1. Baku, Azerbaijan, 9 November 2012 The growth of the e-book market: Promises and dangers for accessibility Jorge Plano, ISOC, jplano@frba.utn.edu.ar Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (Baku, Azerbaijan, 7 November 2012)

2. Accessibility of Books Universal Design or Ghetto? Jorge Plano

3. Two parallel processes 1) Books’ digitalization for persons with disabilities 2) Electronic books market

4. Issues Formats and devices Rights

5. Main formats ePub Mobi / AZW Adobe DRM Daisy / National Instructional Material Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)

6. Main devices Kindle Nook Other readers iPad (-Pod, -Phone) Tablets Cell phones PC / Mac / Linux

7. Rights Protected by copyright Public domain and free licenses Waivers for persons with disabilities

8. Questions Does the ebooks will be the wide door to reading for persons with disabilities? Or a new field full of barriers?

9. Ideas / proposals OBJECTIVE Include accessibility and universal design in the ebooks standards and design PROMOTE Accessible formats in ebooks Universal design in ebooks Free access to public domain ebooks in the digital libraries

10. Thank you for your attention Jorge Plano jplano@frba.utn.edu.ar