Book and Quill is a shapeless crafting recipe that uses 3 items: 1 Book, 1 Ink Sac and 1 Feather. 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 1 Book, 1 Ink Sac and 1 Feather — 3 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Book and Quill.
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 and Quill is an ingredient in 1 crafting recipe, for example Written Book.