Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Get ready for the European Accessibility Act
Conferences
The 2021 edition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair and its new event BolognaBookPlus will be held online from 14 to 17 June. The Italian fair...
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IPA and FEP bringing accessibility to their partners
Conferences
As the European Accessibility Act is becoming law in June 2025 for publishing products and services, all publishers are required to plan an accessibility roadmap...
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Livres Canada Books. A whitepaper on the European Accessibility Act
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Livres Canada Books (Association for the Export of Canadian Books), in collaboration with Fondazione LIA, has published the whitepaper The European Accessibility Act and Its...
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The EPUBCheck website is now live
Research and development
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the EPUBCheck website, where it is possible to download the latest release of the tool and find...
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W3C. A draft of EPUB Accessibiltiy 1.1 released
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After the first publication as an ISO standard, a new version of EPUB Accessibility (as working draft) The EPUB 3 Working Group, the working group...
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A new collaboration with Casalini Libri
Novità
Fondazione LIA will cooperate with Casalini Libri to achieve and ensure full compliancy of its technological infrastructure with the European Accessibility Act. Founded in 1958,...
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Amazon will stop ingesting MOBI for reflowable e-books
Novità
Amazon announced that, after June 28, 2021, Kindle will no longer ingest the MOBI format for reflowable e-books, as well as the derived formats PRC...
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EDRLab. A new Accessibility Interest Group
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EDRLab has created the Accessibility Interest Group, a new working group that will be chaired by Cristina Mussinelli, Secretary General of Fondazione LIA. Fondazione LIA...
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Japan. Fondazione LIA cooperates with Keio Research Institute and APL
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The E-books for all: towards an accessible publishing ecosystem whitepaper, created by Fondazione LIA will be translated and distributed in Japan. The initiative stems from...
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WCAG 3.0. New guidelines for websites
Research and development
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the working draft of a new specification concerning web content and web app accessibility: the Web Content...
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