Funding Boost for Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]