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In a World… of Book Trailers

Posted on April 4, 2009 by shannonyarbrough

LLBR has moved – to read this great article, go to our new site – In a World… of Book Trailers

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9 Responses

  1. Dawson Vosburg, on April 4th, 2009 at 11:01 am Said:

    RIP Don LaFontaine!

    I’ll post my link to my book trailer as soon as we finish it.

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  2. R.J. Keller, on April 5th, 2009 at 8:07 am Said:

    I enjoyed taking a peek at other author’s book trailers. I used Window’s Movie Maker for mine, but now I’m interested to check out animoto to see what pops up from that.

    Thanks Shannon!

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  3. Monica, on April 5th, 2009 at 1:36 pm Said:

    Here is a book trailer I created for my online serial novel, Argentum, located at http://www.violetwar.com.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLs7cZMbTvA

    So far it’s gotten rave reviews! :)

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  4. LK Gardner-Griffie, on April 6th, 2009 at 7:21 am Said:

    I used a combination of Windows Movie Maker and Animoto. By running through the slides in Animoto several times, then I was able to take the effects I liked and cut them together for the finished product. Animoto has added some new features since I created my trailer, so I’m anxious to carve out some “play” time to work with it again and see what can be done with the new effects.

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  5. This ‘n that « Publishing Renaissance, on April 10th, 2009 at 8:05 am Said:

    [...] Saturday, LuLu Book Review posted an article, In a World…of Book Trailers that highlights, as you may have guessed, a few of the many book trailers that are out there and [...]

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  6. Marketing Tip Madness! « The Lulu Book Review, on April 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm Said:

    [...] a book trailer and post it on [...]

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  7. shannonyarbrough, on April 11th, 2009 at 8:33 am Said:

    Another good video. From Mark Callaghan:

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  8. LiNCOLN PARK, on April 17th, 2009 at 11:04 pm Said:

    My publisher has plastered my trailers all over the place, but here are some things I did on my own… maybe it would work for others. I set up a YOU TUBE channel http://www.youtube.com/LiNC0LNPARK I favorite all the videos my publisher makes for my books. I also favorited a video review of one of my books that a reviewer posted. (I even favorited a video spoof that a fellow author uses to sell his book ). This way, I have an automatic video showcase of my stuff — without having to necessarily send people to places to social networking profiles and video sites all over the Internet to view them.

    Also — since my books are also on amazon.com, I load their video trailers onto the sales pages. Here’s an example: http://tinyurl/handletime

    On my official website, I have posted links to each video. I think that the REAL kick now is the fact that people are posting video REVIEWS. Actually seeing kudos for your book coming straight out of someone’s mouth is a moral boost and a ringing endorsement for potential customers. I love that! I mean, for example: this review is KILLER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXSmhczGqUU

    Sometimes I upload my video trailers to little SD cards and include the SD card with my book when I send it out for review. SD cards are cheap now… and people like to get free stuff… even reviewers, y’know?

    Lastly; be careful. In my case, YouTube killed the audio for one of my book trailers; citing copyright infringement. Luckily, there was no narrative track needed; but it’s a little embarrassing to have that citation posted by your video, IMHO.

    I hope this helps people to form their own video posting plans, a little.

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