and handbook[40], a book format[41].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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