Riding the Second Wave of E-Book Publishing: A Q&A with Springer Science President of eProduct Management and Innovation Olaf Ernst

Extra: What do you see as being the next big innovation in the e-book segment of the industry?
Ernst: The second e-book wave really seems to have taken off. Electronic books are available and frequently used on a large scale within the scientific research environment. Nowadays, e-books are state-of-the-art. The next step would be to conquer the individual market offerings of handheld devices such as the Kindle or the Sony e-book reader.