The decision to publish book reviews on-line was one made by Editor  
Rebecca Allen and Book Review Editor Charlie Ewen, and as Vergil  
Noble and others have noted, the intent was to get the reviews out in  
a more timely manner as well as make them available to a wider  
audience.  Publishing the reviews on-line is not cutting down on the  
size of the journal - we have the same page/publication budget as  
before, so this move gives us more room to publish articles.  One of  
Rebecca's goals, which I and all of the Associate Editors share, is  
to accelerate the publication process, and having more print space  
for articles as well as getting the reviews out electronically is  
doing just that.

I absolutely see no reason not to continue publishing the reviews on- 
line.  However, we could also return to publishing them in print  
(when the next edition goes to press) if the SHA membership would  
prefer also having a hard copy of the reviews.  I will bring this  
topic up at the Editorial Advisory Committee in Albuquerque for  
discussion - comments on this matter are welcomed, either to the list  
or to me directly.

J. W. (Joe) Joseph, PhD, RPA
In-coming Editor, Historical Archaeology

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