New European Legislation Welcomed by FEP
Charlotte Eyre from The Bookseller has reported: “The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) has welcomed a European act of parliament created to make products […]
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Congratulations to the 2019 Winners of the ABC International Excellence Awards
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The winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards were announced last night at the London Book Fair 2019. Nominees were judged on […]
Funding Boost for Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative
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The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced that it has been successful in securing funds from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund for the production of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]