BOOK TRAILERS: what they are, and what to do with one

AND WHAT YOU CAN DOWITH one.

#BOOKTRAILERSwhaT THEY ARE, WHY THEY ARE,

What is... a book trailer?

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"

Send your trailer tohundreds of blogs

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.

find niche subreddits related toyour book.

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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