Book gadgets!

[sadya]

I love this thread! We all thought the Cave Bookshelf was hilarious.

 

Someone had posted this link on another website, can't remember where, perhaps it was here Anyway, here's the link:

 

http://www.highsmith.com/search/page%20boy/Page-Boy174-Folding-Book-Holder-c_21709450/

[page turner]

Just wondering if anyone knows a good site to get book protectors from? I take books everywhere and I'm sick of all the corners getting mangled in my bag.

TIA

[Piper]

Loved the Book Cave not sure how comfortable it would be though. Been looking at the Book Seat on Amazon and am so tempted to get one.

[Inver]

I love loads in this thread. Thanks for starting it. I think I need to make a note of there trendy, bendy book lights (my bdy soon may have to send a link to someone..lol.)

How about one of these next to your favourite reading chair. My in-laws had something similar and always liked it. Very practical.

[Adam]

I love loads in this thread. Thanks for starting it. I think I need to make a note of there trendy, bendy book lights (my bdy soon may have to send a link to someone..lol.)

 

How about one of these next to your favourite reading chair. My in-laws had something similar and always liked it. Very practical.

 

That is really cool. I would never have to get up!

[poppyshake]

I like these leaning men bookends ..

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Addject-BE01L-Leaning-Pair-Bookends/dp/B000EZWMIE/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1250348444&sr=8-12

 

I think there are leaning ladies too

 

also James the bookend seems like fun .. though he is doing a lot of work on his own by the look of it

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-the-Book-End-Black/dp/B000MK256A/ref=pd_sim_ce_3

[poppyshake]

Some interesting bookcases and shelves HERE but I'm not sure how practical some of them are

 

I love the 'interesting bookcase' that takes up a whole wall ... though I think it might mess with my brain having them all slanted sideways (it doesn't take much!) .. fantastic though.

[Adam]

I like these leaning men bookends ..

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Addject-BE01L-Leaning-Pair-Bookends/dp/B000EZWMIE/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1250348444&sr=8-12

 

I think there are leaning ladies too

 

also James the bookend seems like fun .. though he is doing a lot of work on his own by the look of it

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-the-Book-End-Black/dp/B000MK256A/ref=pd_sim_ce_3

 

Those are really cool!

[amethyst]

Well this isn't particularly modern, but it's fairly practical for people who like reading in the bath.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OMEGA-WIRE-BATH-ADJUSTABLE-STAND/dp/B000LQ1OJ4/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1250706263&sr=1-41

 

This is quite cool too

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bookminder-Light-Reading-Memory-Magnify/dp/B0014ZCZ08/ref=sr_1_78?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1250707051&sr=1-78

 

Actually, there are quite a few cool things on Amazon.

Edited August 19, 2009 by amethyst

[bethany725]

Well this isn't particularly modern, but it's fairly practical for people who like reading in the bath.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OMEGA-WIRE-BATH-ADJUSTABLE-STAND/dp/B000LQ1OJ4/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1250706263&sr=1-41

 

 

I have a wire bath rack almost just like that one. You are so right -- It looks really primitive, BUT I will say that I bunked out almost $100 for a really nice bath rack one time, and it was super heavy, really difficult to move around, hard to store, and got in the way more often than not. I eventually got sick of dealing with it and bought one just like the link for $25 at Bed, Bath & Beyond, and it functioned waaaaay better. Sometimes, simple is better, apparently!

[Inver]

I've got one of these book lights that I bought in Waterstone's - mine's purple!

 

I put one of these on my birthday wishlist Janet and got one yesterday...it is fab. I haven't used it yet but have just fitted it to a book this morning to try it out and it gives a lovely light on the book. Thanks for the link.

 

Oh I got a pink one, not sure if it was just because the link I gave hubby had the pink one, or whether it was the only colour they had. I would probably have chosen another colour, but not to worry

[blithe]

I love this thread!

 

Some interesting bookcases and shelves HERE but I'm not sure how practical some of them are

 

I love funky bookshelves but they still have to be practical. The cave bookshelf is certainly unique...and a bit pricey.

 

 

A Melbourne artist who works with books (warning: these pictures may be upsetting!)

http://www.thedesignfiles.net/2008/0...las-jones.html

 

That's just wrong!

[Anika]

I have a metal book-holder so I can stand a hardback in it while I'm eating. And I bought a Barnes & Noble booklight, but noticed the thing starts getting dim within an hour, and the batteries are expensive!!

[Gad786]

Book light,goes up,down forward backwards,little to the left and little to the right

[Kylie]

Not a gadget, as such, but I love this map of London that uses literary names for everything.

 

From the website:

 

'A street map made up from the titles of over 600 books from the history of English Literature (and a few favourites from further afield). The Map includes classics such as Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Bleak House, Vanity Fair and Wuthering Heights as well as 20th and 21st Century works such as The Waste Land, To the Lighthouse, Animal Farm, Slaughterhouse 5, The Catcher in the Rye, The Wasp Factory, Norwegian Wood and The Road.   The Map, which is loosely based on a turn of the century London street map also includes fictional areas dedicated to the works of Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, Tolkien, Harry Potter and a children's literature district featuring such classics as The Railway Children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Where the Wild Things Are. There's an A-Z key at the base of the Map listing all the books featured along with the author's name and the date first published.'