🚨 NEW SERIES ALERT: What is a Digital Book?! 🚨 If you've ever tried to explain your job (or why you love digital reading) to a friend, this is for you! 👇 Thanks to author Guirlène Saraiva and agent Camille Blin for the fantastic partnership! 👏 (Full comics in comments)

Don't miss our sessions at the Frankfurt Book Fair: 1️⃣ Wed 15/10, 3:00PM: On the jury of the Digital Publishing Award Ceremony. Congrats to the finalists! 2️⃣ Thu 16/10, 4:30PM: On "Enhancing Digital Reading Experiences" 3️⃣ Thu 16/10, 5:00PM: ThinkPub Presentation—helping SMEs adapt to the digital age

The EDRLab Collective Member Stand is ready to roll at FBF 2025! Find us in Hall 4.0/G34 next week, where we'll be alongside 5 amazing members: 🔹 Bluefire 🔹 Fondazione LIA (Accessibility experts!) 🔹 e-Dantès 🔹 Isako / Cairn.info 🔹 Textalk Group Come meet the whole team 👇 tinyurl.com/5ce97bkj

The DPA shortlist is out! 🥳 We loved seeing #global #innovation with 80 submissions from 16 countries. The future of #publishing is clearly #AI, #Audio, and #Edtech. Huge congrats to the 12 finalists (and everyone who submitted!). Winners TBA soon... 👉 Shortlist details: tinyurl.com/vbnkfr46

EDRLab's Board of Directors has been renewed! We're excited to welcome Ian Smith (@glassboxx.bsky.social ) and have Cristina Mussinelli ( #FondazioneLIA) and Luisa Gaggini ( #CasaliniLibri) re-elected. Excited for their collective expertise to lead us forward!

A look at #Thorium #Reader 's day-to-day numbers! 📊 Yesterday alone, our community generated over 𝟭𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 and saw more than 𝟮,𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗻𝗲𝘄, 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀. A big bravo to our developer team! Their work and dedication are what make all of this possible. 👏 thorium.edrlab.org/en/ #OpenSource

Thorium Reader 3.2 is out! 🚀 Quick recap: #Thorium is a #𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, #𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 #𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗽𝗽 that handles all kinds of ebooks. New features: 🔸Reading mode without page breaks. 🔸In-page search. 🔸Annotation export. 🔸Improved Text-to-Speech. 🔸Better PDF support! Get it here: thorium.edrlab.org/en/

We're not only attending, we're also speaking at the #FrankfurtBookfair! Join us for the presentation "𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀" on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 PM on the Innovation Stage (Hall 4.0, H106) w/@hadriengardeur.bsky.social & Gautier Chomel 👉 More here: tinyurl.com/524v9h4n

Next month we're headed to the #FrankfurtBookfair! Find us and our members in our collective EDRLab booth (Hall 4.0 / G34). We still have two spots available for members who want to join us! 😉 Book a meeting to chat about our projects here: tinyurl.com/5ce97bkj #FBF25 #DigitalPublishing #EDRLab

A big shout-out to Fondazione LIA for the fantastic APACE Summer School on accessible #reading! Our recent article explores the key takeaways, from #accessibility metadata to tools like #Thorium Reader. It's all about building an accessible ecosystem together. 🤝 Read it here: tinyurl.com/mt48p24c

What is EDRLab, really? 🤔 Our former president, @vclayssen.bsky.social perfectly captured the essence of EDRLab in this thoughtful piece. A huge thank you! Read it in English: shorturl.at/wz8aj Read it in French: shorturl.at/veWwv #EDRLab #DigitalPublishing #OpenSource #Accessibility

Confused about #HTML5 in EPUBs? 🤔 We've broken down the 'HTML vs. XHTML' debate in our new article to make the #W3C proposal crystal clear. Read & take the survey. 📚 Article: www.edrlab.org/2025/07/06/a... ✍️ Survey: www.w3.org/wbs/1/epubht... #EPUB #DigitalPublishing #Standards

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is now in effect (June 28)! 🎉 EDRLab empowers accessible digital publishing. We develop tools like Readium LCP, Thorium Reader, and lead projects (SOLIMAN, ABELab, Qualebook...) to facilitate compliance. See how we help: www.edrlab.org #EAA #Accessibility #EDRLab

Hello Bluesky! 👋 EDRLab, the European Digital Reading Lab, is here! We're a non-profit driving an open, interoperable, and accessible digital publishing ecosystem. We build open-source tools ( #Readium, #Thorium), set standards, and champion accessibility for all. Follow us! 👀 #Digital #Publishing