Book trailers
I have a lot of fun making trailers for my books. I've posted mine here on Goodreads, so you can have a look if you like :)
When I first heard about people making trailers for books, I thought it would never catch on, after all a book is not a movie, a book trailer can never really give you a glimpse of what is inside the book, or can it??
I have found that recently some authors have been very inventive with their book trailers, so I thought I would point out a few that have caught my eye over the past year or so.
I really do believe now that book trailers can help with promoting books. They can entertain and inform about the book content.
I haven't read all of the books that the below trailers are advertising but those that I haven't read are on my to-read list!
(I haven't figured out a way to embed the videos into my blog, so I've just added links to the YouTube pages here. Click on the titles to watch the trailer.)
Oblivious by Neil Schiller
I like this trailer because it is a bit different to the usual trailers out there. It doesn't have background music, and includes a few quotes from a few short stories in the collection.
Caraliza by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick
This video really caught my eye and makes me want to read the book. It's very creepy and I love the sound effects and the way the author has set the scene for the story with the trailer.
Into The Light by Darcia Helle
I like this trailer because it's fun and reflects the humour in the book, while also giving the reader an idea as to the story line.
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox
This was one of the first book trailers I saw and I like this one because the author is actually reading the start of the book, and as it is a memoir it's nice that she appears in the trailer. This really made me want to read the book.
33 Days by Bill See
The author Bill See gives a tour of the LA music scene. The book 33 Days is a memoir about a touring band in the '80s and this video really does a great job in introducing the book to potential readers.
Breathing Into Stone by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick
I like this trailer as it is original and really reminded me of the book.
I hope you'll enjoy looking at the trailers that I've picked out.
I'd be interested to hear from authors and readers about your thoughts on book trailers in general.
Do they make you want to read a book? Do you have any favourite book trailers?
When I first heard about people making trailers for books, I thought it would never catch on, after all a book is not a movie, a book trailer can never really give you a glimpse of what is inside the book, or can it??
I have found that recently some authors have been very inventive with their book trailers, so I thought I would point out a few that have caught my eye over the past year or so.
I really do believe now that book trailers can help with promoting books. They can entertain and inform about the book content.
I haven't read all of the books that the below trailers are advertising but those that I haven't read are on my to-read list!
(I haven't figured out a way to embed the videos into my blog, so I've just added links to the YouTube pages here. Click on the titles to watch the trailer.)
Oblivious by Neil Schiller
I like this trailer because it is a bit different to the usual trailers out there. It doesn't have background music, and includes a few quotes from a few short stories in the collection.
Caraliza by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick
This video really caught my eye and makes me want to read the book. It's very creepy and I love the sound effects and the way the author has set the scene for the story with the trailer.
Into The Light by Darcia Helle
I like this trailer because it's fun and reflects the humour in the book, while also giving the reader an idea as to the story line.
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox
This was one of the first book trailers I saw and I like this one because the author is actually reading the start of the book, and as it is a memoir it's nice that she appears in the trailer. This really made me want to read the book.
33 Days by Bill See
The author Bill See gives a tour of the LA music scene. The book 33 Days is a memoir about a touring band in the '80s and this video really does a great job in introducing the book to potential readers.
Breathing Into Stone by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick
I like this trailer as it is original and really reminded me of the book.
I hope you'll enjoy looking at the trailers that I've picked out.
I'd be interested to hear from authors and readers about your thoughts on book trailers in general.
Do they make you want to read a book? Do you have any favourite book trailers?
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Aug 30, 2011 06:20AM
I love your trailers, Joel, you have to make some more :)
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Thanks, Maria!!! I haven't seen all of these yet. I'm off to watch. (I SO wish I had a trailer for TBA. Maybe one day...)
Hi Jen, Yes, you should make a trailer for TBA. It's funny but I haven't made any trailers for my short story collections. I think I'll have to add that to my 'to do' list. It would be great to have trailers for all my books :)
Let me know how you decide to do it... I think short story collections are tougher to conceptualize on video. I'm open to ideas. :)
Thank you for including me here, Maria! I agree about Joel's trailer for Caraliza. He really captured the mood of the story. That remains one of my favorite books. I'm off to watch the trailers I've yet to see - and add more books to my to-read list!
@Jen I agree that short story collections would be harder to represent in a trailer, but I'm going to give it a go when I get a bit of spare time... When I saw Neil Schiller's trailer (above) I realised that it can be done :) @Darcia Yes, Caraliza is the only book I haven't read from the above list. The trailer really makes me want to push it to the front of my 'to read' list :)
