A book is usually a written medium for recording significant information in the form of text or images, usually composed of several pages secured together and protected with a cover. The technical term for such physical arrangement is folio. A folio is generally divided into two parts: first part is known as the prologue and acts as a prelude to the book; the second part is known as epilogue and deals with acknowledgements. A book may also be divided into a third part called index, which lists all the pages within the book and their respective locations on the folio.
In ancient times, books were mainly used for reference purpose and as a record of oral history. Nowadays, books are mainly used for publishing, creating and maintaining an archive of recorded material, whether in the form of text, images or data. Books are categorized into several categories like fiction (novels & short stories), non-fiction (biographies, texts and other literary works), reference (books on various topics), business/market related (introductions to businesses), government (laws & reference books), serious reading (books about serious topics). Some of the most popular genres of books include fiction, reference, biographies, novels, cookery, religious, cook books, histories, self-help, children’s books, and reference books.
One can classify a book according to its genre according to the language it is published in, i.e. hardback, paperback, hardback copy, book and trade paperback. An offender is a bookseller who purchases large quantities of books from printers and distributors. They are a common feature of most small bookstores and an indispensable companion to online booksellers. Most of the offenders have their own websites where they provide information about their stocks, special offers, prices and payment options.
The other categories that comprise the vast majority of books are biographies, novels (both fiction & non-fiction), histories, self-help, reference books and cookery. Of these the former two categories make up the largest part of the market and the reference category encompasses a much smaller but still significant part of the market. This is probably because many of us tend to refer to books by their titles, e.g. ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ etc., rather than the work’s subject.
A book can be either written or printed. Printed books are usually sold in bookshops and are available both as bound hardbacks and as paperbacks (which are easier to read from the bookcase). However, they are often produced with rather less creativity than their hardback or paperback counterparts. Often they are produced on a printer’s paper with ink-jet printing. Printed books are often displayed on shelves, book stands, end tables and other surfaces, and they serve as decorative accessories for homes, offices and so forth.
The printed book market is also home to a huge number of self-publishing houses, who print and distribute their own books, sometimes with the help of a small sales force. They offer an altogether different range of reading materials than the major publishing houses. These houses tend to specialize in one particular genre or sub-genre of literature, for example crime fiction, children’s literature, Christian fiction, British literature or women’s fiction. In terms of hardback and paperback publishing, the United Kingdom has numerous small presses which print solely books of particular genres such as Christian romance, YA fiction and teen novels.
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One way of distinguishing between various books is to consider the cover design. An image of the author’s face usually appears on the cover of a book. Some famous British authors include Charles Dickens (writer of “Aesop’s Fables” and “Tom Sawyer”), Rudyard Kipling (writer of “The Jungle Book”), Enid Blyton (writer of” Curious George” and “The Year’s War”), and Charles Dickens (writer of” Oliver Twist”). The frontispieces of books may include iconic scenes from the book or characters. For instance, Sir Walter Paine (who wrote “A Visit to Doctor Dolittle”) featured a picture of his dog in the cover of his book “The Man Who Loved Dogs”.