Give me ONE good reason why you don't have a bookstand

I'm a heterosexual male.

It blocks a portion of the page.
Flipping pages looks uncomfortable. It could leave fold marks if you let go of those things.

Hold up, OP.

This the Story of Civilization: Life of Greece?

I'm gay not a faggot

>not owning a reading wheel

I recline when I read, or lie down.
Sitting up, or worse: forward, with a "straight" back, is bad for your back.

>sitting straight is bad for your back

fpbp

I have one

It's the first philosophers: the presocratics and sophists

Once you finish with the Greeks, you'll understand.

I just made one out of cardboard and nails yesterday.
But it's just for me to copy stuff.

>a reading wheel

But I do own one. I also own a document holder for typing. You can get both for like $10 each on Aliexpress.

It genuinely seems like more work than just holding it unless the book weigh a fucking ton, in which case it probably wont fit in most bookstands anyway.

im poor and torrent all my literature and read it on my shitty laptop screen. thank god for f.lux

Why would you need both your hands free while reading?

I have one too, but I use it rarely.

Uh yeah.. who needs to keep one hand free while reading a book.. what a stupid concept.. not me that's for sure.. glad we could clear the air

I asked about two hands.

not him, but I read while I'm cooking sometimes.
still don't need a stand, though.

I can't be assed to order one.

>willingly weakening and carelessly creasing your books

I wanted to get one to hold programming books, but I couldn't drive at the time so I just bent a coathanger
Turns out that it's a really shitty solution, so I bent it further and put some paper on it to soften the light from my lamp
I then compensated for no longer being able to effectively learn programming from books by going to college

I don't read
Checkmate OP

>reading wheel

THIS is why I browse Veeky Forums

Underrated post.

I use a Kindle.

I dont read.

this made me laugh my ass of user, thanks

"Straight" is meant in the sense of forcing your posture to be unnaturally rigid and straight.

>reading wheel

what the hell it's real

>chopping away at a wheelieskellie
>another comes behind you with a 20 hit combo and hollows your ass

Only reason I can see this being useful is like deskwork where you are taking notes or writing along with the work.

Other than that:
>not comfy
>holders get in the way of the text
>pain in the ass to swith between pages
>I have hands

Better than my Mendeley, desu.

Me neither. Halp

but those are pedestrian

>reading wheel
You guys are silly sometimes.

*spins my reading wheel*

One.

>not a lectern
wuw ur so smart

...

damm it guys, now I need one of these

I hate those fuckers

This is how I roll.

He's actually right though
youtube.com/watch?v=Z7tgopXlXxQ

user is right though you faggot

i have a taschen one - pic related
i use it to support muh big arty books

>taschen
>not foldable
that's just bad form

Ah a true patrician

>>not foldable
??????
it's foldable, dum dum

>it's foldable, dum dum
? it's bent plexiglass tho? I'm not seeing any hinges,

are you saying the book's not foldable? LOL

the stand you monkey

calm down bro

I do actually have one, but I don't use it for fiction, that would be silly. It's perfect for textbooks when you wanna take extensive notes.

posting in historical thread

yes, it's two pieces of interlocking perspex
when it's dismantled it's flat-ish
truthfully it's not a great bookstand. when i put a heavy book on it, it bends a bit worryingly.

it looks like crap, honestly.
There should be wooden or metal stands that fold completely flat without having to be dismantled, kind of like the way lawn chairs fold up.
you deserve better, bro.

>not using prism glasses that reflect your vision downward, so that you can read a book flat on your desk without bending over it, or lie flat on your back to read the book you're holding up on your sternum.

Breaks the spine.

I appreciate the KOTOR meme

It's beautiful.

>he doesn't masturbate with both hands

I have a couple of these crappy things. They're not very nice, but they are cheap and portable.

>the virgin spinning top
>the chad wheel

actually i just remembered that i also have pic related, which is wooden and does fold flat.
it's pretty sturdy but i don't like it very much because the central bit where the book's spine rests isn't quite flat, which makes me reluctant to put my nice big arty books on it

recently i visited a museum and noticed they were displaying historical books on rests which were basically two triangular wedges cut from dense foam and covered in velvety material. i might have a go at making some from an old sofa cushion or something

I used to, not this gay tho
now i use a monitor lmao

lmao

Related graphick.

what the bich reading in her babylons?

im not a faggot

i read in bed

in the skreencap plox

>the book's spine rests isn't quite flat,
>dense foam
There's your answer. Cut a strip of dense foam and put it in the center.

>web browsers before tabs were introduced

>web browsers after tabs were introduced

>having to move both arms to change the page every time
that's probably why desu. i'd actually use one if it was simplified