Redefine reading
An initiative of the De Marque Group
De Marque is a leading global distributor of ebooks and audiobooks.
Through its Cantook suite, De Marque provides innovative solutions that empower publishers to efficiently distribute and market their ebooks to readers, libraries, schools, and universities.
3,2M ebooks distributed all over the world
3,500 publishershave trusted us since 2008
1,300 sales pointslibraries and retailers
Making reading accessible since 2020
2020 Certified production of accessible ePub
Assessment of our ePub conversion service by the National Network for Equitable Library Services to ensure the production of files that comply with WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standards.
Creation of resources, workshops, and conferences to raise awareness and make the challenges of accessible reading more widely understood.
2021-22 Accessibility throughout the chain
Upgrading De Marque's Entrepôt Numérique servers to support the online input of accessibility metadata.
Incorporating speech synthesis, enhanced metadata management, and accessibility policies into our Cantook reading app and the Thorium reader.
2023-24Preparing for scale on accessibility
Automating the extraction and documentation of accessibility metadata from ePub files.
Development of the "Redefine Reading" website, designed to offer publishers valuable resources to help them adapt their production workflows.
Development of a tool to assist in generating alternative texts for images.
“Committed to inclusive ebooks”
De Marque's efforts to facilitate public access to ebooks and audiobooks, as well as its ongoing commitment to the development of universal accessibility features, reflect the importance they attribute to inclusiveness and the dissemination of culture.
Raúl Pérez
Head of ebooks and audiobooks, Planeta Group (Spain)
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Karine Vachon
General Manager, ANEL (National Association of Book Publishers, Quebec)
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