Book Clipboard
The Challenge: Find a��way to put your paperback on the table without the book snapping shut.
The Situation:��The paperback that comes from Amazon is glued at the spine, rightly so, but I need to have it sit on the table so I can read the pages to check for typos and such. I need to be able to write in the margin.
The Options:��So far I have used heavy staplers, weights, giant binder clips, you name it. The Literary Cat even sat on it, to help keep the pages open. I even thought of buying those leather weights from Levenger, or using weights from exercise machine. I think a wrench from the toolbox would also do the trick LOL.
The Problem:��I need to find a less comical way, that doesn't cost too much, to keep the book pages open without tearing up the glued spine. The book needs to be intact, after proofreading.
The Solution:��Ta-da! Praise the Lord for a solution! Total cost: zero. I was looking around my office, searching for ideas (what I do when I'm supposed to be writing LOL) and I remember the art tote board I carried around that has a board, 1-2 clips on one end, and a giant elastic rubber band on the other to hold your paper while you draw/paint. So... using that idea, I simply put together a combination of a clipboard and an elastic bookmark. And voila, 434 pages of book are now flat on the table!
