Definition of "book"

Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii], page 3, column 1

I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder.

1962, Luis Borges, translated by James East Irby, The Library of Babel

I can be anything.Take a look!It's in a book:A reading rainbow.

1983, Steve Horelick et al., Reading Rainbow

Trefusis's quarters could be described in one word. Books. Books and books and books. And then, just when an observer might be lured into thinking that that must be it, more books... Trefusis himself was highly dismissive of them. ‘Waste of trees,’ he had once said. ‘Stupid, ugly, clumsy, heavy things. The sooner technology comes up with a reliable alternative the better... The world is so fond of saying that books should be “treated with respect”. But when are we told that words should be treated with respect?’

1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 51

“I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.”

2022 December 6, Stephen Marche, quoting Sam Bankman-Fried, “The College Essay Is Dead”, in The Atlantic‎

The guild helps ensure that the ownership and control of the music, lyrics, and book of a show remain in the hands of its authors and composers—not the producers.

2010, David Baskerville, Tim Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 172

Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.

2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC‎

The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.

1974, Adrienne Lanier Seward, The Black Pimp as a Folk Hero, page 11

On the other hand The Book is an oral tradition containing the rules and principles to be adopted by a pimp who wishes to be a player.

1994, Antiquarian Book Monthly, volume 21, page 36

Getting your book (portfolio) organised is the first step, and knowing both what to include, and what to leave out, is an essential step towards achieving that important agency placement.

2017, Nik Mahon, Basics Advertising 02: Art Direction, page 8

Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer.

Idea Industry (page 27)

White to move and win. How can he do it? The BK plans a march to h8, eating the f4 pawn en route, for a book draw.

2018 April 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Schoolboy Vincent Keymer secures shock triumph at Grenke Open”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-12

This seems certain to simplify into a battle between White's king, rook and two pawns against Black's king and rook. In some cases a book draw is possible. But a book win is more likely.

2020, Andrew Soltis, How to Swindle in Chess, Batsford Books

I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.

2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68