Audience

Educators and librarians that want to let students read ebooks and audiobooks

About Sora

Millions of ebooks and audiobooks for your students. Thousands of publishers. Comes loaded with hundreds of premium titles at no cost. Infinite reading possibilities on practically any device. Sora is your gateway to the best selection of ebooks and audiobooks available to schools, spanning millions of titles from thousands of publishers. With a catalog for all interests and abilities, Sora truly offers something for all readers. It all starts with the catalog, of course. But Sora also delivers game-changing features to connect more students with more books and positively impact their learning. Hundreds of premium, simultaneous-use titles in the current collection of included titles. Required reading classics: Emma, Call of the Wild, Great Expectations, Hamlet. Student favorites: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, El Deafo, The Terrible Two, Every Falling Star. Browse and borrow age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks from your local public library’s digital collection via Public Library CONNECT.

Scribd
Scribd
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Reading subscriptions that work for your business. Over 1 million books and audiobooks. Magazines and articles from trusted journalists. Over 100 million documents. Discounted company pricing. Join the millions of readers who turn to Scribd's digital library for audiobooks, ebooks, magazine articles, podcasts, sheet music selections, and research documents. Scribd is a massive library that's home to millions of books, audiobooks, magazines … and even sheet music. Sheet music selections that cover every musical genre, instrument, and difficulty level. Play the classics or explore current hits from popular artists. Articles from hundreds of magazines including People, Time, The Atlantic, Entrepreneur, and more. Access to the world's largest document library, which has more than 60 million documents including official government reports, case studies, study guides, academic dissertations, medical reports, and more.
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Sora
Sora
Sora’s AI debt management software helps financial advisors wow clients and win proposals. Quickly scan clients’ liabilities, refinance and new loan opportunities, and credit health. Download reports to engage clients on their debt. Hyper-personalized debt optimization strategies. Request a new loan and we will scan our ecosystem of 50+ wholesale, retail, and credit union lenders. We do the work so you and your client don’t have to. Sora finds clients better deals for their new or existing home, auto, and student loans and seamlessly moves into them. Sora is an easy-to-use software that helps you visualize, analyze, and act to optimize your client's debt. Use our advanced analytics and recommendations to develop tailored strategies for each client. Navigate through their debt landscape, identify areas for potential savings, and devise an optimized debt management plan. Bring your financial advisory to the next level.
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Hummingbird Digital Media
Hummingbird Digital Media
Create a free branded storefront with access to 100,000s of titles in minutes. Logos, colors, it’s all about you! Quickly organize the e-book and audiobook titles and categories you want to sell. Customers buy from your store and begin reading immediately in your branded app. Sell e-books and audiobooks directly to your loyal customers, all from your own branded store. Increase revenue with a huge inventory that takes up virtually no floor space. Here’s a turnkey fundraising program your patrons will support 24/7/365. Sell your industry’s best titles to your members from your own online store. Supplement your ad revenue by selling e-books that are directly related to topics you are covering. Easily sell e-books on your blog, in your workshop, or on a speaking tour. Sell digital versions of all your speakers’ e-books, audiobooks, and more, all in one place. Support your students, faculty and alumni with the e-books and audiobooks they want.
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PublishDrive
PublishDrive
Easily self-publish ebooks online, audiobooks, and print books to thousands of stores worldwide. With one click, publish everywhere. Online self-publishing for indie authors and publishing companies. We help you get started with the publishing process. We act as your personal rep, ready to support you at any time. PublishDrive is the only self-publishing platform you need. It starts with a simple upload of your manuscript and cover files. Then we help you put everything together from book formatting to metadata. It takes a few clicks to publish ebook, audiobook, and print book formats in 400+ bookstores and 240K+ libraries across 100+ countries. Access a suite of marketing tools and perks. Run price promotions, optimize Amazon ads, get free in-store featuring opportunities, and more. Keep up with your sales performance on one dashboard. Track real-time sales, ratings, and rankings. Receive auto-royalty reports and never miss a payment.
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Overall 2.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 2.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5
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OverDrive
Founded: 1986
United States
company.overdrive.com/k-12-schools/discover-sora/

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  • A Sora User
    Librarian
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: Deployment
    Company Size: 5,000 - 9,999
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    "Disappointed Librarian"

    Posted 2020-12-17

    Pros: Can add other libraries in same app; can easily switch between different library collections; has an app.

    Cons: Limited patron usage data; poor customer service; not interested in new ideas of how to improve Overdrive.

    Overall: We purchased SORA by Overdrive, to use with our kids. I regret that decision for several reasons" (1) customer service was poor and timely; (2) lack of data about individual patron use on the app. There program allows kids to see how many minutes they are engaged but all the school can see is which books were checkout by each individual patrons. Therefore, you cannot use it for incentives unless you teach a population that reads several books per school year. In the 21st century when software has the ability to gather data, this software program is behind the times. It may be okay for public libraries but school librarians should look for another vendor that can offer better data of individual usage/engagement. I never could understand if they provided it on the individual patron app why the software could not log that same information inside the program to see individual student progress and engagement. Librarians have to have data to support costs of providing e-solutions. If the software cannot provide you more detailed patron information, I would suggest going with another vendor for school libraries.

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