Content · Situational
Book + Chapter schema — what it does & how to ship it
Short answer
Book marks up long-form work — ebooks, whitepapers, print books — with author, ISBN and chapters. Ties into Google Books and enriches long-form content authority.
What it does
Book carries name, author, isbn, bookFormat and hasPart (Chapter nodes). Chapter carries name, position and pageStart/pageEnd.
SERP / AI benefit
Book snippet in SERP, Google Books integration, and long-form authority reinforcement.
Where to use it
Ebook and whitepaper landing pages.
JSON-LD example
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Book",
"name": "The GEO Playbook",
"author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Usman Jatoi" },
"bookFormat": "https://schema.org/EBook"
}Copy, edit for your site, and drop into your page head inside a<script type="application/ld+json">block. Validate with Google's Rich Results Test.
Frequently asked
Do I need an ISBN?›
Not required, but recommended for published books. Ebooks/whitepapers can omit it.