Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25359252-20130623191355/@comment-9887604-20130625151726

He is just saying that he collects every book he can find.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Ulfr_the_Blind He was reading a book with nothing in it.

The book of fate was in the museum of curiosities in Windhelm. It also has nothing written inside of it. I personally love the volume books. Palla, 2920 Series, King Edward, The Argonian Account, and A Dance In Fire are some of my favorite. Here is a mod I use that adds 177 books from other TES games not included in Skyrim. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=12803