ADVISORY/Lemony Snicket to Give Reading and Discussion in Exclusive Live Webcast At AOL Keyword: Live.

News & Assignment Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Monday (Oct. 28)

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America Online, Inc.

 Best-selling Children's Author Will Read from His Highly Anticipated
Tale, "The Carnivorous Carnival," the Next Installment in the Popular
                Series, A Series of Unfortunate Events

   Webcast is part of AOL's First Read(TM) Series Which Offers Sneak
              Peeks at Upcoming Books by Leading Authors

WHAT: The world's most miserable chronicler is back, and he's only on
AOL! Lemony Snicket's much-anticipated book, "The Carnivorous
Carnival," the ninth book in the series, "A Series of Unfortunate
Events," is not due out in bookstores until Oct. 29th but AOL members,
both broadband and narrowband, can get a sneak peek on Oct. 28th @
6:30 p.m. As part of AOL's First Read(TM) series, AOL members can log
on, see and speak to Lemony Snicket in his first live online reading
and discussion of "The Carnivorous Carnival." The chat and discussion
will be available to all AOL members at AOL keyword: Live and on
www.aol.com.

WHEN: Monday, October 28, 2002, 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm

WHERE: AOL Keyword: Live

WHY: AOL's First Read(TM) series keeps AOL's community of book lovers
a step ahead by offering exclusive sneak peeks to highly anticipated
novels by leading authors.