How to make accessible ebooks: A workshop for beginners
- June 22, 2022
This workshop is for everyone who wants to learn how to make accessible, ready-for-the-market ebooks, regardless of their previous experience.
Laura Brady
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This session is a pause-and-take-stock look at ebooks and accessibility, looking closely at: what work has been done up to now, the work that is going on at present, and what’s left to do.
Learn how to fix your backlist bestsellers, to shine them up to a newer EPUB specification and ready for the diverse needs of a broad spectrum of readers.
NNELS will show you what they do to make a book accessible and demonstrate how EPUB files behave when they’re not accessible.
Ellen Ullman in conversation
- March 22, 2018
A conversation with Ellen Ullman, author of the cult classic memoir Close to the Machine, based on her years as a rare female computer programmer in the early years of the personal computer era.
So you think you can code 2017
- March 23, 2017
You know a beautifully designed ebook when you see it, and you’ve got the chops to show us how it’s done.
Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought in the ebook production process, but built into the content from the ground-up to ensure seamless user experiences that allow anyone to connect with the books they want to read.
Encouraging grassroots innovation at a legacy publisher
- April 1, 2016
When you’re working at a big publisher, what kinds of innovation can you introduce in ebook/digital processes while still keeping up with the day-to-day work?
So you think you can code 2016
- March 31, 2016
You know a beautifully designed ebook when you see it, and you’ve got the chops to show us how it’s done.
Opting out of FXL
- March 10, 2015
Fixed-layout is a print-replica format that serves certain kinds of content really well. But let’s talk about why and how to opt out of this limited format.
Our panel covers the state of standards compliance and speculates on the best path forward.