Book Trailers

Are Book Trailers Necessary?

A.J. Walkley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Reading, Trailers, Books, Ebooks, Book Trailers, Book Promotion, Video, Books News
A.J. Walkley

Trailers for movies make sense -- a visual medium for a visual product. If you aim to read a book, why do you need anything more than the synopsis of the book before you know whether you want to read it?

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WATCH: Creepiest Book Trailer Ever?

Ben Marcus | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Erin Cosgrove, Flame Alphabet Book Trailer, Book Trailers, The Flame Alphabet, Flame Alphabet Trailer, Creepy Trailers, Creepy Book Trailers, Video, Books News
Ben Marcus

I didn't just want to work with Erin, I wanted to be one of the animated characters in her film. I wanted to live in that world. Her sensibility just killed me, and I thought maybe things would improve for me if I talked her into a collaboration.

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WATCH: Best And Worst Book Trailers

Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Melville House, Moby Awards, Ron Charles, Bad Book Trailers, Lane Smith, Literary Prizes, Tree of Codes, Moby Award Winners, Video, Super Sad True Love Story, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Roach, Freedom, Don Winslow, James Franco, Sloane Crosley, Jonathan Safran Foer, Book Trailers, Books News

It was an irresistible proposition when Meliville House asked us to be part of the judging panel for the Moby Awards for best and worst book trailers....

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My First Book -- And My First Video Book Trailer

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, The Happiness Project, Midge Raymond, Video Book Trailers, Book Trailers, Books, Duma Key, John Yunker, Gretchen Rubin, Youtube, Stephen King, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Think writing a query letter is hard? Or the synopsis for a book that you hope to have published? Welcome to the next task in presenting your book to the world: the video book trailer.

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WATCH The Good, The Bad, And The Just Plain Boring: What Kind Of Book Trailer Actually Sells Books?

Publishing Perspectives | Kathleen Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Effective Book Trailers, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Miranda July, Kathryn Regina, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Book Trailer, Book Trailers, No One Belongs Here More Than You, Books News

When the term “book trailer” first buzzed out of Los Angeles in 2002, expectations ran high for video promos to become mandatory launch elements. ...

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Book Trailers Looking More Like Movie Trailers

thebookseller.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Britain's Next Big Star, Book Video, Videos Books, Stuart Macbride, Book Videos, Book Trailers, Hapercollins, Shatter the Bones, Books News

MacBride will script and direct a kidnap scene from the ­thriller which will then be accessible to readers via the "Britain's Next Big Star" website....

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Book Videos: 7 More Of The Good, Bad And Ugly (VIDEOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book Commercials, Book Video, Videos Books, Book Videos, Book Trailers, Publisher Videos, Publisher's Videos, Trailers, Books News

Last week we ran "19 of the Best and Worst Book Videos" and received a flood of responses. Everything from incredibly snazzy videos made by publishing...

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Book Videos

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Author Videos, Book Videos, Viral Videos, Book Trailers, Viral Books, Viral Book Videos, Books, Videos About Books, Book Vids, Slidepollajax, Books News

Book videos, book trailers: Who actually watches them? Although we find ourselves pondering this question all too often, publishers, authors and publi...

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WATCH: Denis Leary Says...

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Trailers, Denis Leary, Poll, Suck on This Year Denis Leary, Book Trailer, Jonathan Franzen, Tolstoy, War and Peace, Jonathan Franzen Freedom, Video, Books News

Denis Leary is at it again, this time in his own book trailer for "Suck On This Year." He says people only pretend to read Franzen and other things th...

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Developing Buzz and Cultivating Readers (VIDEO)

Rocco Staino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Readers, Reading, Children's Books, Books, Book Trailers, Education News
Rocco Staino

Whatever the methodology for the teaching of reading, it has long been the role of teachers, parents and librarians to encourage a love of books and a desire to read for pleasure.

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Jason Linkins

GOP's 'Young Guns' Book Trailer (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Young Guns Book, Video, Nrcc Young Guns, Republican Young Guns, Books, Gop Young Guns, Young Guns, Gop Young Guns Book, Book Trailers, Politics News

The GOP's 'Young Guns' will "change the face" of the GOP by making no real changes at all!2010-07-16-youngguns.jpg

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Book Trailer Awards To Be Hosted By Book Blog MobyLives This Month

MobyLives | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melville House, Book Trailer, Literary Awards, Moby Awards, Book Videos, Books, Book Trailer Awards, Book Trailers, Mobylives, Books News

Yes, that's right: we will judge you. Well, we'll judge your book trailers, which one might consider reflections of you (and your work), whether you'...

