America Online Launches New First Read Programming Feature With Exclusive Sneak Peek of Lemony Snicket's 'The Carnivorous Carnival'.Entertainment Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002 Exclusive Live Webcast with the Author Scheduled for Oct. 28th The world's most miserable chronicler is back, and he's only on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ! Lemony Snicket's much-anticipated book, "The Carnivorous car·niv·o·rous adj. 1. Of or relating to carnivores. 2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird. 3. Carnival," the ninth book in the HarperCollins series, "A Series of Unfortunate Events," is not due out in bookstores until late October but America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive services company, will offer its more than 35 million members a sneak peek at the first horrifying chapter when AOL launches its newest offering, First Read(TM) on October 7th. First Read is a new feature offering AOL members the exclusive opportunity to preview upcoming books by leading authors. Additional upcoming previews are soon to follow. Building on the success of AOL's "First Listen," which has given members exclusive first chances to hear releases from such artists as Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart and helped make AOL Music the #1 music destination on the Internet, AOL will be premiering a series of new, exclusive programming features beginning with the launch of AOL 8.0 -- the newest version of the convenient, easy-to-use service -- later this Fall. Jim Bankoff, Executive Vice President of AOL Brand Operations said: "There's no better way than this to premiere First Read. Lemony Snicket's young fans are as persistent in seeking out his work as the mysterious author himself is in tracking the misadventures of the Baudelaire children. We're thrilled that AOL members will get a sneak peek at the book a few weeks earlier than their friends. It's the first example of how our First Read feature will keep AOL's community of book lovers a step ahead of the rest of the world." In addition to the First Read feature, AOL's Parenting Channel will offer a wide selection of Lemony Snicket Snicket can refer to:
The misery will continue throughout the month. Just when members have ravenously rav·en·ous adj. 1. Extremely hungry; voracious. 2. Rapacious; predatory. 3. Greedy for gratification: ravenous for power. See Synonyms at voracious. consumed the first chapter, AOL will offer the First Read of the second chapter of "The Carnivorous Carnival"exclusively on AOL Keyword: Lemony Snicket on October 15th. The Lemony Snicket excitement will reach its height on Mon., Oct. 28 when fans will be able to log on, see and speak to Lemony Snicket in his first live online reading and discussion of "The Carnivorous Carnival." Fans will be able to see and hear the infamous author in this webcast live from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . AOL members can access the exclusive chat at AOL Keyword: Live. The chat will also be webcast on AOL.COM. For those who miss the live event, both the webcast and the transcript from the chat will remain available on AOL at Keyword: Live. "The Carnivorous Carnival," available in bookstores nationwide on October 29th, continues to chronicle the unnerving un·nerve tr.v. un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves 1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose. 2. To make nervous or upset. misadventures of the ill-fated Baudelaire children. In this new book, the siblings must confront a terrible lie, an ambidextrous ambidextrous /am·bi·dex·trous/ (am?bi-dek´strus) able to use either hand with equal dexterity. am·bi·dex·trous adj. Able to use both hands with equal facility. person, a caravan and Chabo, the wolf baby. With millions of readers worldwide, and the Baudelaires' fate turning from unpleasant to unseemly, it is clear that, once again, Lemony Snicket has found a way to turn "a series of unfortunate events" into a riveting reading experience. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lemony Snicket is widely regarded as one of the most difficult children's authors to capture and imprison im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- . Recently, he had to give up on his hobbies due to laws regarding musical performances in mountainous terrain. Most things written about him are not true, but this is. He was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. A studied expert in rhetorical analysis, Mr. Snicket has spent the last several years researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans. His findings are being published serially by HarperCollins. ABOUT AMERICA ONLINE, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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