The extreme reduction in the cost of producing electronic journals will eliminate the traditional concern over page length. A concern that had nothing to do with the requirements of scholarly communication, and everything with the cost per page of publication on paper. Most academics will enjoy the destruction of this straight jackect. Saving Time Electronic publication will significantly increase the speed of academic discourse. It eliminates the traditional delays associated with paper based publication.
Electronic manuscripts can travel very fast between author, editor and reviewers.
No more additional postal delays. The process of converting texts in to HTML takes only a very short time and can be completely automated with the newest generation of converting software. No more waiting before your words finaly hit the paper. No more waiting till the ship has arrived that transports your journal from the USA to Europe. The pace of academic discourse can be accelerated and the long and often frustrating delays eliminated.