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Affairs of the Association
In an effort to judge the quality of our editorial work, we sent a sur-
vey to sixty authors who have published in the Quarterly during the past
four years. We used the surveys as the focus of our editorial board
meeting on March 4. Without exception, the authors praised the Quar-
terly as one of the most careful and rigorous scholarly journals that they
have worked with. A few noted that our high standards and demand-
ing editing are sometimes a bit picky, but they were unanimous in their
opinion that the scrutiny led them to better scholarship and an im-
proved product in the end. We asked them to compare the Quarterly to
other journals that they read or publish in, and we were pleased that
the consensus is that the Quarterly is second to none.
Since September we have received twenty manuscripts for considera-
tion. Six of those have been accepted for publication; two have been
accepted pending revisions by the authors; two have been returned to
the authors for possible revisions and reconsideration; six have been
declined; and nine are being reviewed by outside readers and the staff.
Needless to say, the staff could not have accomplished all this work by it-
self. In addition to our editorial board, forty-four individuals have as-
sisted us by serving as outside readers, or referees, on these manuscripts.
Riding Line
We have now published our fourth issue of Rzdzng Line. We have had
a great deal of fun producing it, and I hope that shows. We have re-
ceived many favorable comments about Riding Line, and I will be par-
ticularly interested in any additional comments and/or suggestions. We
included an ad in the spring issue for John H. Jenkins's Basic Texas
Books and hope to begin marketing ads to other publishers and adver-
tisers soon. We have also been able to bring in some money with the
letter that appeared in the fall issue and we will continue the effort to
raise funds in future issues.
PUBLICATIONS
The Association has published two books recently: William H. Emory's
Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, in the Fred H.
and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series, and John H. Jen-
kins's Basic Texas Books, which is a revised edition of Jenkins's fine work.
The Emory book has sold well and has also won a citation from the San
Antonio Conservation Society.
Jim Pohl's manuscript on the "Battle of San Jacinto" is in production in
our Popular History series, and I expect it to be finished this summer.
We have been able to increase our publication sales a bit in the last
few months by taking a booth at the Austin Book and Paper Show and223
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