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Highly flexible for multiple book sizes, this bookweight features. And i dont read many books with them flat on a counter or desk. Think how hard it is to hold some books open while readingit can take a gorilla grip to keep the pages readable. I have a book on programming, which means that i need to look at it when i am on my computer meaning that i dont have any hands available for keeping the book open. This book weight is one of the solutions for handsfree reading.
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My piano teacher asked me about it, so i bought him one as a gift. Not a bookmark but a book weight, these little guys can hold open a cookbook, paperback, textbook, manual, checkbook or act as a paperweight. Make a super cheap book weight out of pennies and duct tape. Jan 3, 2016 leather book weight helps keep books open while reading so you can hold a book with one hand comfortably. A running foot of average sized books weighs about 20 pounds. These books stands hold the book at an angle and keep the pages open with their two arms at the bottom. Well the only option here that both holds books open and upright is the wire hanger, but it sucks to be blunt its just too light weight, so this is looking like my only choice chris k mar 10 19 at 0. Not a bookmark but a book weight, these little guys can hold open a cookbook, paperback, textbook. So a threefoot shelf filled with average sized books.
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