A Book Stand Makes a Good Gift for Readers
A book stand is a amazing aid for any true lover of books. Currently sole types range from straight forward wire creations like the Fold’N'Stow that holds a book at user selectable angles on virtually any flat surface, to the ultimately sophisticated LEVO Bookholder that holds a book or other reading material in either a floor stand design or a clamp-on design that easily clamps to any table, desk, or counter top. Most book stand designs function well with hard cover books, but most also can function quite nicely with paperbacks mounted in book holders like an OpenPage.
The Fold’N'Stow is among the least expensive of book stands. It folds compactly and is sold with it’s own plastic pouch punched for easy use in a three ring binder. It may be placed on a countertop for recipe books, or atop any desk, table, workstation, bench, etc. Wire arms with page keepers swing out from the back to hold the covers and open pages of your book, and, by adjusting how far apart the arms are, smaller and larger books are easily accommodated. The back of the stand has horizontal pieces that may be raised or lowered to vary the angle at which the book is held relative to the surface upon which it is resting.
The most popular model of the LEVO book stand is the LEVO floor standing model, which includes a weighted rolling base for easy movement from bedside to treadmill to the couch, desk, table or counter top. Wherever you position it, it will hold your book in virtually any position you can imagine. With a bookboard that can be moved in any plane, and coupled with a book mounting system that will secure your book, even upside down, the LEVO allows for totally hand-free reading from just about any position.
The LEVO Desk Clamp on design is just as convenient as its floor standing sibling, but incorporates a clamp that safely holds any desk, table, counter top, work bench or other flat surface up to 2 inches thick, and provides identical movements as the floor stand model, without the range of telescoping movements vertically. By holding your book off the surface to which it is secured, the clamp-on model saves the weight and expense of the rolling base while freeing up valuable work space, since neither your book nor your book holder rest on the surface.
While there are other book stand designs available, the LEVO and Fold’N'Stow designs have stood the test of time and stand up well to constant use.
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