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December 6, 2007

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While I've Been Out ...

My slightly edited Cool Tools submission:

Reader-diners know the pain of trying to balance a thick book and a meal without losing your page or spilling food. As a regular lunchtime reader, I went searching online for a tool that would allow for comfortable hands-free reading — and eureka! Cleverly designed, this diminutive device is replete with intelligent features: a little pull-out stand supports the book, two sturdy clips hold the pages in place, a pair of pull-out legs holds the book upright on a table. Best of all, spring-loaded page holders on either end make for simple page-turning without the need for repositioning the text; you just grip both holders with one hand and squeeze. I’ve used the BookGem with a variety of types of books — everything from thick hardcovers to slim-ish paperbacks — and it’s adapted marvelously. And because it folds down to a pocket-size rectangle, I can easily tuck it in with my book wherever I go.
One note: the most ingenious design feature is not the spring-loaded page clips, it’s that each of these clips features a little plastic nubbin, behind which you can slip about 10 or 15 pages for easy turning. Am I this guy yet?
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Posted December 6, 2007 at 8:47 | Comments (2) | Permasnark
File under: Books, Writing & Such, Briefly Noted

Comments

1. This is awesome.

2. But I think it really deserves the disclaimer that you probably have to be as cool & dashing as Matt to pull off setting this thing up in the coffee shop or company cafeteria.

Not at all. Pattern Recognition's Kayce Pollard totally has a BookGem.

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