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Old 03-22-2022, 12:19 PM   #9661
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SYNC Audio 2022

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Weekly Titles (32 titles) -- 28 Apr ~ 17 Aug (16 wks) -- Sora app/web only

Week 01 | Week 02 | Week 03 | Week 04 | Week 05 | Week 06 | Week 07 | Week 08

Week 09 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16


What is SYNC?
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    SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+

    Returning Spring 2022, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks each week. Titles are all available worldwide and change every Thursday at midnight Eastern Time during the season.
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    Access Details

    • Titles are accessible in Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive.
    • Sora is available in your browser at soraapp.com, or as an app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
    • Each SYNC audiobook will be featured in Sora for a window of 7 days.
    • Titles are yours indefinitely once you “borrow” them during their 7-day availability window in Sora.
Setting Up Sora
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    Can I use Libby or the OverDrive app for the SYNC program instead of the Sora app?

    The SYNC program will only work with Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive. You don’t need to be affiliated with a school to use Sora with the SYNC program.


    First register for SYNC. Then set up Sora.


    How do I set up Sora?
    1. Download Sora from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or go to soraapp.com in your browser.
    2. In Sora, tap I have a setup code (at the bottom of the screen)
    3. Enter this setup code: audiobooksync and tap Get Started!
    4. Enter the email address you used to sign up for SYNC
    5. Tap Explore (at the bottom of the screen) to see the week’s featured titles [SYNC 2022 starts April 28]

    I already use Sora for school. How do I add SYNC titles?

    If you already use Sora, you’ll need to add the SYNC program’s library. Here are the steps:
    1. In Sora, open the menu (in the top-right corner)
    2. Select Add library
    3. Search for audiobooksync and select the library from the results
    4. Enter the email address you used to sign up for SYNC
FAQs about SYNC
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    • Can I use Libby or the OverDrive app instead of the Sora app? -- NO

    • When does each SYNC week start? -- Thu 12:01 am ET

    • How long is each audiobook available in Sora? -- 7 Days

    • I missed last week's audiobooks. Can I still get them? -- NO

    • Can I give copies of my books away? -- NO

    • Can I delete titles from my device? -- YES, but do so with caution

    • Can I return titles from my shelf? -- YES, but you'll lose them forever

    • Can I access the audiobook’s MP3 files? -- NO

    • Are these books available worldwide? -- YES - no geo-restrictions
Weekly Titles
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    • list of all 32 audiobooks for 2022

      Mystery, history, humor, sports, romance! Full-cast performances of graphic novels! Nonfiction and fictionalized explorations of current events! Stage dramas, works in translation, classics, and more! We are delighted to share the long list of free audiobooks for teens you and yours will be able to download to keep during the 13th SYNC season. Thank yous are in order to the 17 audiobook publishers who have contributed titles this year. In the coming weeks, we will remind you of the practical details participants need to know about this annual event, including the fact that these are world access titles for individuals to download and keep.
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How to Get in Sync with SYNC

Hosted by AudioFile Magazine, and delivered through OverDrive’s Sora app (which can be used on a computer, smartphone, tablet, or any device connecting to the Internet), SYNC provides free digital downloads to individuals (not to institutions). Each title is available to download for only one week. However, once downloaded, you can keep it on your Sora shelf and access it anytime for 99 years. There is no catch: This is not a subscription or a promotion coupled with a purchase.

Sora is the app that OverDrive developed to deliver e-audiobooks and e-books to students in school settings. However, SYNC participants gain entry to the program’s titles through a “school” called “audiobooksync” that anyone, anywhere in the world, can join. To download SYNC titles, you must register for the “school” called audiobooksync in the Sora app; you cannot access these to keep by pointing Sora to the school you attend in real life, and you can access these without being enrolled in any school other than the Sora app’s AudiobookSYNC “school.”
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SYNC Audio -- unless otherwise specified, offers expire at 11:59 pm ET
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