Fixing device for a publication

A device for holding a publication such as a book or magazine, the device comprising two L-shaped supports slidably connected for sliding toward and away from each other, each of said supports being defined by a first leg connected to a second leg, said first legs of said supports having confronting surfaces between which said publication is adapted to be held, said confronting surfaces being covered with a material adapted to hold the edges of the pages of said publication, said material comprising a flat brush secured fixedly to each of said surfaces, each said brush having a plurality of upstanding hairs adapted to engage between pages of said publication to be held, said hairs being inclined relative to the surfaces from which they upstand, in a direction toward the associated said second leg, each said L-shaped support having opposite forwardly projecting end portions that position free edges of pages of the publication farther forward than bound edges of pages of the publication, a substantial portion of each said brush being disposed between said opposite end portions of the associated said L-shaped support.