Baen’s Universe is now accepting subscription orders for the new magazine, which is due to debut in June 2006. However, included with every subscription plan is a variety of free bonus items, and every plan includes:

* The first six issues of Jim Baen’s Universe.
* An electronic edition of THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
* ANY ONE of many e-book packages: (Some choices available for a limited time.)
* other offers may include optional gifts, author access, tuckerization rights, webscriptions, e-arcs and more.

The e-book packages are grouped by series or author; for instance, one package includes a bunch of classic Keith Laumer titles; another includes a bunch of David Weber stuff. It’s an interesting set of options, and I like the idea of giving away this classic stuff as a way to entice people to subscribe. It’s a win-win for everyone involved, seems like.

In addition to the regular plans, they’ve also got some big-spender fancy-pants plans with names like Saturn and Titan memberships. You spend more, you get more stuff. A little too rich for my blood, but I’m sure some people will be delighted to plunk down their hard-earned cash for all those extras.

The subscription extras really make it seem like a very good value to subscribe; the anthology they’re giving away with each plan, THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, looks like a really interesting book, and with the wealth of options in the e-book packages, pretty much anyone who would be interested in Baen’s Universe should be able to find something of interest.