The browser edition, for the whole class.
Every feature of the desktop reader, in any browser — no installs, no app store, no admin headaches. Teachers curate reading lists; students open them in a click and annotate together.
Build a shelf, drag in titles, share it with a class — students see it the moment they sign in.
Curate reading lists
Teachers and librarians build shelves by class, set text, or topic — pulling from Project Gutenberg, your own EPUBs and PDFs, or licensed material. Share a shelf and the whole class has it instantly.
Annotate together
Students highlight, take margin notes, and answer set questions in the text. Teachers can publish a shared annotation layer — a model close-reading every student sees alongside their own.
Nothing to install
It runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox on any school device — Chromebooks, iPads, lab PCs. Single sign-on with Google or Microsoft; no app store, no provisioning, no IT ticket.
A nominal institutional subscription
The desktop app is free and always will be. The browser edition runs on hosted infrastructure — so it carries a small subscription that covers the servers, storage, and support. Nothing more.
- The full reader, in the browser
- Unlimited curated shelves & classes
- Shared teacher annotation layers
- Project Gutenberg & arXiv built in
- Read-aloud & accessibility tools
- Google & Microsoft single sign-on
- Hosted, backed-up student libraries
- Admin console & usage overview
- GDPR-compliant, data stays in region
- Email support & onboarding session
Why does the browser edition cost anything when the app is free?
The desktop app keeps everything on your own machine, so it costs us nothing to run — and it's free, forever. The school edition is different: it keeps every student's library, shelves, and annotations safely in the cloud, synced across every Chromebook and iPad they log into, backed up nightly, behind institutional sign-on.
That means real servers, storage, and someone to answer the phone. The subscription is priced to cover exactly that — at roughly the cost of a single paperback per student, per year — and not a penny of profit margin beyond keeping the lights on. Lexis is, and will remain, a tool — not a data business. Student reading is never sold, mined, or advertised against.
Questions from the staff room
Do students need their own accounts?
They sign in with the school's existing Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account — no new passwords. You can also create roster-based logins for younger pupils who don't have email.
What about student data and privacy?
We store only what's needed to run the library: which books are on a shelf and the annotations a student makes. No tracking, no advertising, no third-party analytics. Data stays in your region and is yours to export or delete at any time. We sign a DPA and are GDPR / FERPA aligned.
Can we use our own licensed e-books?
Yes. Upload your own EPUB and PDF titles to a private shelf — they sit alongside the 70,000 free Project Gutenberg classics. Lexis is a reader, not a bookseller; you bring whatever rights you already hold.
Will it work on Chromebooks and iPads?
Yes — it's a browser app, so it runs on anything with a modern browser. No installs, no MDM packaging. Just share the URL and students sign in.
How does billing work?
One annual invoice to the institution, based on enrolled student numbers. Start with a free 60-day pilot for a single department; if it isn't right, you simply don't renew.
Bring Lexis to your library.
We're onboarding a small group of schools during the private beta — tell us about yours and we'll set up a pilot, usually within a week.
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