Doing something cool with Audio / Visual?

[J.B.]

Is anyone doing anything interesting with audio or video to promote their work? I'm thinking of making a trailer for my upcoming book, but I want to try something new and interesting. Would love to hear how other people are leveraging these mediums.

[Carole]

I've done a lot. I have made trailers for each of my son's books and a couple for each of my series. We use them on Facebook and UTube. People like them- I know some of my friends use them when they introduce their book. My social media coordinator has used them extensively on Facebook to promote.
I do radio shows regularly. She puts them on my blog and Facebook. I've done so well, I've been given my own show which will start airing sometime in January.
I worked with both KDP and Amazon on a project. They put up the videos on Utube. We've put them on my website and it brought a bunch of guest spots on Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus and Foreword Review.

[J.B.]

Carole wrote: "I've done a lot. I have made trailers for each of my son's books and a couple for each of my series. We use them on Facebook and UTube. People like them- I know some of my friends use them when the..."

Nice! Sounds like you got a lot of experience. Do you have a link to any of the YouTube videos?

[R.L.]

Carole is amazing and such a doll. I've learned a lot and she gives the best advice.

[Carole]

Thanks RL, you are so sweet.

They delete that stuff when I put it up- so google my name - Carole P. Roman kdp on utube. I'm sure it will come up. Don't mind my Brooklyn accent, lol.

[Christina]

J.B. wrote: "Is anyone doing anything interesting with audio or video to promote their work? I'm thinking of making a trailer for my upcoming book, but I want to try something new and interesting. Would love to..."

Hi JB,
I don't, personally, but I'm moving this to the trailers workshop folder. You'll find quite a few threads where our members have posted trailers and offered advice, so there are a lot of great examples to look at.

[Justin]

I just made my a book trailer for my newest book. I always enjoy making them and picking out the perfect song for them. I usually post them to YouTube, here on my page and my Facebook page. Do they get a lot of views? Not as much as I'd like but then again I haven't found how to really showcase them. Some people have millions of views over nothing lol so there's a trick somewhere.

I also do soundtracks for my books on soundcloud. I pick songs that are fitting to the books characters, theme and overall presence. I usually post a link to it on my website below my book trailer. Again I don't know if they get a lot of listening but fun to make. I really need to promote both of them better.

[Tara Woods Turner]

Check out Joe Turk's work on his Making Monsters book. Message him directly or go to his site. I think his animation is groundbreaking, as far as indie projects go.
Making Monsters

[Christina]

Hey guys, the reason we delete things is because they go off topic and become personal conversations. Do keep the rules in mind. Thanks.

[J.B.]

Tara wrote: "Check out Joe Turk's work on his Making Monsters book. Message him directly or go to his site. I think his animation is groundbreaking, as far as indie projects go.
Making Monsters"

Thanks, Tara. Will check it out now!

[J.B.]

Carole wrote: "Thanks RL, you are so sweet.

They delete that stuff when I put it up- so google my name - Carole P. Roman kdp on utube. I'm sure it will come up. Don't mind my Brooklyn accent, lol."

Ah, gotcha. Will check your stuff out :)