1. Being digital – creating a win-win situation for the visually impaired and publishers

2. US ebook wholesale rev. (Mio. $)

3. ‚In 2015 Random House US will generate 50 % of turnover with ebooks‘ (Handelsblatt citing RH CEO)

6. 34.000 titles in Braille 1.2 mio books in print

7. 15.000 audio books 1.2 mio books in print

8. 4.200 titles in large print 1.2 mio books in print

11. Common Issues Formulae Graphs Image/text combinations Complex layouts Tables

12. Rethinking the way content is created managed published delivered

13. ------------- XML for typesetting e-book XML (e.g ePub) Web XML (XHTML) Manuscript Artwork Tagging Processing Transformation Print e-book Web publication Graphs Content DB Processing

15. ePUB 3.0: new features Layout improvements Rich media and interactivity Global languages Accessibility improvements HTML 5 support

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17. 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

18. 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-proof content structures

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