Book

Book
An item in Minetest Game
Item Type	Craftitem
Renewable	Yes
Durability	N/A
Stackable	Yes (99)
Itemstring	default:book

Books are crafted from Paper and can be used to make a Bookshelf or write down some text. Books can also be stored in a bookshelf (up to 16 per bookshelf).

To write some text into a book, simply hold the book in your hand and leftclick, then you can enter the text. The book will then appear as “Book with Text” in the inventory. You can also copy the contents of a book via crafting (see below).

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Input → Output	Description
Book	Paper		Used to store notes and to craft bookshelves.

As a crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Input → Output	Description
Bookshelf	Wooden items + Books		Can store up to 16 books.
Book with Text	Book with Text, Book		Copy a book: This recipe creates a Book with Text which contains the same text as the original Book with Text you used, which you will keep. The recipe is shapeless.