Properly selected, a book holder can reduce or even eliminate hand, wrist, neck and arm fatigue for book lovers, protect the book it holds, and protect the reader’s privacy. While book holders may be a necessity for readers facing certain disabilities, most book lovers believe they don’t really “need” a book holder. However, virtually every book reader quickly come to prefer reading with one once they’ve actually used a well crafted design.

Some book holder designs also serve as a stand to position and support a book for convenient reading. Some designs consist of simple wire creations that clip onto pages of the book to hold it open, while other designs form stands for use on flat surfaces and can be folded flat for easy storage or transport from home to office to school or wherever. Other designs include floor stand models that can be easily moved from a favorite easy chair to bedside to next to. Other designs incorporate spring steel inside vinyl covers in various colors and designs that wrap around a book to hold it open for reading and snap closed for protection during travel.

Other book holder designs can do double duty as magazine holders, copy holders, newspaper holders, etc, thus extending the range of benefits its owner enjoys. There are book holders designed to float in a pool or tub, and there are book holders designed to hold your book attached to your computer or laptop screen. And there are book holders designed to securely clamp to a table, counter top or desk to hold a book weighing up to five pounds while freeing up valuable work space. These are especially useful for cook books, repair manuals, user guides, instruction or installation manuals and other reading materials you need to keep handy when working, but where space is at a premium.

By finding the right book holder(s), a book lover’s pleasure can be increased many fold.