Book holder

A book holder to be attached to a bottom or an upper edge of an opened book, the book generally defining a spinal axis and a transversal axis that is perpendicular to the spinal axis, the book holder comprising:

• a back member generally extending parallel to the transversal axis;
• two opposite arms generally extending parallel to the transversal axis, the arms being movable between a first and a second position, whereby opposite outer free ends of the arms are closer to the back member when the arms are in their first position than in their second position, each arm being provided with a page pressing member that is connected to its outer free end;
• a mechanism for operatively connecting the arms at a medial position on the back member;
• at least one spring configured and disposed to urge the arms toward their first position;
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• an arm moving mechanism attached at an inner end of at least one of the arms to move the corresponding arm toward its second position using a finger-generated force, the arm moving mechanism being farther from the back member than the outer free ends of the arms when the arms are in their first position.