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Monday, March 23 • 1:20pm - 2:55pm
Accessible ebooks for small publishers and creators

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We know that making our digital books accessible is important for publishers and creators of all sizes. There are a ton of great resources, information, and tools out there to help you start creating fully accessible ebooks, but nonetheless, it can be an overwhelming project for busy publishing houses with limited resources, smaller startups, or for individual creators. I'll break down how we went from three accessible ebooks in our whole catalogue to publishing our entire frontlist as WCAG 2.0 AA level accessible EPUB 3.0 files and what publishers, editors, and production folks can do to make immediate progress on creating accessible ebooks.

This workshop is for people who have control over print production, digital production, and metadata.
Speakers
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Jessica Albert

Digital and Art Director, ECW Press
Jessica Albert is the Digital and Art Director at ECW Press where she works on ebooks, accessibility, audiobooks, book covers, and metadata — sometimes all at once. When not playing fetch with her dog, Jessica has been working to overhaul the digital production and metadata systems... Read More →

Sponsors
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eBOUND Canada

ebookcraft Sponsor
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House of Anansi

ebookcraft Sponsor

Monday March 23, 2020 1:20pm - 2:55pm EDT
CR3 (ground floor)
  Not available, accessibility

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