book trailers: what they are, and what to do with one
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AND WHAT YOU CAN DOWITH one.
#BOOKTRAILERSwhaT THEY ARE, WHY THEY ARE,
It's a video for a book thatyou post online.
the trick is to make itentertaining.
A booktrailer can mimicthe style of a movietrailer, like this one...
Some are a lot like musicvideos, like this one.
some are reality based andfeature famous people, likethis one andthis one.
this one and
And others arelike
short films
some are calledcinematic book trailers
if it's good, people will want to watchit. Here are some things you can do witha good book trailer.
places to upload your book trailer
Use keyword "book trailers"
Focus on literary andfilm blogs, as well asniche blogs
build your target listusing Alltop.com
download the "scraper"tool from google chrome
when you find arelevant blog, rightclick and choose scrape
after you build yourlist, use buzzstream togather target emails
a good trailer is anovelty. bloggers needcontent. use your trailerto get more book reviews
use social media sites like redditto drive traffic.
do not post your book trailer insubreddits like /r/books,/r/movies or /r/trailers.
for example, a book trailer formoby dick would be great in /r/fishing
A book trailer is great for enticingfilm producers as well.
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