Published by deborah.woehr on 25 Feb 2007 at 09:32 am
Book Trailers Popping Up All Over YouTube.com
I watched my first book trailer when I clicked on an author’s link in the Lulu forum last month. That video was obviously an amateur effort, but I enjoyed his creativity. It didn’t make me rush out to buy his book, but it got me thinking about making my own video trailer for Prosperity (or having one done, if my efforts don’t pan out).
I’ve posted another video trailer for The Million Dollar Ghost as inspiration. I loved the way this author incorporated the Poltergeist theme with both haunting and romantic shots. The captions for the synopsis were well written and placed. Potential readers come away with no doubt in their minds what this book is about.
Marti on 25 Feb 2007 at 2:32 pm #
Hi hon. I’m finally out of the fog of illness and I must say, I never heard of book trailers on YouTube! This is really interesting! Thank you fro mentioning it!
I am SO far behind on everything! Been having to run lots of errands (in between trying to breathe - literally, as the pneumonia made my chest feel like it was on fire with every breath in and out) I haven’t posted anything on my blog, or visited anyone for weeks! I missed you! I hope all is well with you - you are going to be working until June now? Good and bad there, I guess.
Anyway, you’re the first poerson I stopped in to see, ’cause I saw this in my RSS and thought it sounded really neat. Let me know how it goes for you!
Hugs and love….
deborah.woehr on 25 Feb 2007 at 2:40 pm #
Hey, Marti!
I almost sent you an email this morning because I hadn’t heard a peep out of you. I’m so glad you’re feeling better. You’re the third person I know who’s developed pneumonia from this virus.
As for my work contract, my agency told me that it was extended until the end of March. That’s good news, financially. I’ll be glad when I’m at the place where I can make a living full time from writing. All in good time.
Yeah, those YouTube book trailers have great potential, if they’re done right. So far, the best ones have come from publicists. Later this afternoon, I’m going to fiddle around with iMovie, hoping it isn’t one of the free trial versions that came with my computer.
You take care, okay? {{big hugs}}