As the big publishers move to relatively similar terms for providing ebooks to public libraries, Simon & Schuster announced a revision of their terms that libraries should see as at least incremental improvement. Effective August 1, S&S will expand their usage term from one year to two years — in alignment with other big publisher terms. Digital audiobooks, which had been sold for perpetual access, will move to the same two year, one-user-per-copy usage model, however. They indicate that most new-release ebooks will be priced from $38.99 to $52.99 for two-year access, and most digital audio titles will cost from […]