The half-book is something completely different, which I Freely Admit not to understand. Baen does many things which are peculiar to itself, including pre-selling books in "bundles." The half-book is a bundle thing, and I'm not even sure if you can buy the January bundle anymore.
The eARC is the completed book and matches exactly the authors proofs which I now have sitting on my desk. What it doesn't have are the corrections that I'll be making in the proofs so that the final book will be as error-free as possible. Which leads one to wonder how that half-book is going to play, but honestly? That's Someone Else's Problem.
I probably haven't made things clearer.
Hmmm.
This is the link at which the eARC should manifest: http://www.baenebooks.com/?__utma=222178315.1035680871.1397925075.1413216242.1413221386.268&__utmb=222178315.1.10.1413221386&__utmc=222178315&__utmx=-&__utmz=222178315.1408123147.155.3.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=177251110
in a reasonable universe, just over top of the now-toppest eARC for Strands of Sorrow.
Re: new book
The eARC is the completed book and matches exactly the authors proofs which I now have sitting on my desk. What it doesn't have are the corrections that I'll be making in the proofs so that the final book will be as error-free as possible. Which leads one to wonder how that half-book is going to play, but honestly? That's Someone Else's Problem.
I probably haven't made things clearer.
Hmmm.
This is the link at which the eARC should manifest: http://www.baenebooks.com/?__utma=222178315.1035680871.1397925075.1413216242.1413221386.268&__utmb=222178315.1.10.1413221386&__utmc=222178315&__utmx=-&__utmz=222178315.1408123147.155.3.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=177251110
in a reasonable universe, just over top of the now-toppest eARC for Strands of Sorrow.