Looking forward to this! The topic of my article is "Why We Can Be Resilient: We have technology and open standards to thank" W3C (@[email protected]) Publishing@W3C PubTechPartners

This just came out, and the whole issue is not behind the paywall. Hope you enjoy my article and others.

Alice Meadows 🇺🇦 endorses what Bill Kasdorf says about the need for collaboration between competitors to build an infrastructure that gives us the five capitals of resilience that were highlighted by Dr Haseeb Irfanullah | ড. হাসীব ইরফানুল্লাহ্ ALPSP Sara Rouhi on Bsky @RouhiRoo.bsky.social

Three great talks that sync with each other: Bill Kasdorf on the underlying interoperability that underpins what we do, Alice Meadows 🇺🇦 that these need to be developed collaboratively in order to meet the key needs for resilience identified by Dr Haseeb Irfanullah | ড. হাসীব ইরফানুল্লাহ্ ALPSP @lyconrad

Bill Kasdorf comments that the key problem that last year revealed was the terrible inequality in access to technologies, resources, etc., between countries and within countries. ALPSP

#EPUB3 is the way to go for creating accessible digital publications! Great talk by Bill Kasdorf from W3C (@[email protected]) Perth A11y Camp #a11y DAISY #BornAccessible #PWAC2021

Congratulations to George Kerscher for this EXTREMELY well deserved honor! DAISY NISO

Meaty PW Daily article today from my @PTP colleague Ken Brooks. A snippet: "The traditional approach to content creation and production . . . is running out of steam." Digitally Creating a Smoother Path to Book Publication publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

Great article on the value of systematic rights management from my @PTP colleague Bill Rosenblatt Bill Rosenblatt: How Publishers Can Find the ROI from Rights publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

Accessibility is often thought of as a production task, and even post-production. It's WAY better to begin to integrate it into your workflow upstream. The accessibility's better, and your publications are better too. This article explains why. accessibility = DAISY Benetech

As usual from my friend and PubTechPartners colleague Bill Rosenblatt Bill Rosenblatt, the clearest and most insightful explanation of the NFT phenomenon, particularly with regard to books: Could NFTs Work in Publishing? publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

This is a truly amazing initiative: UNICEF is bringing educational resources in their local languages to disadvantaged kids around the world through an innovative LMS. The Power of UNICEF's Learning Passport publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

In a new report prepared for Book Industry Study Group, industry analyst and digital transformation expert Bill Rosenblatt has now gathered unprecedented quantitative evidence showing just how #rightsmanagement is remaking the #publishing value chain. #copyright velocityofcontentpodcast.com/rights-managem…

I hope you find this article helpful. Missing, incorrect, or incomplete alt text is unfortunately all too common--and fixable. How Publishers Can Get Alt Text Right publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

I was a vendor to CUP during most of Linda's tenure--typesetting their books and bringing CUP into XML. They gave me the honor of asking me to be general editor of The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing--a book I still see on my clients' bookshelves! We're still good friends.

Wow, that's really nice of you to say! Thanks so much, Marianne!

The surprising reaction to my recent PW column about how to get alt text right prompted this one. That reaction, and some confirmation from Benetech, may indicate accessibility is finally going mainstream. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly

Don't forget to share your feedback on our new draft recommended practice for video & audio #Metadata - kudos & thanks to cochairs Barbara Chen @ViolaineIG Bill Kasdorf michelleurberg & all working group members Comments welcome thru Aug 5! niso.org/press-releases…

Big Tech gets a lot of bashing these days. My latest PW column is about some very cool things Google, Microsoft, and Apple are doing for accessibility. Thanks, Big Tech! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di… via @publisherswkly