Writing in your Heart discussion

There's entire groups devoted to these, but I want to give us a chance to discuss and share here. What resources do you all use when creating book trailers? As readers do you watch them and do they sell you? And please feel free to post links to your book trailers.

Here's a link to the first book in my first series, The Lucidites.
https://www.goodreads.com/videos/7591...

I did the video myself, splicing images and music. It was an easy way for me to get reader's attention without anymore expenses. I've had good feedback on the video, but would love to do a dramatized trailer in the future. However, I think that words, images and music are still very compelling.

I've done them for both my son and myself. I think they are a great marketing tool and a lot of fun. I have made expensive trailers with Createspace. They ran a lot of money- I did a cheaper one with- I think it's called Lowenthal- the name is one the end of my son's later trailers. They were a fraction of the price and much more affordable. If you look up The Hanging Tree, Witches Protection Program, and any one of his Darracia Series- you can see the less expensive trailer on Utube. I think they are on his website and blog as well Michaelphillip cash.com. Brood X and Stillwell were done by Createspace.

Sarah wrote: "There's entire groups devoted to these, but I want to give us a chance to discuss and share here. What resources do you all use when creating book trailers? As readers do you watch them and do they..."
As for me as a reader. I never watch the trailer. I don't read the reviews until I finish the book. I don't want another opinion to sway me. I like to compare what I thought about the book with what others say- but I usually read them after I finish writing mine. I also don't like to have images imagined for me. I like to create my own , in my head- weird, huh. I do, however use them when I market one of our books.

Carole wrote: "Sarah wrote: "There's entire groups devoted to these, but I want to give us a chance to discuss and share here. What resources do you all use when creating book trailers? As readers do you watch th..."

I totally agree about having the images in your head. That's one reason I was torn about having my main character's face on the cover of my first series, but I decided that it was more compelling. Studies prove that human faces draw the eye more than anything else.

I'm not big on trailers either, but they are getting more attention these days.

Sarah wrote: "Carole wrote: "Sarah wrote: "There's entire groups devoted to these, but I want to give us a chance to discuss and share here. What resources do you all use when creating book trailers? As readers ..."

I liked your trailer, very mysterious. A hand, the hair, then the image of the girl floating- very creative.

Carole wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Carole wrote: "Sarah wrote: "There's entire groups devoted to these, but I want to give us a chance to discuss and share here. What resources do you all use when creating book trailer..."

Thank you so much. It was fun to do and also a challenge, since I'd never done anything like that on my own.

As a reader I do sometimes watch the book trailers - sometimes they are fan made trailers though. However I also hate having images put in my head, for a cover having a face on it is fine, but if you read books and they have sketches in of the characters; that just annoys me.

Trailers can be very useful when drawing readers in, but not if no one knows about the series, so when you do trailers you have to make people want to tell their family and friends about it. Even in todays society - it's still about word of mouth to reach people - to get them to listen.

Hayley wrote: "As a reader I do sometimes watch the book trailers - sometimes they are fan made trailers though. However I also hate having images put in my head, for a cover having a face on it is fine, but if y..."
I agree with you in wanting my own images- but trailers fleeting and commercial. We live in an MTV society, very visual. The sum of all the parts of the trailer, is more important than the message. It's seductive, the hint of what the book is about, teasing sentences, a partial secret look, as if you are sneaking in and reading a forbidden paragraph. Most of all, the music can reach in and stay with a consumer all day, haunting them into going back and buying the product. I think they are an amazing marketing tool if prepared correctly.

Carole wrote: "Hayley wrote: "As a reader I do sometimes watch the book trailers - sometimes they are fan made trailers though. However I also hate having images put in my head, for a cover having a face on it is..."

Hayley, I'm with you about the images getting in your head. That's a reason I rarely watch a movie for a book I've read. I want to keep things the way I pictured them. And I agree that word of mouth is the best vehicle. For my books, I've noticed that trailers get already interested readers sold. That's about the extent of it.

And Carole, you're right, they are necessary in this day and age. I resisted, complaining that I was a writer and pulled in too many directions, but I knew I still knew I needed to produce a trailer for my new series. I looked into that service you posted. They are great. However, I had to make the decision of investing in trailer or advertising for other books. So I chose ads. I made my newest trailer. It's nothing special, but it tells the story and hopefully gains interests.

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The trailers are a great marketing tool, but the ads are more productive. When you are on a tight budget- you have to spread yourself as thin as you can. Ads are the way to go.