List a book in under a minute.
Here's exactly what a student sees. Scan the barcode on the back, confirm it's the right book, pick how to share it, and you're done.
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Tap "List a book"
Students sign in with their school email, so everyone they see is from their own school.
~2 seconds - 2
Scan the barcode
Point the phone at the barcode on the back cover. No typing. If there's no barcode, they can enter the ISBN by hand.
~5 seconds - 3
Confirm the book
Title, author and cover fill in automatically, and we flag it if a teacher at their school has it on a reading list.
~5 seconds - 4
Choose how to share
Pick the condition and whether to lend it, give it away or swap it. Hand-offs happen at the school library.
~15 seconds - 5
Listed! Classmates can find it
Anyone who needs it gets notified. Names stay private, so the student chooses a borrower by their reliability score and number of shares.
done
English 11 · Ms. Alvarez · 3 classmates are looking for it
Front desk drop-off
Your book is listed!
After the book is listed
Hand-offs that don't fall through the cracks
Every borrow has a deadline at each step. Reminders go out on their own, and if someone doesn't follow through, the request resets so nobody is left waiting. Pick a situation to see what each student gets.
- ApprovedLender picks a classmate
- Dropped offWithin 2 school days · librarian scans it in
- Picked upWithin 3 school days
- ReturnedLends only · due end of term
Deadlines count school days only, so weekends and vacations never trigger alerts.
Privacy & trust
Names stay private. Reputation does the talking.
Students never see each other's names, photos or contact info. Instead, every student has a trust card built from how they actually share: how many hand-offs they've completed and how often they're on time.
What a classmate sees
- ✕Name and photo
- ✕Phone, email or social media
- ✕Home address or neighborhood
- ✕Direct messages between students
Only the school librarian can see who is who, so an adult can step in if something goes wrong. See the librarian view →
How the reliability score works
| Drop-off or pickup on time | + keeps score up |
| Used the "1 more day" extension | no penalty |
| Missed a drop-off or pickup | − counts against |
| Returned a lent book late | − counts against |
| The other student missed a step | your score is protected |
New students show 🌱 New member until they've finished 3 hand-offs, so one early slip doesn't define them. Only the last 12 months count, so students can always rebuild.
Badges students can earn
When several classmates request the same book, the lender sees their trust cards side by side and picks one. Students with higher reliability naturally get picked first.
Want this at your school?
Find your school Become a founding schoolThis is a preview of the app. Names, school and reading list are examples.