The Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is So Now You’re a Zombie: A Handbook for the Newly Undead by John Austin for only $1.99 (that’s 79% off the regular price of $9.56).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, November 1, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

The Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead by Scott Kenemore for only $1.99 (that’s 77% off the regular price of $8.99).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Monday, October 31, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is Dead Rising 2: Off The Record for PC for only $19.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $39.99).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, October 30, 2011, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

The History Channel will premiere Zombies: A Living History tonight, October 25, 2011, at 8pm.

The two-hour documentary will explore the origins of zombie myths and lore, from the Viking Age to the Black Death in Europe, both of which spawned legends of the dead walking the earth, and all the way up to the present day fears of a zombie apocalypse.

You can watch the trailer for this program here below.

Start the geek freak outs now.

Zombie Research is reporting (with a hat tip to Bleeding Cool for hunting this down) that George A. Romero is currently working on adapting the Steven Schlozman novel, The Zombie Autopsies, with the author at his side.

The film will follow the story of scientist Dr. Stanley Blum, a man infected by, but also attempting to cure, a zombie virus It’s told through his journal entries, and is apparently quite elaborate in its descriptions of things.