Book Stand Gifts for Book Lovers
Posted December 16th, 2009 by adminA book stand is a real convenience for any true lover of books. Currently available models vary from straight forward wire devices like the Fold’N'Stow that holds a book at user selectable angles on virtually any flat surface, to the infinitely more elaborate LEVO Bookholder which retains your book or other reading material in either a floor standing model or a clamp-on design that securely fastens to any table, desk, or counter top. Many book stand models work best with hard cover books, but they also can function very nicely with paperback books mounted in book holders such as an OpenPage.
The Fold’N'Stow is one of the most affordable of book stands. It folds flat for easy storage and transport and comes with it’s own convenient pouch punched for easy placement in a 3 ring binder. It may be placed on a counter top for cookbooks, or the top of a desk, table, workstation, bench, etc. Wire arms with page holders extend 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 may be easily accommodated. The back plane also has horizontal pieces that can be raised or lowered to adjust 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 stand model, which features a weighted base on casters for easy movement just about anywhere. Wherever you choose to put it, the LEVO will hold your book in virtually any position. With a bookboard which adjusts in any plane, and coupled with book mounting straps that will secure your book, even upside down, the LEVO enables hands-free reading from just about any position.
The LEVO Desk design is just as handy as the LEVO Floor Model, but provides a clamp that firmly holds just about any countertop, workbench, desk, table or other flat surface up to 2 inches thick, and offers the same movements as the floor model, without the range of vertical telescoping movements. By supporting your book up off the surface to which it is attached, the clamp-on design saves the weight and expense of the weighted floor base while conserving valuable work space, since your book doesn’t rest on the working surface.
While there are other book stand designs now available, the Fold’N'Stow and LEVO book stands have withstood the test of time and stand up well to heavy use.