How can I move and place items properly?

Question

In Skyrim, is there a more convenient way to place items around instead of holding e, and trying to fidget them in the right direction?

Say I have a book, and I want align it on top of the desk like this:

+-----------------------------+
|                             |
|                  +-------+  |
|                  | book ||  |
|                  |  of  ||  |
|                  | lolz ||  |
|                  +______||  |
|                             |
+-----------------------------+

What is the easiest way of doing this?

Answer 1

I haven't tried it, but I found these commands:

GetPos <axis>
SetPos <axis> <value>
GetAngle <axis>
SetAngle <axis> <value>

with explanations near the bottom of this page that might help.

Answer 2

Placing items is really annoying. This is what I do to put something flat on a table surface:

• Drop the item on the floor. If it doesn't land flat, drop it again or fidget it flat.
• Walk around the item on the floor until the item looks to you like the orientation you want.
• Hold grab to pick it up in that orientation.
• Move the item into place.

Answer 3

The game sometimes throws your items around after you reload the house, to keep them in place you need to do the following:

1. switch to first person
2. place the item where you want it
3. save while you're in first person and looking AT the item (important)
4. reload save

it should stay in place after you do this.