Dub doesn't sound as good as jap but it's not bad. The novella is reveals the backstory on the characters that you guys were talking about before the game came out, right?
Anyway I'm glad that this is coming out so soon. I was afraid we'd have to wait till winter. This way I'll only have a month to wait after beating dark souls 2. Honestly this is just a great year for gaming.
EDIT: Oh btw the boxart for the standard NA version is way better than the boxart for the collector's edition, which is the same as the jap boxart.
There's really no point in spending over 80 bucks for a collector's edition that gives the crap boxart, only has one dlc worth worrying about (where you play as one) which will probably be available for download when the game comes out, a poster, the soundtrack that you can listen to on youtube, and stuff you can read online. Standard edition ftw.