Staples® BookLift Copyholder

Makes an amazing netbook holder!

I open the stand as far back as it will go (last notch) and use a rubber band/paper clip combo to keep the legs connected, then turn the product backwards so the &...Read complete review

I open the stand as far back as it will go (last notch) and use a rubber band/paper clip combo to keep the legs connected, then turn the product backwards so the "lip" is away and the "lift" is foreward. Then I slide the netbook on so it is held in place by the "lip". The result is an air space under the netbook, PLUS the front is lifted and provides a wrist rest while I type, PLUS I can pick everything up and set it on a rug, or the bedspread, or pillow, or even carry it around conveniently if I have to leave the rocking chair or bed or kitchen table. This reversed direction (see photo) positions the keys at an optimal angle to prevent carpel (doesn't require me to lift up the fingers to reach the qwerty or digits or FN rows).
Will consider getting another just in case, but it's a tuff little worker. Slips into soft-side case to offer armor to the netbook. I'd give it a 5 if the last notch would stay latched, which I'd also need for book reading. But paperclip and rubber band do the trick. I have worked using this combo for 6-8 hours without any hand or arm fatigue. In the rocking chair, I run the mouse on the chair arm. Out on the steps in the sun, I run the mouse on my pant legs. Or I can just unplug the mouse.
This bookholder is FAR better on a plane than the dropdown table that the kid in front of you is constantly jiggling. It's the best portable table I've ever had the pleasure of using. I might even use it as a book reader, but for that purpose it doesn't look like it will hold a book open without a major rubber band across the book and around the back. But since I can read PDFs...