Book is a shapeless crafting recipe that uses 4 items: 3 Paper and 1 Leather. The position of the ingredients does not matter — put them into any free slots of the grid. Because it fits into 2×2 slots, you can craft it directly in your inventory — no crafting table needed.
You need 3 Paper and 1 Leather — 4 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Book.
No. The recipe fits into 2×2 slots, so you can craft it in your inventory's crafting grid. A crafting table works as well.
It is shapeless: the ingredients can go into any slots of the crafting grid.
Book is an ingredient in 3 crafting recipes, for example Book and Quill, Bookshelf and Enchanting Table.
