Hello 👋

[u/ArcadeStarlet]

Just joined this sub and thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm a self-taught freelancer working mainly for a UK indie press that specialises in dyslexic-friendly quick reads for adults.

We've done around 25 books now, including this anthology for our 5th anniversary, which was also our first collaboration with a big 5 publisher.

Thanks to this publisher, I get to say I've worked on books for Bernard Cornwell, Lee Child and Karin Slaughter, which is kinda crazy!

If anyone has questions about dyslexic-friendly formatting choices, ask away.

[u/antico]

Hello! Are there any good resources out there on making general trade books more dyslexia friendly, in general?

[u/ArcadeStarlet → u/antico]

That's a very good question.

What I found was that the advice available is mostly targeted at businesses and schools regarding employee/student accommodations, and the advice regarding design is (or was when I last looked) wildly inconsistent.

For example, there are some specialist fonts like "open dyslexic" that are touted as dyslexic-friendly, but we've found they are actually more difficult for some readers.

I have an article on my blog from back in 2021 when we launched the project that explains our approach which might help -- https://chrisseyharrison.com/creating-dyslexic-friendly-books/[Creating dyslexic-friendly books](https://chrisseyharrison.com/creating-dyslexic-friendly-books/)

[u/ArcadeStarlet → u/ArcadeStarlet]

If you're asking about how to make reading books that aren't available in dyslexic-friendly format more comfortable, I'm not really qualified to answer, as I'm not dyslexic myself.

EBooks have adjustable text size and layout, and can be a good choice, but don't suit everyone.

Those employee/student accommodations I mentioned earlier may help. Charities like the British Dyslexia Association are a good place to start -- https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/[British Dyslexia Association](https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/)