What is best for books? What would be the best piece of equipment for that?
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Most any MP3 player will work for books. A couple of things you may want to consider --- Where do you plan on downloading your books from? Many libraries have services where you can "check out" downloadable media and listen to books for free. Unfortunately, most of these services DON'T work with Ipods or Zunes. If you plan on using one of these services, check their website for compatibility. I also primarily listen to books on my MP3 player. I had an Ipod Nano (my daughter accidentally lost it!) and it was my favorite. I really miss it and keep trying to convince myself to splurge and buy another. My son has a Creative Zen and it also works well for audiobooks. Some of the lower end, cheaper units are designed primarily for music. With these, it's hard to access a specific track. So, for instance if you're on chapter 20 of a book and accidentally lose your place, then you have to "click" through 20 chapters to get back to where you were. On the better units like the Ipods and the Zen, you can go right to it. (for instance, sometimes I forget to turn the player off when I turn the car off and it's hours ahed of me) If you ever listen to more than one book at a time, make sure it has a bookmark feature. Otherwise you'll lose your place in book 1 when you switch to book 2 and back.
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Absolutely! It is great with all types of books and works well with an Ipad.
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The Bookseat holds your book or document in place with a rectangular bar of clear plastic, tightened by an elastic cord in its center. You might be able to teach your usable hand and arm to turn a page in stages and to reset the plastic bar with every turn of a page. I haven't tried to do this myself, but it should be possible. And a BookSEat could easily be re-gifted if you couldn't make it work for you.
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I bought an acrylic book holder on ebay. You can check there. Read sellers reviews before purchase.
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Hi!!! No it can be used for reading books with the apps like ebook, in a library or others, like document to go and you can work with that like Microsoft oficce and have a lot of apps. English is my second lenguage is easy for me to read and listening, if a have some mistakes writing im sorry about it
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I use it for everything from paperback to big hard cover books. I use it with a "Music Book Clip or Page Holder" (looks like a 5 inch comb with 4 teeth) because a lot of books both soft and hard cover are so stiff they fight the book holder.
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A small printer would probably be OK. It would have to be small, though, to fit in the space. This bookshelf is surprisingly sturdy, but it does sway from side to side sometimes.
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Sure. If you have a good WiFi connection and a service to get the books. One note, the speaker sucks so you will want earbuds.Also, our German Shepard just chewed my stepson's tablet... Cracked the heck out of the screen, but they tablet is fully functional so I have to give them credit for being tough.
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I don't use mine for books, but it looks like heavy books would do just fine....
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I think it would depend on the size of the book. I personally don't keep it in the most upright position because it gets a little wobbly.
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Thin hardbacks, paperbacks, epads--yes, but sunk into the zippered shallow compartment, not as easy to turn pages; easier if you barely insert book into compartment or set it atop zipper; Michener's thick & heavy books would probably have to rest atop close-zippered compartment for sure, but likely doable. Reminder to my earlier comment: lap pro needs another 6" pillow under it to lift book to my visual needs. My advice is not speculative, but experience w/lap pro which reading in easy chair/sofa is definitely better WITH it, than without.
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I use mine daily with either an e-reader or a book. Works great for both! I am ordering a second one, so I can have one in the bedroom and one in the living room!
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It won't work. It's designed for books with 400 pages or less and that is with effort.
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It would work with a book that's not too tall or thick. Thge ledge that holds the book in place is rather small and only about 1/4 inch high. A magazine would work well, though.
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Sorry. I was never able to get it to do much, but I'm sure it would do books. I love their older MP3 players. Especially the Creative Zen.
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For this purpose, I use a typical, foldable tripod-like Music Stand, which cost about $12. It is sturdy but is light-weight so that I can move it around. I also use the Music Stand for my iPad3. When tapping on or swiping across the touchscreen with my finger, there is only a slight vibration. But reading books with the Music Stand is no problem and I can get very close to the pages if I point the legs in the proper direction. (On tables, I use a sturdy iron plate holder as a book & iPad3 stand, although I generally prefer to use the Music Stand).
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External DVD drive would be the best option. Optical drives are atypical on lightweight ultrabooks.