Book Trailers - Check Them Out! discussion

So upon looking over one of my first book trailers I realized some of the images were blurry, the pixels were messed up and it looked sloppy. The fact I got 213 views in 2 years on it is a bit of a surprise. I've decided I'm going to redo the trailer and repost it to YouTube. Sure I'll loose all my views and 3 likes but I'd rather have it look better and appropriate to showcase. Besides if it looks better I should have no problem getting another 213 views in No time.

But to the question at hand, has anyone ever redone a book trailer? Was it necessary and did you feel better knowing the content was better than the first time you did it?

I teach film making and media, so I've redone quite a bit of work over the years. The thing about any piece that I make, is that over time it starts to look worse and worse to me. I only see the mistakes when something's done.

Given that I teach film, it's ironic that I haven't made a book trailer yet. I've been thinking for months on what I want to do. All I have been able to figure out so far is that I want it to be unusual and really innovative. Maybe it's time to actually plan it! :)

I totally redid my trailer for I am so proud of the new version. I took criticisms from the original to improve on the new :) It was def worth the time spent to renew it.

I just had my trailer tweaked because the original didn't show the book cover. Instead, there was a classy-looking black screen with the book title and author on it. After a bit of feedback, I decided that the marketing advantage of showing the actual cover was more important. Luckily I had a very understanding artist who was happy to change things for me :)

Very nice Carolyn!

Thanks Justin - this is all new to me and I was quite nervous because I've seen some pretty ordinary trailers in the past, but Dave at Spindlewax did an amazing job for a reasonable price. I would recommend him to anyone.