Ted Jennings makes the following observation about the speed of electronic publication:

When EJournal's first issue was published in March of 1991, one of our goals was to minimize the time from submission through peer-review to publication. Our April issue was the best example so far of how fast we *can* move.

Professor Holland sent us a proposal, with an outline, on 16 December 1993. Two consultants recommended that we encourage development of the essay. "Eliza..." actually arrived on 25 February, was sent to readers (without authorial identification) on 10 March, and was accepted (with suggestions for revision) on 22 March. That was the slow part of the process.

A revised version arrived on 28 March. 5 messages about details were exchanged before a formatted version of the issue was sent to Florida on 31 March, in case Professor Holland had last-minute copy-editing corrections or other suggestions to make. The "Eliza Meets the Postmodern" issue was e-mailed on 10 April 1994. That's 114 days from *proposal* to publication.

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Within a week of distribution we received four responses. One was almost a "cancel my subscription" snort, one questioned the thoroughness and reliability of our editorial procedures, one promised a measured disagreement (since received), and one was a quick but lengthy inquiry that we hope will become a publishable response. So we are working on a "Supplement" issue of _ EJournal_, one that will further illustrate response time in the Matrix.
( EJournal V4N2, ll.727-67)

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