Book and Quill

Book and Quills are used to write books the player may read. They will appear in the next public update.

Crafting
Book and Quills are crafted using one Book, Feather, and Ink Sac in any arrangement.

Writing
Using this item, the player can write a single book up to 50 pages long. When signed, it will have the name of the player who wrote it. The title of the book can be up to 16 characters long. On Single Player, the world will pause while a book is being edited. The player has the ability to copy and paste into books. However, the paste will fail if the text being pasted is longer than a single page.

Text in a book can be styled using codes starting with the § character (section sign). To create the section sign, the player can copy and paste the character, or hold alt and press 2 1.
 * §k creates randomly changing characters.
 * §l creates bold text.
 * §m creates struck-through text.
 * §n creates underlined text.
 * §o creates italic text.
 * §[0-f, hexadecimal] creates colored text. See Color codes.
 * §r resets any of the previous styles so text after it appears normally.

Written Book
Written Books are created after a Book and Quill is signed. In the inventory, Written Books have a purple hue (enchanted items also have this) when obtained. The label does not say Written Book, but what the player titles it, unless the item is spawned in through /give or with an inventory editor. It will say the title on the top line of the label, and "by username" on the bottom. Username is the username of the player who wrote the book. The icon of the Written Book is slightly different from the Book and Quill's icon, showing the same red book, but without the quill.

When Written Books are obtained with /give or inventory editors, the label will only show "Written Book" and will be blank when opened. The book is signed and cannot be edited.

Trivia

 * In theory, a player may make a short flip book by making consecutive ASCII images on each of the 50 pages.