Book

Books are crafted from paper and can be used as components recipes for in several useful items, especially enchantment tables and bookshelves. Books and paper can naturally occur in chests, inside strongholds.

Crafting
Before snapshot 12w17a, books are crafted from three paper sheets in this arrangement.

In snapshot 12w17a and later, books also require a piece of leather in one of the empty slots. The items can be arranged in any order, allowing books to be crafted without a crafting table.

As a Crafting Material
Note: Books and Quills are crafted in any arrangement, and can only be crafted in Snapshot 12w17a and later.