If you should probably shoot a tracking video, you dont need a fancy camera slider or dolly.
Start recording video and pull your towel slowly.
The book acts as a stabilizer for the movement, according to Instructables user Paige Russell.
But thats bound to be messy.
The towel trick,suggested by a commenter at Petapixel, sounds much cleaner.
This is only a quick fix though.
30 Second Table Top Dolly| Instructables viaPetapixel