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You are doing work. Your bodies muscles are constantly working to keep the book and yourself balanced. It may not seem like you are doing anything but if your body stopped work then you and the book would fall down.

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Work is the product of the force on an object multiplied by the distance the object moves as a result of the force. Therefore, if there is no movement, there is no work.

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