A partner for premium accessibility
From new titles to existing backlists, we help you make your content accessible without adding unnecessary complexity to your production process.
Do you recognize these challenges?
- EAA: accessible ebooks required since June 2025
- A backlist produced before accessibility was required
- Retailers requiring accessibility metadata before they accept a file
- No in-house accessibility expertise or tooling
- Consistent quality across a growing catalogue
Two approaches. One experienced partner.
Accessibility is no longer a nice-to-have, it is an essential part of modern publishing. Since 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act has required accessible ebooks for the EU market: for new titles and, in most EU countries, for existing backlists too. Whether you are producing a new title or bringing an existing backlist into compliance, Crius Group offers two complementary approaches to help you create Accessible ePub3 files, whichever situation you start from.
Two-tier quality control
Automated validation (Ace by DAISY, your distributor's scheme and our own checker) plus expert review, with a quality report delivered with every file.
AI-assisted alt text
Alt text and long descriptions written with the book's context in mind, inserted into the ePub3 and also delivered as a separate file for easy review.
Accessibility-enriched ONIX metadata
ONIX metadata that tells retailers your file's compliance level and accessibility features, delivered alongside your Accessible ePub3.
Fully managed service
One point of contact from request and offer to production, quality control, delivery and invoicing, with predictable lead times and consistent quality at scale.
Two paths to Accessible ePub3
Accessibility by design
For new titles. When we typeset your book, accessibility is built in from the first structuring pass, so the ePub3 builds on the same structure.
Accessible metadata
In addition to the ePub itself, we also provide the correct metadata – crucial for distribution and retail. We can deliver accessible metadata in several ways:
- Separate delivery in ONIX format for automatic import into distribution platforms or your own ERP system.
- For clients who do not work with ONIX, we have developed a convenient HTML view in the style of Centraal Boekhuis’ metadata wizard. Based on this, you can easily enter the metadata manually.
Publish faster and smarter, for less
TOBIpress
Lightning-fast professionally typeset books and accessible ePubs, all at a competitive price. With TOBIpress, it’s all possible!
Crius Group has designed workflows where the production of accessible ePubs is already fully integrated. The best example of this is our Core solution. With this platform, we have been typesetting books for more than 10 years for several major trade publishers. Producing large volumes of pages and/or ePubs faster, more cost-effectively, and more efficiently – that’s the idea. With TOBIpress, you can now apply this technology to your publishing house in a straightforward and accessible way!
Why TOBIpress?
Fast turnaround times
Receive a typeset proof of your book in just one business day.
Cost-effective for every publisher
Low print page prices, fixed rates for accessible ePubs, and no hidden costs.
100 % accessible
ePubs that comply with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) requirements.
How does it work?
📄 Step 1: Submit your manuscript
Provide your final text file, and we’ll handle the structuring and everything else.
🎨 Step 2: Choose a template
Select from carefully designed templates that match your brand identity.
🚀 Step 3: Receive your proof within 48 hours
Get your first typeset proof within a single day.
✍️ Step 4: Let us correct or take control yourself
Choose whether we make the corrections, or work on it yourself using Adobe InCopy.
📦 Step 5: Publish
You’ll receive a print-ready PDF and an accessible ePub file.
Carefree accessible ePubs for all your titles
TOBIpub
With TOBIpub, you can effortlessly convert your books into accessible ePubs, fully compliant with the highest standards.
You might recognize this scenario: you have one or more books or PDF files that need to be turned into an accessible ePub. Where do you start? Should the typesetter do everything? Do you first finish the full print file and create the ePub afterwards? And how do you handle metadata? With TOBIpub, it’s a breeze!
Why TOBIpub?
Full-service support
One platform for the production of all your ePubs. Whether it’s textbooks or more complex publications, we guide you every step of the way: providing instructions for your team and ensuring quality checks.
Cost-efficient
Clear upfront pricing. No surprises later.
100 % accessible
Production of high-quality accessible files in line with accessibility standards (such as WCAG and EAA), including ONIX metadata.
All your titles in one place
An overview of all books in production (or archived) at a glance.
How does it work?
🔑 Step 1: Log in
Log in to TOBIpub with your own username and password.
⏫ Step 2: Upload the source file(s)
Upload the required source files along with the ALT texts.
⚙️ Step 3: Receive your quote
Within 24 hours, you’ll receive a quote based on the complexity of the layout. Once the rate is approved, we start producing your ePub.
☑️ Step 4: Quality check
A Crius Group team member performs a technical quality check.
📱 Step 5: Your ePub is ready within 5 business days
Within 5 business days, you’ll receive an email notifying you that the ePub is ready. You can download it directly from the platform.
📄 Step 6: Need ONIX metadata? No problem!
Would you like to receive an accessible ONIX metadata file as well? That’s no problem either!
Who is TOBI for?
For publishers who:
- are looking for an easy and accessible way to produce books;
- want to comply with accessibility requirements (EAA);
- need to work quickly at fair prices;
- require scalable production.
Ready to publish accessibly?
With TOBI, you’re assured of solutions that allow your publications to be produced efficiently and fully comply with accessibility legislation.