20 BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE TO HOST LORD OF THE RINGS BOOK AND DVD EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 5
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20 BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE TO HOST LORD OF THE RINGS BOOK AND DVD EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 5

To celebrate the publication of three of Houghton Mifflin's THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING film tie-in books on November 5, twenty bookstores around the country will host special, one-time-only video events featuring exclusive content from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Extended Edition DVD, to be released by New Line Home Entertainment on November 18. Stores will debut a documentary from the DVD entitled "J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-earth."

Houghton Mifflin's three film books THE LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING VISUAL COMPANION, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING PHOTO GUIDE offer an exclusive sneak peek at the final film in the award-winning trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," six weeks before its December 18 theatrical release.

The books and the special video preview of footage from "The Two Towers" DVD are sure to please LORD OF THE RINGS fans around the country.

Below is the complete list of bookstores debuting the featurette:

CALIFORNIA	San Mateo -- Barnes & Noble, 11 West Hillsdale Blvd., Hillsdale Shopping Ctr., 7:00 p.m.
COLORADO	Colorado Springs -- Media Play, 7720 North Academy Blvd., 7:00 p.m.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Barnes & Noble, 555 12th Street NW, 6:00 p.m.
FLORIDA	Tampa -- University of South Florida Bookstore, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, 4:30 p.m.
ILLINOIS	Oak Park -- Barbara's Bookstore, 1100 West Lake Street, 7:00 p.m.
INDIANA	South Bend -- Notre Dame Bookstore, Eck Center, 7:00 p.m.
KANSAS	Lawrence -- Hastings, 1900 W. 23rd Southwest Plaza, 7:00 p.m.
MASSACHUSETTS	Boston -- Barnes & Noble @ Boston University, 660 Beacon Street, 12:00 noon
MINNESOTA	Bloomington -- Suncoast Motion Picture Co., Mall of America, 126 E. Broadway, 5:30 p.m.
MISSOURI	Brentwood -- Borders, 1519 S. Brentwood Boulevard, 7:00 p.m. Columbia -- Columbia Books, 22 South Ninth Street, 6:00 p.m. (Nov. 6)
MONTANA	Bozeman -- Hastings, 1601 W. Main, Hastings Shopping Ctr., 7:00 p.m.
NEW YORK	Hamburg -- Media Play, McKinley Mall, 3701 McKinley Parkway, 7:00 p.m.
OREGON	Portland -- Barnes & Noble, 1720 N. Jantzen Beach Center, 7:30 p.m.
TENNESSEE	Nashville -- Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 4007 Hillsboro Road, 12:00 noon
TEXAS	College Station -- Barnes & Noble, 711 Texas Avenue, 7:00 p.m. Dallas -- Borders, 5500 Greenville Ave, 7:00 p.m. Canyon -- Hastings, 205 N. 23rd Street, 7:00 p.m.
UTAH	Salt Lake -- Borders, 50 S. Main Street, Crossroads Mall, 7:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON	Seattle -- University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 3:00 p.m.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE ISBN 0-618-39100-2, $18.95 paperback; ISBN 0-618-39099-5, $29.95 cloth [Order at Amazon.com]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING VISUAL COMPANION ISBN 0-618-39097-9, $18.95 cloth [Order at Amazon.com]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING PHOTO GUIDE ISBN 0-618-39098-7, $8.95 paperback [Order at Amazon.com]

Jacket scans and press materials are available on-line at www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers.

Visit the Houghton Mifflin dedicated Tolkien site:http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/