[aisle] Follett eBooks vs. Sora

Kathy Garneau kgarneau at bannockburnschool.org
Thu Aug 13 13:46:17 CDT 2020


I am going to give you my humble opinion. Sora has been easier for kids and
families during remote learning. They have the ability to add their public
library collection as well. I think it's a little friendlier on
personal devices as well, so if kids want to listen on their parent's
phone, it seems to be easier.

My collection from Follett is bigger, the interactive books are pretty
cool, but the kids still gravitate to Sora. I am in a K-8 school, so one
thing I decided to do was make my Sora collection friendlier for 4-8th
grade, and my Follett collection friendlier for K-3.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jennifer Muzzy via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello collective mind...
>
> We are a K-5 school.  This will be our first year one-on-one with
> Chromebooks.  We use Follett Destiny.  We are starting our year with
> remote-only learning through the first quarter.
>
> Is there a definitive answer on if it is better/easier for students and
> staff to access ebooks through Destiny v. Sora?  I presume the same books
> are available for purchase through both and the same pricing and access
> level.
>
> Does this answer change if a subscription to Tumblebooks or Capstone
> ebooks or some other service is added into the mix?  I'm looking for one
> stop shopping if at all possible.
>
> Thank you, and good luck to everyone this year trying to figure out new
> ways of doing things!
>
>
> --
> Jennifer Muzzy
> Librarian
> Riddle Elementary School
> Mattoon, IL 61938
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