It's definitely within the realm of possibilities, and if anyone has done this I can guarantee you it'd be the Sharlayans. They are quite adept at creating Familiars from all manner of non-sentient animals and items (brooms, books, frogs, owls, etc) by way of "Quickening" magicks. If a Sharlayan mage can get a broomstick to talk, I don't see why they couldn't get a book to.
Nice. Do you have the sources for these quotes?