A tripartate press release from Shahid Mahmud of Arc Manor Publishing:

Our much talked about “super-sale” starts November 1 on wwwBookBale.com. This is a pay-what-you-want bundle with an unusually impressive slew of writers. The eight books being sold are:
Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Future
Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax
Frank Herbert and Bill Rasnom’s The Jesus Incident
Robert J. Sawyer’s Starplex
Mike Resnick’s Birthright
Kevin J. Anderson’s Climbing Olympus
Nancy Kress’ Future Perfect
Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton’s The Elvenbane

I don’t think it is possible to have a better sampling of top SF authors. The site is http://www.BookBale.com, and the sale lasts from November 1 to November 30.

The November issue of Galaxy’s Edge Magazine goes live November 1, as well. This is our fifth issue and, as usual, is free for online reading (and will remain free till the next issue comes out, January 1, 2014). The following are the table of contents for this issue.

The Editor’s Word by Mike Resnick

Fiction:
“Timetipping” by Jack Dann
“Love in Bloom” by Sabina Theo
“The Unchanging Nature of Stones” by Andrea G. Stewart
“Echoes of Pride” by Catherine Asaro
“Will You Volunteer to Kill Wendy?” by Eric Cline
“Thor Meets Captain America” by David Brin
“All Quiet on the Golden Front” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
“Dogged Persistence” by Kevin J. Anderson
“Il Gran Cavallo” by Martin L. Shoemaker
“Flare Time” by Larry Niven

Serialization:
Voodoo Planet (Part 1) by Andre Norton

Columns:
“From the Heart’s Basement” by Barry Malzberg
“Science Column” by Greg Benford
“Book Reviews” by Paul Cook

Our free ebook for November is Joan Slonczewski’s The Children Star. Though part of the Elysium Cycle, the book stands alone and the book was very well received when initially published (with acclaim from the likes of The New York Times and Publishers Weekly.) The coupon code for November is 9991487 and the link for the download will be available, as usual, from our catalogue page, http://www.PPickings.com. The book will be free from November 2nd to November 30th.

About the book: Only children can colonize the planet Prokaryon, genetically modified for a world whose chemistry kills unaltered adults. A colony of orphans struggles to survive, and finds the planet hides strange secrets.

The Prokaryan landscape is ordered, as if by unseen gardeners, “hidden masters” no human has ever found. The weather behaves as though designed to meet the planet’s needs. When fire threatens a forest, a rainstorm appears, only to dissipate when the fire is put out.

When a ruthless corporation threatens to terraform Prokaryon, to recreate it for “normal” humans, there is a sudden urgency to find the intelligent life form directing the planet. For only then can the colonists save their world — and reveal unexpected possibilities for the human future.

“A story that is not only exciting but also filled with memorable characters.” —Publishers Weekly

“This novel’s fireworks in the final third admirably justify its long, slow fuse.” —The New York Times