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The annual ALPSP conference returns in September and this year’s event will focus on ‘Practical Implementation’, with the aim of enabling attendees to gain confidence in taking necessary steps to position their organizations appropriately for the challenges of today and tomorrow.
CreativePro Design and Accessibility Summit 2025
September 16, 2025 - September 19, 2025
Creative professionals must learn how to design documents that are accessible for people with vision and hearing impairments, mobility and cognitive challenges, or other disabilities. Those who develop expertise in accessibility will find themselves in high demand; while those who don’t will risk falling behind.
At The Design + Accessibility Summit, delegates will learn practical techniques for building accessible documents with a wide variety of tools used by creative professionals. Inclusive Pubishing is excited that Laura Brady, accessibility ebook expert will be presenting at the summit in a session entitled “Making Accessible Ebooks from InDesign”.
Gone are the days of accessibility being just a niche technical requirement. It is a growing expectation from readers, educators, and institutions across the digital publishing world, as far more people are impacted by accessibility issues than many publishers realize. Whether someone has a visual impairment, a learning difference, or simply prefers to zoom in on text or listen to a book while doing something else, it transforms the need for accessible books from being for just a few, to everyone. However, complying with standards is not always easy: EPUB structure, metadata, image descriptions, and discoverability can overwhelm book production without the right tools and guidance.
This webinar, hosted by De Marque will focus on:
- Why accessibility is a publishing-wide issue that affects millions of readers
- What compliance actually looks like in practice, from structure to metadata
- How to manage image descriptions more efficiently and collaboratively
- What De Marque has learned over five years of building accessible systems
Mainstreaming accessible ebook distribution: accessibility metadata ingestion and display
September 22, 2025
With the European Accessibility Act in force since June 2025, ensuring the availability and visibility of accessibility metadata has become more important than ever. In today’s digital publishing landscape, accessibility metadata is delivered alongside core bibliographic information enabling retailers, libraries, and readers to identify whether a digital book meets their specific accessibility needs. However, the complexity and technical nature of this metadata can pose challenges, which the recent W3C User Experience Guides for Displaying Accessibility Metadata 2.0 address by offering practical guidance for user-friendly display.
This seminar will feature a roundtable discussion with representatives from Fondazione LIA, EDItEUR, Kobo, Bookwire, De Marque and Edigita, six key players leading the charge in accessible content distribution. Together, they will share how they are working to make accessibility metadata both visible and actionable, how they collaborate with publishers, and what lies ahead for the industry.
Announcing the Launch of “Inclusive Publishing and the Quest for Reading Equity”
/in News /by Sarah HilderleyAccessibility expert and friend of Inclusive Publishing Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya has just published Inclusive Publishing and the Quest for Reading Equity giving us a […]
Shortlist Announced for ABC International Excellence Awards 2025
/in News /by Sarah HilderleyThe short-list for the 2025 ABC International Excellence Awards in Accessible Publishing has been announced in advance of the awards ceremony to be held at the […]
Opinions Needed on EPUB Question
/in News /by Sarah HilderleyThe Publishing Maintenance Working Group at W3C is looking for your input on an important question about EPUB, asking readers to fill out a […]