SORA APP

This app is through Overdrive and it is heavily used in my school library. The students love it and the staff are coming around to it. It is an app that can be used to read eBooks. The app has over 12,000 eBooks and audio books available for patrons to check out. It gets checked out to your SORA account and then after 21 days it will automatically return the item, if you have not renewed or returned it sooner!
There are functions that allow for readers to switch on a dyslexia aiding font typeface which weights the letters making it easier on the eyes to focus.
There are sepia, night, and day options available depending on when someone wants to read.
It is available on most to all devices.
It syncs up on multiple devices, meaning if you open the app on your laptop and read 20 pages. Then open the app on your phone, it will automatically jump to where you left off.
You can annotate and take notes while reading.
You can look up definitions in real time of words.
It tracks the amount of time spent on each page and then totals how long you have been reading.
It tracks your checkout history.
You can have as many books out as you want.
You can filter searches based on preference and audience level.
You can link your public library card to the account making it possible to check out books from public libraries. This means you can checkout an eBook from your school library and then turn around and checkout an available eBook from your public library!
I 100% recommend this app to all school libraries.
https://help.overdrive.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2949705-getting-started-with-sora