YouTube Book Trailers

[Richard]

If you have a YouTube trailer for your book, post it here.

1. Click the "Like" button.

2. Click the "Share" button and share on your FB page.

3. Leave a brief comment.


Here's mine.

http://bit.ly/Hl7o1M

[S.W.]

Hi,

Great idea. I'll do the Facebook link next.

My book trailer was released this week, here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g701xi...

I hope you like it.

[Sara]

Richard wrote: "If you have a YouTube trailer for your book, post it here.

1. Click the "Like" button.

2. Click the "Share" button and share on your FB page.

3. Leave a brief comment.


Here's mine...."

Great Plot!

[S.W.]

Richard wrote: "If you have a YouTube trailer for your book, post it here.

1. Click the "Like" button.

2. Click the "Share" button and share on your FB page.

3. Leave a brief comment.


Here's mine...."

I 'liked' you trailer .... sounds great.

[Harrison]

If you have a YouTube trailer for your book, post it here.

1. Click the "Like" button.

2. Click the "Share" button and share on your FB page.

3. Leave a brief comment.

Here's mine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_6PF0...

[Richard]

Harrison and S.W.

Liked it, shared it, commented on it.

Thanks for doing the same for me.

[Justin]

I've thought about making a Youtube Book Trailer..How does it work? Im wondering if it should be done professionally or if you just put it together yourself with whatever u have..but does it get taken seriously? Just curious

[Richard]

I made mine without help. Figured it would be best to keep it simple. Just made it with Powerpoint and put a soundtrack behind it. Converted it into a video and uploaded it.

Anyone can do it.

[Robert]

COS Productions did my book trailer, and I think they did an awesome job.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrMmcq...

[Mike]

Richard wrote: "If you have a YouTube trailer for your book, post it here.

1. Click the "Like" button.

2. Click the "Share" button and share on your FB page.

3. Leave a brief comment.


Here's mine...."

Great idea. Here are the trailers for my two thrillers:

COVERT DREAMS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9drU4...

DEADLY EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLBtV...

[Richard]

Hello Mike, liked and shared your videos. Please do the same for us!

Thanks! :)

[Mike]

Richard wrote: "Hello Mike, liked and shared your videos. Please do the same for us!

Thanks! :)"

Thanks, Richard. I did the same.
Mike

[Justin]

Hmm..I'll try it. I can make a video and then put it through maybe powerpoint or video media maker or w.e its called. ill let everyone know how its going, if i need help ill be sure to ask.

[Justin]

S.W. wrote: "Justin wrote: "I've thought about making a Youtube Book Trailer..How does it work? Im wondering if it should be done professionally or if you just put it together yourself with whatever u have..but..."

Thats what I dont wanna do either make it look homemade but even if I do I make it like that it can still be taken seriously

[Amos]

Here is the trailer for our novel 'Crimson Midnight.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7ij5...

[Barbara]

Liked and subscribed to your channels. Here's mine:
http://youtu.be/UoVM5f-NE3Y

[Amos]

Hello. Here is ours, again. We have updated the book cover so we had to re-upload it with the new image.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7yaX...

[Michael]

I did a couple of trailers a while back:

One for Underneath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBrxs...

Shades of Grey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3O_s0...

[Elaine]

My first attempt at a trailer and would love feedback.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaYepB...

[Tam]

I love book trailers. Here is mine for - I kept it under a minute. http://youtu.be/HPf2ptaLfhQ
Now I'm going to go look at everyone else's!

[Nicole]

Here is my book trailer for Immoral Love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD5g8...Immoral Love

[Tam]

Intriguing!

[Paul]

23-second TV trailer for The Silk Code (from 2002 History Channel special about science fiction):

http://youtu.be/Dd3If46mPxQ

Just published as a Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW/r...

[Aan]

Trailer I produced for my inspirational book, Your Magnetic Mind

http://youtu.be/bkMMdfgtClg

[Gary]

Hi everyone,
My book trailer link for my self help book "Now It Begins" is:

http://Youtu.be/w5KuD6wz2fE

[[deleted user]]

http://youtu.be/OMk9wWzh45o

Trailer for my new sci-fi/adventure/romance

Let's see what everyone's looks like!

Very cool trailers! I've liked and tweeted everytone's!

[Jennifer]

Here's my trailer for my historic novel, "Knight of the Purple Ribbon" http://youtu.be/J1gkq18lLsA

[Sara]

Here's the book trailer for Enigma Black:

http://youtu.be/2Yrt2ENZW6E

[Liz]

So many awesome trailers. Here's the one for my upcoming novel, Honeysuckle and Jasmine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0d04M...

[Justin]

Questions- Do Book Trailers fair well and generate readers from YouTube? Has anyone had success doing this? Is it an easy process and does it have to be professional looking or can it be silly?

