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Being digital – creating a win-win situation for the visually impaired and publishers
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US ebook wholesale rev. (Mio. $)
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‚In 2015 Random House US will generate 50 % of turnover with ebooks‘
(Handelsblatt citing RH CEO)
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34.000 titles in Braille1.2 mio books
in print
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15.000 audio books
1.2 mio books
in print
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4.200 titles in large print
1.2 mio books
in print
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Common Issues
Formulae
Graphs
Image/text combinations
Complex layouts
Tables
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Rethinking the way content is • created• managed• published• delivered
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XML for typesetting
e-book XML (e.g ePub)
Web XML(XHTML)
Manuscript
Artwork
Tagging
Proce
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Transfo
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Transformation
Transformation
e-book
Web publication
Graphs
Content DB
Processing
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ePUB 3.0: new features
Layout improvements
Rich media and interactivity
Global languages
Accessibility improvements
HTML 5 support
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Barriers
Different types of content / delivery platforms
Digital workflows have to be implemented (technical problems, costs)
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Copyright issues (eg text-to-speech)
Tech capabilities of publishing staff
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Accessibility – a win-win-game
Stronger lobbying is needed to convince publishers of the benefits of accessible publishing for ALL readers and their WHOLE business
Digitisation moves visually impaired readers from a niche market to mainstream consumers
Accessibility helps publishers in generating future-proofcontent structures
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