An overview of the accessibility of Ebooks published in 2025

Published on 08 July 2026

Book
Ebooks
Accessibility
Disability
Social cohesion

Platform
Internet

Summary

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Arcom has carried out a review of the accessibility of Ebooks published in 2025 for people with disabilities and analysed the overall consumption of audiobooks and Ebooks between 2025 and 2026.

Since 28 June 2025, when the Directive on accessibility requirements for products and services came into force, all newly published Ebooks and e-reader software must be accessible to people with disabilities.

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The Arcom report highlights the formats, protection measures and accessibility metadata of Ebooks published in 2025.

Arcom also presents a study on French people’s consumption of audiobooks and Ebooks over the past twelve months.

Key figures

45K

More than 45,000 Ebooks were published in 2025

Of these structures, nearly 11,000 are subject to accessibility requirements.

54 per cent

More than half of the books are in resizable EPUB format

In particular, this format allows youto enlarge the text, use text-to-speech, and adjust the contrast.

900k

Users of DYS software

14 per cent of Ebook or audiobook users make use of software to make reading easier for people with DYS disorders (dyslexia, dysorthographia, dyspraxia, etc.).

Key findings