Electronic Book Review is a peer-reviewed journal of critical writing produced and published by the emerging electronic literary network. Each essay is reviewed by a thread editor (a specialist in the academic field) and at least one other ebr editor or external referee. On acceptance, the essay is posted to ebr's staging site, where it is made available for comment by our 500-plus past contributors, all of whom are published authors in print and online. Comments are conveyed to authors prior to publication, and on occasion they will be published with the articles as glosses. More substantial, even essay-length responses, appear as ripostes.