[Renate]

I've had my Poke3 for a few years now. That uses a cover that uses a plastic shell that grips the reader and a front flap. Even though it has no (conspicuous) magnetism, the front flap triggers sleep.

My goal is for something to support the reader at a 60 degree angle on a desk but not add a lot of weight or be cumbersome. I have a little 1/4-20 T-nut expoxied to the back of the case which accepts a little bendy leg (sawed off a mini camera tripod). This gives me a stand but I also can remove it.

I've thought about cutting the front flap out and glueing it directly to a bit of the rear case of the Poke3. That would lighten up a chunk of the rear cover. But right now, with the wrong battery in the unit, I'm running it without the Poke3 rear cover anyway.

The Poke5 is a bit smaller and lighter. But the cover is a bit heavier as it is a magnetic powerhouse. The Poke5 has a ton of supermagnets in it. Personally, I'd rather have just enough in there to keep the flap shut. There's so much magnetic attraction going on that when you open your book there is a bit of indecision whether you are splitting the back from the device or the front from the device. The cover is a a chunk of the combined weight so you end up removing the cover entirely to read. How is this better than just using a soft sack?

I've considered removing ALL the magnetics in the Poke5, using a soft sack and using the power button for sleep. I've considered removing all of the magnets except the right edge and using only a front flap glued to the back edge so as to retain auto sleep. I'd trim all the magnetics from the flap except a small bit.

In any of these cases I'd still install my "monopod". Even when just holding a device I find the having that foot nestled in your fingers gets around the problem of slim bezels and slippery cases.

Any thoughts?

It would be possible to have something that folds out like a picture frame.