A book stand is a real convenience for every real lover of books. Currently offered types range from simple wire creations like the Fold’N'Stow that supports a book at variable angles on virtually any flat surface, to the elegantly conceived and executed LEVO Bookholder that embraces a book in either a floor stand model or a clamp-on design that securely clamps to just about any table, desk, or counter top. Many book stand designs function well with hardcovers, but they also can function quite nicely with paperbacks held by book holders like an OpenPage.

The Fold’N'Stow is among the least expensive of book stands. It folds virtually flat for easy storage and transport and is sold with it’s own convenient pouch designed for use in a 3 ring binder. It may be positioned on a counter top for cook books, or the top of a desk, table, workstation, bench, etc. Wire arms with page holders swing out from the back plane to hold your book open, and, by adjusting how far apart the arms are, smaller and larger books may be easily accommodated. The back of the stand also has horizontal pieces that can be moved to adjust the angle at which the book is held relative the substrate.

The LEVO’s most popular book stand is the LEVO floor stand model, which features a weighted base on casters for ease of movement from chair side to bedside to desk side to beside the kitchen counter top. Wherever you position it, it can support in just about any position. With a bookboard which can be moved into virtually any position, and combined with a book mounting mechanism that will securely hold your book, even upside down, the LEVO allows for totally hand-free reading just about anywhere.

The LEVO Clamp-on model is just as convenient as its floor standing sibling, but incorporates a clamp that safely attaches to any desk, table, counter top, work bench or other flat surface up to 2 inches thick, and offers identical movements as the floor stand model, without the range of telescoping movements vertically. By keeping your reading materials off the surface to which it is attached, the desk model saves the weight and expense of the weighted floor base while freeing up work space, since your book doesn’t rest on the surface.

Even though there are other book stand designs available, the LEVO and Fold’N'Stow designs have withstood the test of time and hold up well to heavy use.