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Litnerd Reading Club App — Helping students read
The Litnerd Reading Club App is now open for B2C enrollment (previously only available through schools and districts). Parents: enroll your child by June 19 to enter the Reading Tournament with $300 cash prize for the top reader!
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This is incredible and honestly should exist for adults as well! The fact that you got a 72% increase in reading comprehension in kids by embracing digital in a clever way is awesome.
How frequently do you publish original content? And how does the experience vary for a 4 yr old vs a 13 yr old?
@neilxm hey Neil! Thank you so much. As for your question, we release 3 new books every 7-12 days to our cohorts. The book includes a full 7-10 days worth of reading courseware that must be completed (there are daily tasks that you must complete in order to earn the day’s worth of Litcoin or you lose it! Kind of like streaks with duolingo). These 3 book releases also include movie and music + 4 Saturday Live sessions where our community gathers to discuss the book with the author, actor or guest moderator.
As for ages 4 vs 13, all books are marked by Lexile Level (which helps the reader know the level they should be reading at for their age). A lot of our users are struggling readers and we absolutely encourage them to start with an easier Lexile book and our goal is that each month we are improving until they reach at least their Lexile level in books.
@pj_mukh Thank you! Tournaments run every month and as long as you are in the Litnerd Reading Club program you can opt into a tournament. Our last tournament winners won $1000 cash prize! Our current tournament has a $300 cash prize. You win by earning the MOST Litcoin (our in-app currency). You earn Litcoin by doing reading (1 minute of reading = 1 Litcoin), answering LitQuizzes in app (these are questions on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension. Each question is worth 4 Litcoin), Worksheets (worksheets test of the same things as LitQuiz but are worth 40 Litcoin!) and last but not least, by attending Litnerd Saturday Live and discussing the book. You can learn more here https://www.litnerd.com/families...
@fawzyabuseif Thank you so much!! We’re thrilled to make an impact on literacy rates and super proud to say our readers spend an average of 30 minutes daily in app! But there’s so much more to come!
I can't think of a more important topic than this for the youth of our nation. Absolutely love your mission! Curious: how are you different from Epic Reading?
@hootan Thank you SO much, Hootan. Great question. So, Litnerd is not just a book library app like Epic. Instead we turn books into feature films with real actors for our movies. We turn every book into a movie adaptation, all available in the app. Furthermore, our app has a live weekly meetup. This is not just an app you use in silo as a kid. The Litnerd Reading Club app is a community and books are read in a cohort, along with the reading courseware associated with each book. Finally, Litcoin is all the craze and no other app has it ;)
@theanisamirza thanks for shedding more light. Sort of like Netflix for education meets a book club for kids. I think the entertainment aspect is a pretty clever GTM strategy (if you'll tolerate fellow founder speak). Again, I love mission-driven companies, seriously rooting for you all!
@theanisamirza @hootan haha. We tolerate founder at Litnerd ;) thank you SO much. Seeing kids spending an average of 30 minutes daily in app (when they were previously reading less than 5 minutes a day) is something we are all insanely proud of. We also have seen compression, phonics and vocabulary improve for each grade level of students using the app. But we have so much more work to do! Excited for what’s next.
@theanisamirza @anisa_mirza 6x engagement with mind fuel is massive. That's just great, proof that the product is doing what you planned it to do.
@melody_roberts haha. Thanks, Melody. Honestly, my friends were joking that if they could win $1000 for being a top reader (we have monthly tournaments with cash prizes or Litcoin prizes), they too would spend 40 minutes in app 😂
This looks great and I can see how it will make kids want to read books. I don’t actually recognize any of the book covers though. How do you select books featured in your app?
@sacha_awwa hey Sacha! At Litnerd, we create original IP. All of our books are originals. We then turn those books into movies and create music for each book + create original reading courseware to correspond with each book. We have a lot of data on what works based on user engagements this helps us know which IP to turn into sequels etc. all books 📚 in our app have a Grade/Age level associated with them.
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