Brandon Sanderson is offering his novel Warbreaker as a free download.

What I like about this particular freebie is that he's not only making the final version available but previous versions as well. That's kind of a twist. How often do you get to see what pains an established author went through from first draft to polished final?

He starts with Version 1.0, which bears a warning:

this version is very, very rough. It includes characters that I decide to cut halfway through, has some serious lack of foreshadowing for elements at the climax, and contains a lot of typos. Read at your own risk!

You can make your way through versions 2.0,... [More]

Opened up my feed reader to find this post by Jason Sanford where he says:

In only the last few weeks, we've learned that

• Realms of Fantasy will cease publication in April (and after they published a great January issue).
• Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology is no more.
• F&SF is going to a bi-monthly publication schedule.

On top of that, Asimov's and Analog last year changed to a new format that was more economical to print, while Locus and NYRSF have both recently asked for more subscribers to keep their financials solid. Add this in with problems in the magazine distribut... [More]