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By Todd Stadler · Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:37am

Today I picked up a book lying around the office, only to find that every page was blank. There was no ink to be found in the book ? not even on the cover.

I had discovered the world of bulking dummies ? books that are physically identical to the final printed product, but without any printing. They're made for the purposes of determining the physical aspects of the book for dust jackets, packing materials, and so on.

But never mind that. Do you know how eerie it is to find a book with absolutely nothing in it, not even a UPC code or company name? The book seems somehow magical, as if its contents were hidden from the average person's view, or had yet to be conceived of.

And lucky me, I have such a book in my possession, courtesy of the Timber Press art department. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it's just a good thing to have in one's possession.