of elastic cords which extend across the back of the board means are provided for restricting the horizontal movement of the cords beyond predetermined limits application_number US 63151175 A description referring now to fig1 to 4 my book holding device indicated generally by the reference character 10 is intended to be used with books such as the book 12 shown in fig3 and 4 the device 10 includes a rectangular board 18 for supporting the book 12 the board 18 having a front face 17 and a rear face 19 the book 12 is held open to the desired place by means of a pair of tubular members 20 and 22 which are placed against the left and right hand pages 14 and 16 respectively of the book 12 i have found that the cylindrical shape of members 20 and 22 permits quicker gripping action as contrasted with other non cylindrical shapes the members 20 and 22 are elastically secured to the board 18 by means of respective elastic cords 26 and 28 each of the cords 26 and 28 extends across the rear face 19 of the board 18 between the ends of the tubular member 20 or 22 to which it is secured preferably each of the cords 26 and 28 is secured to the respective tubular member by threading the cord through.