"The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book" -- The Bible of L.A.'s Tourist Industry -- Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

"The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book" -- the book that sightseeing companies use to train their guides -- celebrates its 20th year. It is a self-publishing success story. End Quote

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease) August 30, 2012 - "The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book"--the bible of Los Angeles' sightseeing industry--is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the release of the fourth edition.

The book adds sites where recent movies (The Artist, Get Him to the Greek) and TV shows (The Mentalist, Modern Family, and Brothers and Sisters) were filmed, as well as recent attractions like Madame Toussauds Museum next to Grauman's Chinese Theater. The book also updates previously listed sites. The Beverly Hilton Hotel, for example, is where Whitney Houston died and where John Edwards was caught in the middle of the night leaving his mistress' room.

THe book is updated every year, and e-mail updates are available to readers.

"The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book" includes:

* Addresses to the former homes of hundreds of movie stars,
* Countless film and TV locations,
* Infamous sites associated with Hollywood crimes, scandals, murders, and suicides, and
* All kinds of hidden or overlooked attractions like The Flying Saucer house, the Rocky and Bullwinkle statue, former presidential homes, and sites that inspired songs.

The book includes 33 maps and over 70 rare photos, including aerial shots of the homes of today's top celebrities.

William A. Gordon is the author of three other books and editor of the forthcoming "1,000 Tips for Writers."

THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD TOUR BOOK
Author: William A. Gordon
286-page trade paperback, $16.95
ISBN: 978-0937813-08-9
Revised and expanded
Publication date: October 2012
Website: www.nrbooks.com/hollywoodtour.htm
5 Minute You Tube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexKDOsgCus

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