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Glenn Beck Book 'The Overton Window' Trailer: Does It Make You Want To Read The Book? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, The Overton Window, Rudyard Kipling, Glenn Beck, Books, Glenn Beck Book, Glenn Beck the Overton Window, Book Trailers, Books News

It's no shock that right wing pundit Glenn Beck would eventually try his hand at writing fiction -- there's certainly a precedent for it. Beck steps i...

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5 Wonderfully Weird Book Videos

Andy Hunter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book Promotion, Vook, Youtube, Book Videos, Vooks, Electric Literature, Ebooks, Books, Ipad, Book Trailers, Books News
Andy Hunter

We love it when a book video gets weird, and we thought it was time to celebrate our top 5.

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Book Trailer Awards Announced: MobyLives Names Best (And Worst) Book Videos Of The Year (VIDEO, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melville House, Video, Literary Prizes, Slidepollajax, Book Videos, Books, Mobylives, Book Trailer Awards, Book Trailers, Books News

The popular book blog MobyLives, which is associated with the Brooklyn-based independent publisher Melville House, has announced the winners (and lose...

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Book Trailer Award Nominees Announced: MobyLives To Host The Best And Worst Of Book Trailers

MobyLives | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Videos, Mobylives, Book Trailer Awards, Books, Book Trailers, Books News

Finalists for the first annual Moby Awards for the Best and Worst Book Trailers have been announced, a day later than promised. "Let's just say there ...

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Book Video From Electric Literature Animates Just One Sentence (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Stories, Matt Sumell, Book Video, Book Videos, Books, Electric Literature, Little Things, New Media, Book Trailers, Video, Books News

Electric Literature, an online literary magazine devoted to helping short stories thrive in a culture of new media, has made a new book video for one ...

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'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Has An Awesome (And Gruesome) Book Trailer (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quirk Books, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Book Videos, Books, Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Book Trailers, Video, Books News

The monster-filled spin-offs on classic literature spawned by 2009's "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" have consistently mastered the art of the book ...

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Why Make a Book Trailer? Do They Work?

Arielle Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youtube, Videos, Book Marketing, Book Trailers, Book Sales, Books, A Lion Called Christian, Media News
Arielle Ford

Like its cousin the movie trailer, a book trailer is designed to get the buzz going.

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Book Trailers: The Good, The Bad And The UGH. (VIDEO, POLL)

Denise Brodey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denise Brodey

What makes a book or author or promotion "pop" or "plop" on screen? For me, humor, a hint of controversy, or a heaping helping of insider advice.

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Making an Author Video

Joseph Kanon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Author Videos, Authors, Book Videos, Book Publicity, Books, Stardust, Facebook, Book Trailers, Video, Books News
Joseph Kanon

You can see authors smiling on our websites, taking questions on our publisher's web page, chatting on Facebook. And now the author video.

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WATCH: Five Great Book Videos (POLL)

The Huffington Post | David Colbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Slidepoll, Marketing, Book Marketing, Book Videos, Books, Leviathan, Book Trailers, The Little Prince, Books News

E-books are getting all the attention this year, but promotional videos for books have suddenly and quietly become a lot more fun than ever before. ...

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Cool Book Video: 'Further Adventures In The Restless Universe'

Black Arrow Studio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dawn Raffel, Book Marketing, Stop-Motion Animation, Book Publishing, Further Adventures in the Restless Universe, Book Videos, Books, Book Trailers, Video, Books News

For a while, it's seemed like promotional book videos have been mostly duds. But recently, we've been seeing amazingly cool book video after amazingly...

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WATCH: The 10 Million Views Book Trailer -- Made By A Reader! (POLL)

The Huffington Post | David Colbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fan Trailers, Slidepoll, Scott Westerfeld, Youtube, The Boleyn Inheritance, Books, Breaking Dawn, The Hunger Games, Book Trailers, Stephanie Meyer, Uglies, Pretties, Books News

I've said it before: Readers make great book trailers. The most watched book trailer on YouTube, with more than ten million hits, was made by a fan....

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Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Promotion, Publishing, Kindle, Ipod, The Moth, Book Promotion, Book Publishing, Internet, Youtube, Books, This American Life, Book Trailers, Vidlit, Books News
Liz Dubelman

Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

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