bookwork

noun4

1. •
   Work done with the aid of textbooks.

   • The diagram indicates in some degree the relative amount of oral work as compared with bookwork in our best schools. — 2008
2. •
   The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought.

   • The proportion of problems to bookwork done by the candidates is very various. The latter shows more reading, the former evince more natural Mathematical ability. — 1852
3. •
   Accounting work; book keeping.

   • The tax officials seized documents that Tony Hachem said related to a company for which he'd done unpaid bookwork about five years ago. — 2009
4. •
   The art and science of formatting books.

   • The development of a typesetting program suite for general bookwork calls for very close cooperation between typographer and programmer. — 1976