Electronic hyperbook: a new era in scinece and education

The paper overviews the types of electronic books, their merits, drawbacks, added value, demand and benefits for various user categories. A concept of electronic hyperbook is introduced, the schemes and examples of paper books reincarnation are adduced. The results of foreign marketing polls are presented. The paper suggests to create electronic hyperbooks and on-line problem-oriented hyperbook libraries for improving the efficiency of scientific knowledge production, dissemination, acquisition, and utilization.