e reader tabs 34 and 36 typically are metal or some other suitable stiff material the e reader housing typically is a rigid plastic as illustrated in the prior art fig2 when the e reader is lifted off the back end cover the plastic housing is placed at an angle to the tabs the location of which is indicated by the arrows in fig2 and the tabs can break or more typically break or crack the housing one prior art modification to avoid inadvertently lifting the e reader off its attached cover is illustrated in fig3 shown generally at 40 hook and loop fasteners 42 44 such as velcro u00ae fasteners are placed to affix the back cover 28 to the facing back of the e reader 22 fig3 also illustrates the receivers 46 48 located along the longitudinal edge of the e reader housing 22 for receiving tabs 34 36 respectively in a mating and interlocking relation fig4 illustrates generally at 51 an alternative prior art solution to that of fig3 in which the e reader housing attached to the back end cover as in fig1 through 3 is further secured in place by plastic corner straps 50 affixed to the back end cover and into which are inserted the corners of the e reader housing none of these prior solutions is entirely satisfactory hook and loop fasteners detract from the desirable slim profile of the e reader and can make it difficult to release the e reader from the.