A Book Stand as a Gift for Book Lovers

A book stand is a amazing aid for every true lover of books. Currently available designs vary from simple wire devices such as the Fold’N'Stow that supports a book at variable angles on just about any flat surface, to the elegantly conceived and executed LEVO Bookholder that holds a book or other reading material in either a floor stand model or a clamp-on model that securely clamps to any table, desk, or counter top. Many book stand models work best with hard cover books, but they also can function very well with paperback books held by 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 is sold with it’s own plastic pouch designed for use in a three ring binder. It can be placed on a countertop for cookbooks, or atop your desk, table, workstation, bench, etc. Wire arms with page keepers extend from the back plane to secure your book open, and, by adjusting how far apart the arms are, smaller and larger books may be easily accommodated. The back plane has horizontal pieces that can 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 stand model, which features a weighted base on casters for easy movement from chair side to bedside to desk side to beside the kitchen counter top. Wherever you position it, it will position in just about any position. Incorporating a bookboard that swings, tilts, cants, yaws and rotates in any plane, and coupled with book mounting straps that will secure your book, even in an inverted position, the LEVO allows for totally hand-free reading from just about any position.

The LEVO Clamp On model is just as handy as its floor standing sibling, but features a clamp that securely holds just about any desk, table, counter top, work bench or other flat surface up to 2 inches thick, and offers the same movements as the floor stand model, without the range of telescoping movements vertically. By holding your reading materials off the surface to which it is secured, the clamp on design saves the weight and expense of the weighted base while still freeing up work space, since your book doesn’t rest on the surface.

Even though there are other book stand designs currently available, the LEVO and Fold’N'Stow book stands have stood the test of time and stand up well to constant use.