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