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Finalists Announced for the 2019 ABC International Excellence Awards

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The short-list for the 2019 ABC International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing has now been published and the winners will be announced at the […]

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Accessibility in EPUBs—Kobo Writing Life Podcast

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Kobo Writing Life, Kobo’s self-publishing platform, produces a regular podcast for authors to learn more about the industry. In January’s episode they covered accessibility […]

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Accessible Publishing and the Marrakesh Treaty – Are You Ready?

March 14th, 2019
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The Marrakesh Treaty allows for copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works for visually impaired persons. […]

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Accessible Publishing Summit

January 28th to 29th, 2019
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The Accessible Publishing Summit invites stakeholders in the ebook production and distribution chain (authors, editors, designers, publishers, distributors, librarians, and alternate-format producers) to help […]

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Inclusive Publishing Readers Discount Code for ebookcraft 2019

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Inclusive Publishing readers can get 10% off tickets to ebookcraft and Tech Forum 2019, March 18-19 in Toronto, by using the promo code DAISY10. Take […]

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BookMachine Unplugged. The Business of Accessibility: Content that is More Usable is More Valuable

February 20th, 2019
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As well as the obvious ethical and now legal requirements to make sure our books, ebooks and content is accessible there are also sound […]

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French National Accessible Digital Book Meeting

January 17th, 2019
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After the success of the France’s National Day on Access to Books and Reading: Let’s Find Solutions Together , BrailleNet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Book and Reading and […]

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OZeWAI 2018 Conference Highlights

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The OZeWAI 2018 conference, hosted by the ABC in Sydney, has now ended and a great time was had by all. The three-day event […]

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EPUBCheck Intermediate 4.1 Release

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A maintenance release of EPUBCheck—version 4.1.0— has been published by the DAISY Consortium which includes various improvements and bug fixes that have been contributed and […]

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Call for Nominations: Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2019

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ABC is now inviting nominations for the 2019 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievements in […]

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