by my count, there were 126 messages yesterday. there were probably some _months_ in the last half year when this listserve did not total that many messages... there are a certain number of messages that i _will_ post before leaving here. if y'all like this intense level of traffic, then just keep on responding like you have been. we can turn each one of my topics into a long-drawn-out thread, if that's really what you want to do. we can. on the other hand, if you'd prefer a more sedate experience, i suggest you just let me post my messages and move on... whatever you want to do is quite alright with me... but let's look at my "aspects of a well-done e-book" thread; that generated 36 replies, and the only one that was really pursuing the topic was david starner's, and his message was... well, go and re-read it, if you want, and evaluate it yourself. suffice it to say that y'all still don't have a standard for that. it might be nice if we could have a _useful_ discussion. as for the let's-get-x.m.l.-going crowd, perhaps what you need is your own _separate_listserve_ to coordinate your efforts, one where i am not allowed, so you can really be "productive". good idea, eh? -bowerbird