Kortext ebooks & etextbooks

Kortext

About this app

Kortext provides access to online and offline eBooks from multiple publishers, with enhanced in-built audio and video content, combined with tools to assist learners and academics to make the most of the content.
Features include:
- Easy navigation to content, providing quick access to pages
- Highlight extracts in a range of colours, enabling quick reference of key sections
- Add notes to content and share via email or OneNote, allowing notes from different books to be collated in one area
- Add a reference (Harvard or APA), making creation of bibliographies much easier
- Read Aloud sections, providing help with accessing content
- Increase text size, making it easier to view content

Ratings and reviews

Just about fit for purpose but app presentation is subpar compared with it's rivals. E.g. one can't zoom in on pictures, one can't choose 'continuous flow' presentation when reading epub books (making read aloud really awkward to use), many, many bugs (e.g. one can't select and highlight text when on certain parts of a page. I won't use it if given the choice but the university subscribes to this platform so, all the points above are just inconveniences.

Terrible. Can't scroll, zooming is awkward, annoying interface. Despite downloading the texts, they often do not load new pages (or only very slowly). If the thing is downloaded, then what the hell is the app doing?! I generally disapprove of piracy but in this case I had no other choice to conveniently access the texts my university pays for. There are other, better apps which allow DRM to be maintained but have better interfaces for users.

Patchy. Am using on android phone, pc and android tablet. Reasonable on phone and pc but poor on tablet, with top menu bar disabled, erratic navigation, and missing text boxes. Normally would do most reading on the tablet so it's v disappointing that it can't handle text book layouts. Seems to be in a bit of a bubble, for example doesn't create citation lists or link with any citation apps.

What’s new

We’ve rolled out some subtle but important improvements to make sure everything works the way you expect (and maybe a bit better!). Fewer bugs and a more polished experience overall.