I gave him the book and he won't read it. I walked around Skaal village for well over an in game day waiting for him. Is there some trick or am I suppose to just find something to do and then come back later?

I reloaded from a previous save to see if that makes a difference. It did not. When I try and talk to him he says he can not talk right now. And Frea just watches him and tells me to be quiet if I try and talk to her.

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