Even the thriller becomes accessible to all

Summary: Even the thriller becomes accessible to all

This posting is an English translation of an Italian book offering posted by OMNIA OFFICE on March 10, 2006 entitled "Pax Tibi, Avogador Meus." It is the first non-technical book to be offered in TetraLibro format.

Even the thriller becomes accessible to all

Pax Tibi Avogador Meus is the first detective book distributed in an innovative format accessible even to people with disabilities

To read is a right for all. With this spirit OMNIA OFFICE, already engaged in the Web field with the promotion of standards and accessibility with thematic portals (through which issues the Portal of Venice), and with the development of Web-based solutions, has decided to start publishing in order to produce innovative and accessible works. Thanks to the use of the TetraLibro format, a first-time utilization from the Italian International Webmasters Association (association of expert developers in accessible materials), OMNIA OFFICE has been able to achieve a text with a CD-ROM that contains three different digital versions to guarantee the readability even to people with visual (visually handicapped or blind) and motor disabilities, as well as those users that use mobile peripherals (hand-held computers).

"The use of this mystery", says Sonia Tommasini owner of OMNIA OFFICE, "demonstrates that it is possible to guarantee with a single work the right of reading to all, without having to differentiate the channels of distribution of the book. With this work we answer to the appeal to make more parts, like the Cavazza Institute and the Association of Bolognesian writers chair of the thriller Carlo Lucarelli."

To show the uniqueness of the initiative, the first ten copies of the book - numbered and autographed by the authors - will be placed for auction on E-bay to favor collectors of mysteries who surely will want to have the first exemplary to the world of such work.

The Book

Venice, winter of 1579. The Avogador de Comun, Sier Paul Priuli, of noble lineage, Magistrate of the Most Serene Republic, inquires into a series of crimes that have occurred in the city, assisted by his doctor - Hebrew astrologer Abraham of the Veronese, poet Veronica Franco and courtier Tiziana Orio. The conspiracy develops between intrigues of state with an unexpected dramatic turn of events in the Venice Renaissance, to the height of its own economic and political power.

The return of the Avogador, after successfully obtained from the published publication from Hobby & Work, marks the beginning of a new series of historical thrillers in TetraLibro modality: Pax Tibi, Avogador Meus is the first thriller in the world accessible to all, independent of the disability.

In appendix of the book is presented a historical Venician recipe "Flavor of Grape with White Garlic served with Sturgeon" drawn from Antonio Bufi, Chef of "The Bistrot de Venise", so readers can get a taste of the dishes served to the Venician nobles of the time.

The Authors

Barbara Zolezzi: Venecian mystery writer, already winner of the MystFest di Cattolica with the story "From woman to woman", in collaboration with Mrs. De Pieri, among the thirty best Italian thrillers published by "Killers & Co." (Sonzogno Publisher), author of several romantic historical thrillers let alone numerous novels.

Elisabetta De Pieri: Venecian, lives and works on Venice Lido. She has collaborated with Barbara Zolezzi from 1984 to 2000.

The book has obtained the moral sponsorship of the City of Venice, which is actively engaged in innovative publishing in the field of accessibility of texts, and can be considered the first non-technical text in accordance with the law of the 22 previewed technical requirements from law 4/2004; the accessibility of the digital versions has been verified through the OSI (Observatory of Internet Sites) commission of the Italian Union of the Blind.

For more information: http://edizioni.omniaoffice.com