Accessible Ebook Production

Creating born-accessible books in-house requires a commitment to accessibility, and an eagerness to learn. This brief Introduction discusses how a publisher can begin strategizing and planning for this goal.

To prepare a book for conversion, with accessibility in mind, the steps covered in Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born Accessible Ebooks should be followed (if you use Word and InDesign for your manuscript...

When working with a conversion house or other third-party producer of ebooks, it is important to talk about accessibility feature. This Introductory guide shares some questions publishers can ask to get an idea of their...

This simple resource discusses what you need to do when working with a third-party producer.

Remediating a backlist is a big undertaking. This resource discusses how to get started, who to work with, and what to remediate.

Reflowable books are the most flexible types of EPUB, and they can incorporate many accessibility features that all readers can benefit from and take advantage of. This brief introduction discusses the benefits of the reflowable...

Learn Word styles and how to prepare manuscript files for layout software, making the typesetting and ebook conversion process easier.

This video includes best practices for successful layouts: image placement, image descriptions, etc., including laying the groundwork for semantics, image retention, and metadata in the ebook.

Preparing an InDesign file for conversion to EPUB has may steps: styles, mapping styles to HTML, marking page breaks, applying semantics, anchoring images, applying image descriptions, preparing navigation, and some basic metadata.

Deep dive into the best use of character, paragraph, object, table, and cell styles.