[Michael]

Justin wrote: "Questions- Do Book Trailers fair well and generate readers from YouTube? Has anyone had success doing this? Is it an easy process and does it have to be professional looking or can it be silly?"

It's hard to judge the impact that a trailer can have, but I think it's fair to say that they can't hurt.

You can make a respectable looking one with Windows Media Player. They can be quite fun to make once you get the hang of it.

[S.P.]

This is the book trailer for DELPHINE DODD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ745N...

I think it helps to have a trailer to send with your PR information. People will take a moment to watch a trailer and if they're intrigued they might dig deeper.

[Trystan]

Here's my book trailer for Devotion

http://youtu.be/9aja9NJb4Pg

My very first attempt at such a thing, I hope you like it!

[A. Wayne]

Thanks for this great platform for us to share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHHBR7...

[Bruce]

Here's a hilarious trailer for my new book Moving In: Tales of an Unlicensed Marriage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuFZlQ...

[Kay]

S.W. wrote: "Hi,

Great idea. I'll do the Facebook link next.

My book trailer was released this week, here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g701xi...

I hope you like it."

Nice trailer

[Kay]

I adore the trailer for Moving In: Tales of an Unlicensed Marriage. I think I need to read that one.

[Bruce]

Thanks so much Kay! Glad it brought a laugh! Here's the link to the book on Amazon http://amzn.to/13ArdxS

You can read the first chapter here: http://www.memoirsonly.com/memoirs-sh...

[S.W.]

Kay wrote: Nice trailer"

"S.W. wrote: "Hi,

My book trailer was released this week, here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g701xi...

I hope you like it."



Thanks Kay, I appreciate the feedback. Cheers.

[Athanasios]

Hi I'm Athanasios. I've got three books in the horror genre. I've made video previews for all three and viewable at:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?featu...

The first video preview is for my shortest story: I Am Eternal: Cowboys and Vampires.
The second is for my books series on the whole: Predatory Ethics.
The third is for Mad Gods: Book I of Predatory Ethics.
The fourth is for Commitment: Book II of Predatory Ethics.

http://predatoryethics.com
http://www.mad-gods.com

[Massimo]

Nice, I have two to share for Daimones, vol.1 of a speculative, post-apocalyptic trilogy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnM9q...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6oCz...

[Stan]

It took me about a day to do this one. I learned a lot, though. For Surviving the Fog-Kathy's Recollections

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjMdIJ...

[Darryl]

Trailer for "The Hobbyist."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_v6V...

[Amber]

Richard wrote:

Here's mine.

http://..."

V. cool with the music slowly rising in intensity. Friendly feedback: try shortening the duration of each of the titles with text that make up the interior of the book trailer. Simple words on a black background are not the most visually stimulating, but you have high tension words and they could easily have more impact if they moved on to the next faster.

Also, since no one can access links from a YouTube video, it's confusing to have them displayed as links. If you want someone to read more on Twitter, they need your Twitter handle, not a link. And same with your Facebook page.

Cheers.

[Amber]

S.W. wrote:
My book trailer was released this week, here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g701xi...


Well done. I couldn't quite follow the captions in the middle, so that left me unsure of what was being given as the book hook, but everything else worked well.

[Amber]

Harrison wrote:

Here's mine.

http:/..."

Nice. The voice-over narrator voice was awesome. Yours could almost be a bit longer to sell it more [smiley].

[Amber]

Mike wrote:

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Mike, that first one does a great job of hooking the suspense and tension factors, it makes the book look v. [BAM] exciting. The second one spends so much time telling us about the tropical island paradise, that it leaves us waiting until the video is over halfway through before you get to the plot hooks. So consider bringing the second one up to snuff with the first in that sense.

Also, maybe see about getting a friend to do the voice-overs. As the author we can't get as detached sometimes as needed to really sell the script.

Those are just suggestions, take what you like and ignore the rest.

[Amber]

Michael wrote: "I did a couple of trailers a while back:

One for Underneath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBrxs...

Shades of Grey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3O_s0..."

Underneath gets you in the gut. The music is so visceral, the effects atmospheric, and the words tap into universal fears. Thumbs up. The other one says too little. A guy handcuffed to a chair and the question of who did it to him isn't enough to make us care. Does that make sense? The video is really short so you can easily add so we can get the chills like in the other one {smiley].

[Amber]

Elaine wrote: "My first attempt at a trailer and would love feedback.


Looks good. You've also got a strong catchphrase for the book, which is no easy thing (the three, two, one). My one comment is that you have all these review comments, but they are unsubstantiated—I mean, they 'look' like they were just made up, because you don't list their source. That could throw a question of credibility on the whole thing, so you might want to attribute every positive review comment so people don't get the wrong idea.

Cheers.

[Amber]

My book trailer for What the Faeries Left Behind is here:



http://youtu.be/Dg0SFv9FtKM

Likes appreciated.