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[astra]

I will not argue maybe you are right but all most of the merits you have mentioned about DYI book chair are applicable to the one you can buy.

far more stable when poised on your belly in bed or sitting

Absolutely stable.

Probably the biggest difference is that it rotates the reader so, when you lie sidewards, the text lines are always parallel to your eye line.

Why cannot you rotate it on "my" (mind you, I don't use any book chair, I prefer to use my hands, so I am not trying to "sell" anything, but I did experiment with my book chair) book chair?

[Peto]

Questions, questions, good

To explain easier, I'll call mine the DIY and the other, the standard.

Stability is perfect for the standard on a flat surface, not that much on a roundish one because the base is a straight rod. The base will be touching in the center and you will not be able to keep both extremes of that rod in touch with your belly at the same time (considering an average belly ). The risk of tilt is there alright. The curvature of the DIY prevents that, therefore, more stability.

On the other hand, you cannot rotate the standard because it does not have an axis to rotate on. The DIY is specifically designed to rotate the ebook wile keeping the supporting part always in place. You can place the ebook sidewards in the standard, but the ebook will not be properly attached and will most likely shift every time you pass page or mive in bed. ANd it can drop. It is never propperly attached actually, since it is just held in place (not fixed) by these two pins, designed to hold paper books. The DIY keeps it fixed in place with two laces. The Reader just can't fall off the stand. You can see all this in the youtube video of the DIY string.

I am not trying to sell anything either (well, maybe I am trying to sell the design right now ). The plans are there for anyone to use and the procedure is quite simple. I tried to get them as accurate and complete as possible so there is no info missing.

The reason why I designed this is mainly to read comfortably when lying sidewards and I couldn't get that with the ones I found for sale. The design turned out to work great in any normal position, though (lying on your back or sitting). And it is specifically designed for the PRS 505, not for paper books of different sizes. You don't need to believe me, but the difference is huge.

But hey, this is just my little contribution. No one is forced to try

The important thing is reading, after all...

Hope this helps

[shirleybaird]

I have loaded a number of books onto the cybook with titles I didn't expect. Is there any way to change the titles, short of deleting them and going back to do it 'right'?
thanks
Shirley

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by shirleybaird

I have loaded a number of books onto the cybook with titles I didn't expect. Is there any way to change the titles, short of deleting them and going back to do it 'right'?
thanks
Shirley

You, um, might have better luck getting an answer to that question over in one of the Cybook forums, shirleybaird, you've wandered into one of the Sony areas.

[sam1am]

Here's a tip for you guitar players out there - keep your guitar chords, tabs, sheet music, chord charts, whatever in printed PDF files. That way you can simultaneously impress the ladies by playing guitar and disgust them by pulling out a big weird looking nerd gadget at the same time.

[Patricia]

It might be of interest to know that eskin has posted an LRF book of DADGAD and Drop-D guitar chords:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10444

[poloman]

sorry - this may be a silly question, but is there a way of skipping to a page in a book which doesnt have a table of contents?

[BookishDreamer]

Originally Posted by poloman

sorry - this may be a silly question, but is there a way of skipping to a page in a book which doesnt have a table of contents?

Have you tried entering the page number? Or are you trying to find a way to go to Chapter 5 without knowing the page number?

Dreamer

[poloman]

ahhh - proves how sily my question was - really should read the manual - but until then, how do i enter the page number?

[BookishDreamer]

Originally Posted by poloman

ahhh - proves how sily my question was - really should read the manual - but until then, how do i enter the page number?

Input the page number using the number keys on the right side of the Reader. Press Enter.

And if you've still got the User Guide on your Reader, look at page 40.

Dreamer

[Peto]

Originally Posted by poloman

ahhh - proves how sily my question was - really should read the manual - but until then, how do i enter the page number?

[poloman]

lol yep - I'm officially stupid! will teach me to get over zealous with the delete key! I'll get my coat....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by poloman

lol yep - I'm officially stupid! will teach me to get over zealous with the delete key! I'll get my coat....

oh yes, i hope you're very embarassed, because nobody else here has EVER made a mistake or been overly zealous with the delete key. you are the only one. ever. really.

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by poloman

lol yep - I'm officially stupid!

Nah, that would qualify as ignorant, not stupid: ignorant can be treated with knowledge, but stupid is terminal.

[Patricia]

Here's a link to the PRS505 manual in PDF format, just in case you accidentally deleted it:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod....pl?mdl=PRS505