The book content type is suited for creating structured, multi-page hypertexts such as site resource guides, manuals, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). It permits a document to have chapters, sections, subsections, etc. Authors with suitable permissions can add pages to a collaborative book, placing them into the existing document by adding them to a table of contents menu.

Books have additional previous, up, and next navigation elements at the bottom of each page for moving through the text. Additional navigation has been provided by enabling the book navigation block on the left hand side.

Users can select the printer-friendly version link visible at the bottom of a book page to generate a printer-friendly display of the page and all of its subsections. They can choose to export the page and its subsections as DocBook XML (for offline editing, or production of print or other electronic publication formats), or as an outline (titles only), by selecting the export DocBook XML and export OPML links respectively. DocBook export currently treats node content as preformatted text.

Administrators can view a book outline, from which is it possible to change the titles of sections, and their weight (thus reordering sections). From this outline, it is also possible to edit and/or delete book pages. Many content types besides pages (for example, blog entries, stories, and polls) can be added to a collaborative book by choosing the outline tab when viewing the post.