Books vs. Manuscript — What's the Difference?

A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include any written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from its rendition as a printed version of the same.

An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed

A printed or written literary work

A handwritten book, poem, or other document, or a collection of such handwritten documents bound together

A main division of a larger printed or written work

A version of a book, article, or other work before being published or prepared for publication

A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.

Handwriting, especially in contrast to print

Books Financial or business records considered as a group

Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

A libretto.

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

The script of a play.

A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

The Bible.

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

The Koran.

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.

The form of a literary work submitted for publication

The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task

Handwritten book or document

(Informal) Factual information, especially of a private nature

A pack of like or similar items bound together

A record of bets placed on a race.

(Games) The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.

To arrange for or purchase (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.

To arrange a reservation, as for a hotel room, for (someone)

To hire or engage

To list or register in a book

To list or record appointments or engagements in

To record information about (a suspected offender) after arrest in preparation for arraignment, usually including a criminal history search, fingerprinting, and photographing.

(Sports) To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.

To designate a time for; schedule

To be hired for or engaged in

To make a reservation

Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience

Appearing in a company's financial records

Plural of book

(accounting) Accounting records.