Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main apportionment of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, http://www.discountphotogifts.com/photobooks.html to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.
Albums are books for holding collections of memorabilia, pictures or photographs. They are often unreal so that the pages are removable. Stamp albums hold collections of stamps.