Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook Named an iPad App of the Week

Oct. 28, 2011 - PRLog -- Philadelphia, PA—October 28, 2011—In 2009, readers gobbled up the New York Times and international best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies faster than zombies eat brains. Now Quirk Books, in partnership with PadWorx Studios, breathes new life into its monster mash-up book thanks to an original app that takes readers into an animated and interactive world where bloody fingerprints and undead horror invade their mobile devices. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook is the definitive, user-driven e-book experience available on Apple App Store. The application—which features hundreds of pages of illustrated interactive zombie mayhem, original music, sound effects, and more—is regularly priced at $8.99 but is available for a limited time launch price of $4.99 and is an iPad App of the Week.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook is the only e-book edition of the best-selling novel and includes the text of both Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. From reading pages by candlelight and unsealing letters to playing disturbing nineteenth-century music and witnessing exploding zombie brains, readers interact with the text of Jane Austen’s beloved classic, Seth Grahame-Smith’s inspired retelling, and amazing new graphics to bring the book to life, page after gory page.

To download the trailer and see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook in action, click: http://www.quirkbooks.com/ppzapp.

“Never before have readers been able to read Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel side by side with Jane Austen’s classic work,” says David Borgenicht, president and publisher of Quirk Books. “Readers will love that they can hold their device one way and it's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, flip it 180 degrees and it's Pride and Prejudice, and flip it 90 degrees and it's both, side by side!”

Get your very own copy of the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook. If you own an Apple iPad and are interested in receiving a review code to download this exciting and immersive literary experience, please contact Nicole De Jackmo at nicole@quirkbooks.com.

For more information on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook, please visit http://www.quirkbooks.com/ppzapp. For more information on Quirk Books, please visit http://www.quirkbooks.com. For more information on PadWorx Digital Media, please visit http://www.padworxdigital.com. Follow Quirk Books on Twitter @quirkbooks.com and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/quirkbooks.

About Quirk Books:
Quirk Books is an independent book publisher based in Philadelphia. Founded in 2002, Quirk publishes books in the genre of what they like to call “irreference” (irreverence + reference), as well as pop culture, parenting, food and drink, fiction, narrative nonfiction, history, humor, and lifestyle. For more information about Quirk Books, please visit http://www.quirkbooks.com.

About PadWorx Studios:
PadWorx Studios, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is an independent developer of software for tablet PCs including the Apple iPad. The development team is dedicated to combining proprietary technology and innovative ideas in order to create new ways for readers to experience entertainment and literature. PadWorx Digital Media’s products are developed on their own proprietary game engine. For more information about PadWorx Digital Media, please visit http://www.padworxstudios.com.  


Quirk Books Media Contact:
Nicole De Jackmo, Publicity Manager
nicole@quirkbooks.com
215-627-3581 x217

PadWorx Studios Contact:
Jeffrey Alan Schechter, Creative Director
js@padworxstudios.com
647-342-1222