The Digital Reader

I’m sure you’re familiar with the novel Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, a mashup that combines the classic Jane Austen work with zombies. I just heard that there will be a prequel by the name of Prejudice & Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Here is an excerpt from the book description:

Readers will witness the birth of a heroine in Dawn of the Dreadfuls–a thrilling prequel set four years before the horrific events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. As our story opens, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the English country side. They idle away the days reading, gardening, and daydreaming about future husbands–until a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry.

Do you remember how some people say piracy is killing the publishing industry? When I see things like this, I feel an overwhelming urge to cheer on the pirates*.

* that was a joke