The Book is one of the objects required to be placed in the pedestal room in order to fix the Ink Machine.

Book in Chapter One of Bendy and the Ink Machine
Book in Chapter One of Bendy and the Ink Machine
Book in Chapter One of Bendy and the Ink Machine

Exit the pedestal room and take the left hallway. Go through the short hall on the left, then take the stairs straight ahead through the doorway down. On the table off to the right there’s a Book labeled The Illusion of Living. Don’t forget there’s also a clock-in machine that’s used for saving your progress here.

To return to the pedestal room, head up the steps, straight through the hall, take the right path and it’s on your right.

Place the Book on the first pedestal to the right.