Interesting replies all.
I think it's reasonable to assume that the TARDIS would have kept a complete record of the events of the Time War, whether the Doctor wanted her to or not.
She may well have produced the physical book just for Clara's benefit, presenting it to her in a form that she would immediately recognise and be curious about.
The TARDIS also I suspect wanted Clara to see the Doctor's name in the book, and it would have been there on whatever page Clara turned to!
It was presented in a form that she would understand by design, so no need for any translation.

So the TARDIS might actually be trying to warn Clara away from the Doctor for some reason, not because it doesn't like her. That would agree with what the psychic said. And the TARDIS knows the future.

(And just to be pedantic, I'll point out that Clara saw the Doctor's name on the second page she turned to.)

Oops, so she did!

That's my take on it too.

I don't think there was any real significance to Clara reading the book either.
I got the impression it was just a case of "Wow! He's been through a lot. No wonder he's a bit odd".

TBH, it kind of irritates me the way we seem to expect everything to have some deep significance and just as much that things often do.

I wish the current team would realise that it is okay to just produce an entertaining story without turning everything into some kind of cryptic bloody puzzle.

She read his name, pretty sure that will be significant given the First question and the Finale Title.

"There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name. There's only one time I could."

But you might have read it in a book.

I ALWAYS stop for a read in the library whilst being chased by a frightening monster. It can't possibly see me whilst I am looking at this book.

Must admit, I only watched it late last night, on iPlayer, and I didn't even notice anything about her reading his name.

In general, though, it just bugs me a bit the way they seem to feel compelled to give everything some hidden significance.

I've been rewatching the older episodes recently and I find the Ecclestone episodes, particularly, to be a breath of fresh air.
They were all simple, interesting, stories in their own right and although the whole "bad wolf" thing kept cropping up, it didn't ever detract from or confuse the story at hand.

Just seems like, over the last couple of years, they've been trying too hard to be inscrutable. The whole "doctor's death" thing was the epitome of convoluted nonsense IMO.

Course, that's just my personal opinion and I realise others might prefer this type of story-telling.

I'm inclined to agree, though this series is much less arc-dominated than series 6.

This was my interpretation. I also think the TARDIS deliberately spilled those words on Clara. At some point this is going to be important for good or bad. Possibly with Clara saying the Doctor's name to rescue him but at the same time unlocking the time war.

I wrote it and sold it to The Doctor for £50

Did you sign away the film rights as well?

Someone suggested AGES ago that his name may be the key to the time lock. So maybe the time war is unsealed and concludes, someone writes a book detailing the history, including the Doctor's name and it's purpose. And the book was one of the things which leaked through the little crack in time.

Yes it was a bargain

There are lots of cultures that are aware of the time war and could therefore have written histories of it — e.g. going right the way back to 2005's The End of the World, Jabe-the-tree-lady-from-Hollyoaks's recognises the Doctor as the last Time Lord without needing to be told of the war; her lot are obviously aware that something has gone on.

A Sontaran in the Tennant two parter also states upset that the Sontarans were not allowed to take part in the Time War, so presumably they had quite a lot of the details too.

I hadn't thought of that! Yes, the book could have been something the Doctor will have in the future that leaked through.