S&S Makes E-Catalogue Available to All Libraries

As the American Library Association's annual conference and exhibition starts in Las Vegas, Nev., Simon & Schuster is expanding access to its catalogue of e-books to libraries across the country. S&S said that it was making the change, effective immediately, after a successful pilot program in more than 20 library systems.

Under the program, each title acquired by a library for lending is usable for one year from the date of purchase. The library can offer an unlimited number of checkouts during the one-year period, although each copy may be checked out by only one user at a time. All S&S frontlist and backlist titles available as e-books are eligible for the program. New titles will be made available simultaneous with their publication.

The program includes a purchase option (through a library's online portal) "to help support libraries, and for the convenience of patrons who might not want to wait until a popular new title is available " A portion of the proceeds from each sale will go to the library.

S&S president and CEO Carolyn Reidy commented: "Although the library market for e-books is still evolving, we are pleased to now offer e-books to libraries on a universal basis, providing their patrons the content they desire in increasingly popular digital formats, and helping libraries to continue serving their communities as they have so well for so many years."

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