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A puzzling announcement, but one nevertheless likely to be of interest here...

FreeTrav

FreeTrav

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I am "on" the Baen Books discussion forums. They have a section/conference/ newsgroup/area set aside specifically for announcing Electronic Advance Reader Copies ("eARCs") of forthcoming titles.

Today, 4 August 2020, in that area, I found the following:

Hi folks,

Marc Miller's Agent of the Imperium is now available as an eARC. Get your copy here: https://www.baen.com/agent-of-the-imperium-earc.html

Enjoy!
--
Jenny
Baen Ebooks Web Team
Email me: baensupport@principledtechnologies.com
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I say "puzzling" in the title because I have a copy (two, actually) of Agent of the Imperium (trade paper) from 2015, and I've seen it on Amazon for Kindle almost that long...
 
FreeTrav said:
I am "on" the Baen Books discussion forums. They have a section/conference/ newsgroup/area set aside specifically for announcing Electronic Advance Reader Copies ("eARCs") of forthcoming titles.

Today, 4 August 2020, in that area, I found the following:

I say "puzzling" in the title because I have a copy (two, actually) of Agent of the Imperium (trade paper) from 2015, and I've seen it on Amazon for Kindle almost that long...
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Baen might have just picked it up, and Baen has a large following in the sci-fi community. That should increase the number of people aware of it, and potentially buying it and then get into Traveller.

I would say that is a good deal for Marc.
 
FreeTrav said:
I am "on" the Baen Books discussion forums. They have a section/conference/ newsgroup/area set aside specifically for announcing Electronic Advance Reader Copies ("eARCs") of forthcoming titles.

Today, 4 August 2020, in that area, I found the following:



I say "puzzling" in the title because I have a copy (two, actually) of Agent of the Imperium (trade paper) from 2015, and I've seen it on Amazon for Kindle almost that long...
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Baen will at times put up eARCs of previously-published works (especially if under another label before) for their members to enjoy - and, as said below, spread the word about their own upcoming release. A number of authors I know who self-published their first run took advantage of this later.
 
Well I for one will be buying a new copy or two.

I would like to see a printed edition with the footnotes only available electronically.
 
Looks like I will definitely have to buy it.

I clicked the link and read this:

TO SAVE THE GALAXY, A DEAD HERO MUST RISE AGAIN! NEWLY REVISED AND EXPANDED NOVEL SET IN THE TRAVELLER UNIVERSE FROM LEGENDARY GAME DESIGNER MARC MILLER
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Newly revised and expanded - hmm?

What are these revisions and expansions?

Do I have to buy yet another copy despite kickstarting the original book at the highest level to get the latest text or will the drivethru version be updated?
 
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