Links & References

Last Update: February, 2025.

On this page you will find useful references and resources when searching for information about Accessibility, Editing, Publishers, Self-publishing and much more.

1. Legislation and international references

Here you will find references to the most relevant international legislation:

• EU: Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (Text with EEA relevance)
• IPEd: Books without barriers: a practical guide to inclusive publishing
2. Standards

Here you will find standards to learn more about accessibility and their definitions, both technical and theoretical-practical:

• Adobe: PDF file format accessibility features combined with Adobe® Acrobat® and Adobe Reader® allow universal access to documents
• idpf: EPUB Accessibility 1.0
• W3C WAI: Introduction to Web Accessibility
• W3C WCAG: WCAG 2 Overview
3. Resources

Here you will find resources to help you understand the current context:

• Consejo europeo: La discapacidad en la UE: datos y cifras
• Benetech: Accessible eBooks Matter
4. Self-publishing and POD

Here you will find links to international self-publishing platforms. New links will be added.

• Amazon: Kindle Direct Publishing
• Lulu: Publish. Print. Prosper.
• Ingramspark: Print Your Book with IngramSpark