Not exact matches
Put the
book trailer up on the novel's homepage, request that the
trailer be included in any author interviews or
articles written
about the
book, hold a viewing party, tweet regularly, the possibilities for getting the thing seen are endless.
For an example of a
book trailer that creates an atmosphere, check out the
article about the Rite of Passage
book trailer.
Most recently, I posted the
article, «How to Shoot a Live - Action
Book Trailer» and talked
about the unique approach directors, Brian Horn and Eric Kieron Davis took to make The Holder's Dominion live - action movie preview.
As one of the producers of
book trailers mentioned in the WSJ
article and someone who provided a lot of information that didn't make it into the
article (in all fairness you just can't cover everything) I had hoped to see more information
about the evolution of
book video distribution as part of that
article.
Beyond that, as I alluded to in the opening, there's sort of been a new expectation / conventional wisdom creeping up that the key to being a Good Hardworking Promoting Author is to blow out your blog, your Facebook page, your website, your Twitter feed, your Goodreads network, and better yet, all of the above and by the way you need to set up your own author tour and try to get some media appearances going we'd love it if you placed some
articles and stories and where's your
book trailer oh also don't quit your day job and don't forget
about your manuscript deadline and make sure the next
book is incredible and amazing and could you spend some time with your family please?
The Times
article also talks
about several firms that create
book trailers: Circle of Seven Productions, Expanded
Books, and AuthorBytes (the latter of which, I'm proud to say, designed my Web site.
Amazon includes
book trailers in their
article about book merchandising tips.