Simon & Schuster and New York City Public Libraries Partner for Ebook Pilot Program
If successful, the program could be implemented with other library systems across the United States.
“We have always recognized the important place of libraries in our communities.They play a vital role in fostering and encouraging reading in every strata of our society,and they help to create an audience for our books and authors,” said Carolyn Reidy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster. “We are delighted to partner with these libraries, which have shown an extraordinary willingness to try innovative models with the potential to be a long-term solution for all involved. In making our full list available we think we will get a better sense of lending patterns and patron behavior, and I am particularly eager to start seeing the actual data so that we can better understand this still-new phenomenon.”