# Adopt a book

> A book is reusable course material authored by an organization. Nobody enrolls in a book and it has no roster or grades. To teach from one, you adopt it into a course, and learners only…

Source: https://www.curacourse.com/help/adding-books-from-bookstore-like-csawesome

## At a glance

A book is reusable course material authored by an organization. Nobody enrolls in a book and it has no roster or grades. To teach from one, you adopt it into a course, and learners only ever see the pages inside your course.

![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/5366476aab8de589f505.png)

Adopted pages stay linked to the book, so learners see the author's latest published version. When you want to change a page, you make your own copy of it.

## Prerequisites

Instructor account on CuraCourse

Bookstore in the header. It lists public books plus books from any organization you belong to private library.

## Steps

1. Open Bookstore from the header and find the book you want. You can preview a book's published pages before adopting.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/e2db60f9dadf4b00279b.png)
2. Adopt the book into your course. Its published modules and pages appear in your Table of Contents.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/70dec8f0f0a58925431b.png)
3. “Adopt this book“ option will create a new course with the book. If you want to add a book to an existing course, go to that course’s settings page, navigate to the “Books“ tab, and select “Adopt a book“
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/9fd9120f8a1c6f5fd55e.png)
4. After adopting a book, open the course Table of Contents to see what came in. A muted book icon marks a linked page. These icons are visible to instructors and TAs only, never to learners.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/2808f21f99d66abe91da.png)
5. Teach as normal. Learners see the book's latest published content, and submissions autograde against that same published version, including rubrics authored on the book.
6. To change a page, open the lesson and click Edit, then choose “Make my own copy” in the banner. The course stores a snapshot you can edit and like any other lesson you created on your own. The Table of Contents switches that page to a fork icon (Your copy).
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/764b4f60fc5522edd4cc.png)
7. You can always compare your changes against the latest version of the book’s lesson by selecting “Compare with book“
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/59bab0cf2aa834e005e3.png)
8. To go back to the book author’s content, choose “Use the book version”. The course copy is dropped and the page follows the book again.
9. Check Course Settings → Books tab for updates from the adopted books. Pages that are published in the book but not in your course and updates on pages you have copied/forked will show here.
   
   
   
   ![CuraCourse screenshot: Adding Books from Bookstore (like CSAwesome)](https://www.curacourse.com/help/featurebase/86cfde3cb86aad52a48a.png)