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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please find below the link to the ABC news item calling for nominations for the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. The award will be announced at the IPA Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 4<sup>th</sup>, 2024. Grateful if you could advertise widely through your networks and encourage worthy candidates to apply on the application form contained in the link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/w/news/2024/call-for-nominations-for-the-2024-accessible-books-consortium-international-excellence-award-for-accessible-publishing">https://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/w/news/2024/call-for-nominations-for-the-2024-accessible-books-consortium-international-excellence-award-for-accessible-publishing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>There is a publisher category as well as a project category, so, these awards are covering a wider angle than simply for publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The application should be sent to <a href="mailto:Accessible.Book@wipo.int">Accessible.Book@wipo.int</a> by Monday, September 16<sup>th</sup>, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We will circulate the social media posts once we have them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Many thanks and kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Martine Abel-Williamson – World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) Advisory Board member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>