First, put it on the floor because you don't want to try standing on it while you're holding it in your hands. Then hold your book at a comfortable distance. Now read your book while standing on your ipod.
Okay, sorry for that. I just had to.
Reading from an iPod is apparently not easy although I wish it were easy because I want one. Here's a page in the MobileRead Wiki on the ipod for reading:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/IPod
You may also want to do a search and see if there are other users here.
And welcome, Delecta!