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This is Not a Book
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 * name         = This is Not a Book
 * author       = Keri Smith
 * illustrator  = Keri Smith
 * country      = United States of America
 * language     = English
 * publisher    = The Peguin Group
 * release_date = September 2009
 * pages        = 221 pages

This is Not a Book is a book by Keri Smith that was published in 2009. It's not a normal book, because this book doesn't exist without you, the reader. There is almost nothing written in the book, so you determine the content and the final product. The purpose of this book is to learn to think outside the box and use your imagination. The main question in this book is: if it's not a book, then what exactly is it? Well the answer is up to you.

This Is Not A Book is much like Wreck This Journal, also by Keri Smith, except that it pushes the boundaries of your comfort zone much further. The book consists of assignments that push you to go in public, or to risk losing your copy of the book. For example, one assignment encourages you to leave This Is Not A Book someplace overnight and see what happens. Another suggests that you read a piece of writing that you really like out loud where others can hear you. Some challenge you to risk looking silly in front of others, or do something you’ve always wanted to do. Each assignment shows you a thing that This is Not a Book could be.

Page 42
Page 42 of This is Not a Book is missing. Many readers have attempted to explain what has happened to it. You can read the reference on the official This is Not a Book site.

Homages
The assignment "random occurence" is an homage to Marcel Duchamp, "window" is an homage to Yoko Ono, "chance operation" is an homage to John Cage, "conundrum" and "top secret document" are an homage to Oulipo, "bureaucracy" is an homage to José Saramago and "voyage" is an homage to Bas Jan Ader.