• bookworm

    book pest whose larvae eat through the pages of books; also figuratively a passionate reader of books
  • border

    term for vignettes, title framing and other ornamental forms
  • born-digital materials

    media originally created on, or with the use of, digital devices
  • from 1825 the short form of Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler (tr: Stock Exchange Association of German Book Dealers), since 1990 of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (tr: Stock Exchange Association of German Book Trade )
  • boycott

    the exclusion of persons, companies or states  from business and trade in the pursuit of economic, social or political aims
  • Braille script

    script pressed into paper from the rear side, which can be read by touch with the fingertip; for the blind
  • breviary

    liturgical book containing the daily acts of worship
  • brief

    term for a short papal decree
  • broadsheet

    normally a sheet printed on one side only, primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • brocaded paper

    coloured paper decorated with embossed metal leaf