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Hadrien Gardeur
@hadriengardeur.bsky.social
Working on accessibility, standards and open-source for digital publishing at EDRLab (European Digital Reading Lab).
Co-founded Feedbooks and EDRLab. Co-created OPDS and Readium LCP.
Thoughts and opinions are my own.
On my way to Kamakura after a weekend in Shizuoka and Shimoda. The Izu peninsula is really lovely, I hope that I'll be able to didcover it more thoroughly next time that I'm visiting Japan.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Three weeks ago, we sent the first invites for the private beta of Thorium Mobile on iOS to an initial batch of fifty testers.

We're still months away from a 1.0 release but we're very happy with the feedback so far.

If you're interested to test it as well, we'll invite more people in January.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by Hadrien Gardeur
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
Lawyers said it’s believed to be the largest-ever settlement in a US copyright case, paying about $3,000 per book.
buff.ly
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We're officially in the post-Comixology era of selling digital comics with two platforms launching soon:
- Panels Store: www.panels.store/selling
- Sweet Shop: sweetshop.app
Panels Store
www.panels.store
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Knowledge Futures is dropping support for PubPub as a platform due to a lack of funding: www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/2025...
Not Enough: Open Infrastructure Funding and the Future of Knowledge Futures
Knowledge Futures mission is to make information useful.
www.knowledgefutures.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kindle releases new text spacing adjustments just in time for EAA: www.theverge.com/news/690259/...
Amazon improves Kindle accessibility with new text spacing adjustments
More control.
www.theverge.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Germany continues to be the best place for borrowing ebooks on an e-ink reader with the release of a Libby app on PocketBook devices: www.boersenblatt.net/news/pocketb...
PocketBook bringt Libby auf E-Reader
Wer einen E-Reader oder ein E-Note von PocketBook nutzt, sollte im August nach Updates Ausschau halten: PocketBook erweitert sein digitales Angebot für Bibliotheksnutzer:innen in Deutschland mit der L...
www.boersenblatt.net
June 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@readwise.bsky.social improves its EPUB support with a brand new dedicated reading mode better suited for ebooks: readwise.io/reader/updat...
Reader Public Beta Update #12 (EPUBs v2, PDF Clean Text v2, Chat Preview, and a lot more)
readwise.io
June 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Interested in Read Aloud (Text-To-Speech) in reading applications?

Here's a video recording of a Webinar organized by @bic1uk.bsky.social where I cover in depth how it works behind the scenes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjU-...

Slides also available at docs.google.com/presentation...

#a11y #EPUB
BIC Brunch: EAA - DRM & Text to Speech (May 2025)
YouTube video by Book Industry Communication Ltd
www.youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Here's a new entry of our "Powered by Readium" series with a focus on Spain this time: www.linkedin.com/posts/readiu...

eBiblio is a national project for public libraries in Spain operated by @culturagob.bsky.social

There's a lot to say so let's cover everything in a thread.
Powered by Readium - eBiblio | Readium Foundation
eBiblio recently shared their 2024 end-of-the-year results, revealing another record year for digital lending in Spain. In 2024, the service reports an ever-increasing number of titles in their catal...
www.linkedin.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For the last two months, we've been working on improving how we communicate about Readium projects.

This week, we published our first video for a brand new format called "What's new in Readium" with a focus on mobile for this one: youtu.be/Yiq6IYvQgYc
What's New in Readium Mobile · Q1 2025
YouTube video by Readium Foundation
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Interesting interview on Igalia's blog about the Web and the potential impact on the DOJ ruling regarding Google: www.igalia.com/chats/alex-o...

I've been wondering about similar things related to digital reading and the need for a public infrastructure hosted by a non-profit to steer the ship.
The Google Antitrust Ruling: Proposed Remedies | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
www.igalia.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cette semaine la BnF accueille deux évènements importants pour le monde du livre numérique/audio.

Pour celles et ceux qui souhaitent suivre à distance, le séminaire "Vers un accès et une offre à la lecture pour tous améliorés" est diffusé en direct sur Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/H_3SzgO...
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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November 27, 2024 at 9:28 AM
So, who's next? Apple Music? YouTube Music?
November 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM
👋 Hello Bluesky, I've been mostly a lurker here until now, but I'm going to try to engage a bit more going forward!

It's nice to get such a warm "early Twitter days" vibe around here, even now that more and more people are signing up.
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 AM