Meaning of "书" in the Chinese dictionary

Books, usually in the narrow sense, are a collection of paper with text and images. The book is usually made of ink, paper, parchment or other material fixed on the spine. The composition of a piece of paper called one, one side called a page. But with the development of science and technology, the concept of narrow book is also expanding, making the book material is also changing, such as electronic format e-books. From the broad sense of the book, it is all the media to spread the message. A book also refers to a literary work or a part thereof. In the library informatics, the book is called monograph, to distinguish it from magazines, academic journals, newspapers and other serial journals. The main body of all written works (including books) is literature. In novels and some types (such as biography), the book may also be divided into volumes. Those who are particularly fond of books are called bookwriters or collectors, and are more likely to call booksworms or nerds. Where is the book book bookstore, the library is where you can borrow books. In 2010, Google estimates that from the invention of printing so far, probably published a hundred and thirty million books of different names. ... 图书，通常在狭义上的理解是带有文字和图像的纸张的集合。书通常由墨水、纸张、羊皮紙或者其他材料固定在书脊上组成。组成书的一张纸称为一张，一张的一面称为一页。但随着科学技术的发展，狭义图书的概念也在扩展，制作书的材料也在改变，如电子格式的电子书。 从广义理解的图书，则是一切传播訊息的媒介。书也指文学作品或者其中的一部分。在图书馆信息学中，书被称为专著，以区别于杂志、学术期刊、报纸等连载期刊。所有的书面作品（包括图书）的主体是文学。在小说和一些类型（如传记）中，书可能还要分成卷。对书特别喜爱的人被称为爱书者或藏书家，更随意的称呼是书虫或者书呆子。 买书的地方叫书店，图书馆則是可以借閱書籍的地方。2010年，谷歌公司估计，从印刷术发明至今，大概出版了一亿三千万本不同名字的书籍。...