Development of book publishing for visually impaired people in Sweden and the UK

Abstract

The article examines the experience of making books for visually impaired people in the UK and Sweden by national and postal libraries, as well as commercial printing houses from the early 80s of the XX century to the 10s of the XXI century. The standards of registration and feature of interaction with volunteer organizations are taken into account, as well as the general regulatory and economic conditions that contributed to the development of book publishing at that time. The subject of the study is the book publishing activities of the national libraries of Sweden and the United Kingdom.