K-12 Schools

Back-to-School with Sora is easy as 1-2-3!

A one-stop shop for everything you need to start the school year right with reading success. Get tips and tricks, promotional resources, book discounts and more. 

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Print our Getting Started flyer and share with your school community!

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“Your Sora digital library is open! Log in with your school credentials from any device and tap to borrow anywhere, anytime!”

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Share Sora with the parents in your school community with this graphic!

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Ready for more?


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Download our full Start the Year Strong Marketing Kit!

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You’re a star!


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Document your promotion & enter to win our School Stars contest!

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Sora + Book Creator Template


An example of a featured title displayed in Sora. Always available books are a great option to feature here.

Sora has partnered with Book Creator for a fun new way to document student reading. Using a special template, students of all grade levels can customize and complete a series of fun enrichment activities to create their custom book report.

Check out our instructional video to get started, then download the instruction sheet for your school community.

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Review your Sora skills


Hand-picked training resources to meet your needs, no matter your role. Discover Sora, the student reading app, and explore OverDrive Marketplace, the shopping and administrative portal for Sora.

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Sora & Marketplace How-to Resources

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Educator Resources

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Get started with Sora – for Educators

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Sora How-To-Videos

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Curricular reads with Sora

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Intro to Sora video (5 m)

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Marketplace Reports

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POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Introduce Sora to Students & Families

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Shop the Back to School Sale August 12 – September 30. Gear up for greatness this school year with thousands of titles up to 50% off.

Refresh your collection!


Review key reminders

Brush up on OverDrive Marketplace, Sora’s shopping and administrative portal.

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Subscribe & save

Sora Subscriptions can help you save time keeping your library fresh and ready for reading exploration! Choose from affordable digital packages, including new release ebooks and audiobooks, comics, magazines, phonics books and foundational books for early readers.

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Curate, curate, curate!

Curations are an simple way to display your digital books and highlight featured collections like seasonal topics, topics by age and student favorites and more.

Pro-tip: Curate collections of classroom and instructional materials for teachers to share directly with students.

Learn to curate
Get your Class Sets

Purchase Class Sets for your all-class reads, choice reading lists and more.

Don’t forget to bookmark our handy Class Set request form – it can help keep your teachers’ Class Set requests organized for your next Marketplace order or to send to your Digital Content Librarian.

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Conduct a CAL audit

Do your school’s Content Access Levels accurately reflect your students’ reading needs for this school year? Don’t forget to review your CALs and ensure no changes are needed.

Contact your Sora Account Manager or asksora@overdrive.com with questions.

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Curriculum Resources

Check out Classroom Features

Simple tips that turn Sora into a powerful classroom learning tool.

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Resource Site

CONNECT with the public library

Learn how to add a library in Sora.

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Discover accessibility features

Ebooks & audiobooks can make reading more accessible – here’s how.

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TRAINING KITS

Educator Resources

Training kits & lesson plans to get your students & staff up to speed.

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