By David Vinjamuri, Contributor
Today, Simon & Schuster announced a one-year pilot program today to sell eBooks to public libraries. The test will be conducted exclusively with three New York library systems: The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Library. 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.