Re: Book trailers

Personally, I think motion video (instead of just still pictures) are great for book trailers--if you can afford it. In other words, an actual trailer similar to a movie trailer. My publishing company did two such trailers, both of them with actors in scenes taken from each book. You can find them here: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brwk5KKENwk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMH5Bh0D6XI

I've seen great still-picture trailers with voice overs, but IMO, motion (or maybe animation) is best, especially for a mystery.
 
James W.Lewis
The Pantheon Collective (TPC3)
2011 NBBF Best New Author Award Winner 
2011 Global Ebook Award Nominee
2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist
www.pantheoncollective.com
www.jameswlewis.com

--- On Wed, 11/28/12, Jeannette de Beauvoir <Angevine-QDVy5qH0ceL2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]> wrote:


From: Jeannette de Beauvoir <Angevine-QDVy5qH0ceL2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]>
Subject: [ebook-community] Book trailers
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 1:22 PM



  



I'm about to ask someone to put together a book trailer for me. It's for a mystery, very different from the one book trailer I did several years ago for a nonfiction book.

So I'm trying to learn all that I can about book trailers.

What makes a good one, to your mind? What components *must* be included, and which ones can be/should be left out? What do you look for in a book trailer?

I think that especially for ebooks, a good online presence is important and I'm hoping to reach out to the video-watching people (I'm really not one of them) to interest them in this upcoming mystery.

Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom!

Jeannette

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