About ABC

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is a public-private partnership led by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations specialized agency located in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the terms of the Marrakesh Treaty, books in accessible formats may be produced and exchanged across borders for the benefit of people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. ABC supports the implementation of the objectives of the Marrakesh Treaty at a practical level.

The ABC Global Book Service is managed by WIPO. The ABC catalogue contains thousands of accessible digital books in many languages and includes a large collection of high-quality, humanly-narrated titles. The titles contained in the catalogue are produced by ABC partner libraries located in countries that have ratified and implemented the provisions of the Marrakesh Treaty into national law.

To create an account, you must be certified by a participating ABC partner library as a person who is blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. Once you have an account, you can download accessible digital books free-of-charge, subject to WIPO's Terms of Use & Privacy Policy.

WIPO acknowledges with thanks the contributions of accessible digital books by the following partner libraries:

1. Argentina, Asociación Civil Tiflonexos (TFL)
2. Australia, Braille House (BHL)
3. Austria, Hörbücherei des Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverbandes Österreich (HBOE)
4. Belgium, EQLA (EQLA)
5. Belgium, Ligue Braille (LBB)
6. Belgium, Luisterpuntbibliotheek (LPB)
7. Brazil, Fundação Dorina Nowill (FDNC)
8. Bulgaria, The National Library for the Blind “Louis Braille 1928” (NLLB)
9. Burkina Faso, Union Nationale des Associations Burkinabé pour la Promotion des Aveugles et Malvoyants (UNABPAM)
10. Canada, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
11. Canada, Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA)
12. Canada, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
13. Croatia, Croatia Library for the Blind (CLB)
14. Dominican Republic, Asociación de Ciegos del Cibao de la República Dominicana (ACICIRD)
15. Estonia, Estonian Library for the Blind (EPR)
16. France, Accompagner, Promouvoir, Intégrer les Déficients Visuels (apiDV)
17. France, Association Valentin Haüy (AVH)
18. Latvia, Latvijas Neredzīgo bibliotēka (LNerB)
19. Mexico, Discapacitados Visuales IAP (DIVIAP)
20. Netherlands, Bibliotheekservice Passend Lezen (BPL)
21. Netherlands, Dedicon (Dedicon)
22. New Zealand, Blind Low Vision NZ (BLVNZ)
23. Republic of Korea, National Library for the Disabled (NLD)
24. Sri Lanka, DAISY Lanka Foundation (DLF)
25. Switzerland, Association pour le Bien des Aveugles et malvoyants (ABAGE)
26. Switzerland, Biblioteca Braille e del libro parlato della Unitas (UNITAS)
27. Switzerland, Bibliotheque Sonore Romande (BSR)
28. Thailand, National Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (TAB)
29. Trinidad and Tobago, National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (NALIS)
30. United Kingdom, TorchTrust (TT)
31. United States of America, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)
32. Uruguay, Fundacion Braille Del Uruguay (FBU)
33. Vietnam, Sao Mai Vocational and Assistive Technology Center for the Blind (SMCB)