BookBone (TM) - Blue - and Other Colors - Made in The USA - The Original Weighted Rubber Bookmark

The media could not be loaded.  I found this BookBone (in my video I kept calling it dogbone) to have great potential in keeping books open. For thinner paperbacks, it seems to do the trick. It is heavy enough to keep thin paperbacks open. However, for more stubborn books it is not heavy enough nor was it stiff enough. It is essentially two weights connected by a flimsy rubber sleeve. The flimsy rubber sleeve is the weakness of the design. If the sleeve was made of a stiffer back it would prevent the weights from being overpowered by the bookbinding. The strength of the book weight is the rubber material to grip the book. See my video to show the weakness of the Bookbone.Given this weakness, I cannot recommend this product for the use cases stated. I will probably return this for a better book weight.

I received my book bone and was looking forward to using it. But it had a terrible chemical smell and I could not stand to read with the bone inches below my nose! I tried cleaning it, no change. Eventually I did get a refund but I'm disappointed that the product didn't work.Update 4/7/19 the seller says the smell will eventually go away. If it does I will update my review.

This is a nice little book weight. It does the job it’s supposed to do so no complaints there. However, I like to read wherever I am. I will toss my book and my book weight into my tote bag and go to the beach or wherever the day takes me. This little guy is made of a somewhat sticky plastic material. By days end, it collects dust, sand, and hair. It’s not a returnable offense just kinda annoying. On the plus side, it does wash off easily.

I read all the reviews before ordering the book bone, because I had never heard of a rubber one. I was looking for a leather one. But, I have learned to read reviews, and notice the 'what others have bought' section.This blue rubber book bone is really cool! If you put your nose right on it, you can smell the rubber. But, even first out of the box, I didn't notice the odor. And my hands don't smell of it after using it to hold the pages open.I tried it on a small paperback, and it did work, but, really, the pages get turned so fast reading one of them, it's unnecessary. Best in a larger, either paperback or hardbound book.Turning the pages with it is also very cool.It's not distracting to move it around the pages as I read, and it's great they send a diagram of places to put it on the book as you read, especially since I was a book bone novice.Love it!

This is one of those items when you start using it you wonder how you ever got along without it. When one reads there are times one wants the book to stay open and there are times when one needs to sit a book down and by turning it pages down it damages the spine. Using this prevents that.I've had one for years and my nine year old grandson is a avid reader and I thought it would be useful for him. When he got it he was confused because he never saw one before but after reading the directions and understanding what it was, he could not get upstairs to his books quick enough to try it.Definitely worth the money. Great gift for a reader who most likely would never think of it themselves.