Book Videos - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T09:41:46Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:112015?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A112409&feed=yes&xn_auth=noi'm really kicking myself for…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-27:537324:Comment:1200782008-01-27T16:51:44.978ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
i'm really kicking myself for putting a release date on my book trailer. i wasn't thinking about foreign sales where the book will come out a year or two later.
i'm really kicking myself for putting a release date on my book trailer. i wasn't thinking about foreign sales where the book will come out a year or two later. It was a bookseller who intro…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-25:537324:Comment:1193712008-01-25T20:49:16.665ZGeoff McGeachinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/GeoffMcGeachin
It was a bookseller who introduced me to book trailers recently and suggested they might work for my type of writing. This was post-publication and now I'm toying with the idea of a major mail out of DVD's as a marketing tool before the next release.<br />
The ideal length for book trailers is an interesting discussion. Two hours in a cinema watching a bad movie takes forever while two hours spent watching a really great movie is gone in way too short a time.<br />
On an odd technical note we uploaded a…
It was a bookseller who introduced me to book trailers recently and suggested they might work for my type of writing. This was post-publication and now I'm toying with the idea of a major mail out of DVD's as a marketing tool before the next release.<br />
The ideal length for book trailers is an interesting discussion. Two hours in a cinema watching a bad movie takes forever while two hours spent watching a really great movie is gone in way too short a time.<br />
On an odd technical note we uploaded a couple of video trailers directly to crimespace and didn’t like the look so we tried linking to YouTube and the quality on crimespace is actually better than it is on Youtube. I hear you - books and video…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-09:537324:Comment:1128232008-01-09T16:18:52.834ZAngiehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/slackerwriter
I hear you - books and video are very different media. But...a book trailer can be a fun, innovative way to catch a reader's attention. Okay, not <i>yours</i>, but, y'know, some readers!<br />
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I don't think people hate interviews, just the use of an interview as a book trailer. Of course folks like to go to conferences and signings, but those are different kettles of proverbial fish. And, like I said, I liked the one Rankin did for EXIT MUSIC. Generally, though, an interview seems a poor use of the…
I hear you - books and video are very different media. But...a book trailer can be a fun, innovative way to catch a reader's attention. Okay, not <i>yours</i>, but, y'know, some readers!<br />
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I don't think people hate interviews, just the use of an interview as a book trailer. Of course folks like to go to conferences and signings, but those are different kettles of proverbial fish. And, like I said, I liked the one Rankin did for EXIT MUSIC. Generally, though, an interview seems a poor use of the video medium in terms of book trailers.<br />
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I'm just glad people are reading books! It would be a much sadder world w/o us reader folks... Funny - I find it much quicke…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-09:537324:Comment:1128082008-01-09T15:27:51.889ZBarbara Fisterhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Bfister
Funny - I find it much quicker and more effective to read a description of a book than to watch an ad that tells me about it. And I really hate having an actor present a character I'm going to read about. No, casting's my job. Get that impostor off the stage! Makes me feel as if the book is a treatment, not a book.<br />
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I'm also intrigued that so many people hate interviews. So... why do people want to hear authors speak at cons or signings? Maybe they don't - it's just an excuse to take a break…
Funny - I find it much quicker and more effective to read a description of a book than to watch an ad that tells me about it. And I really hate having an actor present a character I'm going to read about. No, casting's my job. Get that impostor off the stage! Makes me feel as if the book is a treatment, not a book.<br />
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I'm also intrigued that so many people hate interviews. So... why do people want to hear authors speak at cons or signings? Maybe they don't - it's just an excuse to take a break from the bar.<br />
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All this said, I'm probably unusual. I'm much more susceptible to verbal than visual cues and I absolutely hate and resist advertising. Wow, there's a lot more back…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1124442008-01-08T20:42:15.508ZMichael W. Shererhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MysteryAuthor
Wow, there's a lot more back and forth on this topic than I imagined. I'd love to get feedback on the video I just posted to my site -- <a href="http://www.islandlife-thenovel.com">www.islandlife-thenovel.com</a>
Wow, there's a lot more back and forth on this topic than I imagined. I'd love to get feedback on the video I just posted to my site -- <a href="http://www.islandlife-thenovel.com">www.islandlife-thenovel.com</a> Despite saying I don't care g…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1124092008-01-08T18:23:56.444ZDonna Moorehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonnaMoore
Despite saying I don't care generally for the slide show type I really like both John's and the Steve Mosby one (thanks for the link Angie - I DO understand German and the words are excellent too). Both these look professional, the pictures are excellent, the clips are short (I have a short attention span and don't want to sit through 5 minutes of book trailer - as Angie says, a minute is perfect - it gives more than enough time to tell me if I would enjoy the book), and they don't linger too…
Despite saying I don't care generally for the slide show type I really like both John's and the Steve Mosby one (thanks for the link Angie - I DO understand German and the words are excellent too). Both these look professional, the pictures are excellent, the clips are short (I have a short attention span and don't want to sit through 5 minutes of book trailer - as Angie says, a minute is perfect - it gives more than enough time to tell me if I would enjoy the book), and they don't linger too long on one image. Plus the text really gives you an intriguing glimpse of what the book is about rather than just blurbs or a regurgitation of the back cover. Both John's and Steve's would tempt me to buy the book. The music fits too. oh, wow. i really like that,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1123822008-01-08T17:26:38.410ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
oh, wow. i really like that, john.<br />
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and i know what you're saying about germany. i just sold a second and third book to germany. apparently my first book did really well. pay is nothing to dismiss, that's for sure. funny you should mention the no time for goodbye deal, because i've actually wondered about the possibility of submitting something to my german publisher before submitting here. kind of an interesting idea.
oh, wow. i really like that, john.<br />
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and i know what you're saying about germany. i just sold a second and third book to germany. apparently my first book did really well. pay is nothing to dismiss, that's for sure. funny you should mention the no time for goodbye deal, because i've actually wondered about the possibility of submitting something to my german publisher before submitting here. kind of an interesting idea. Love Christa's, but then I'm…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1123772008-01-08T17:22:00.163ZMari Sloanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mari
Love Christa's, but then I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. There are free programs that make the slideshow with music ones relatively easy to make and it just requires the imagination, and access to a royalty-free photo site, to find the stills that best represent your book or tell your story. <a href="http://www.morguefile.com">www.morguefile.com</a> rocks, and all they ask is that you don't change the photo and they would like it if you let them know where you used it, a creative…
Love Christa's, but then I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. There are free programs that make the slideshow with music ones relatively easy to make and it just requires the imagination, and access to a royalty-free photo site, to find the stills that best represent your book or tell your story. <a href="http://www.morguefile.com">www.morguefile.com</a> rocks, and all they ask is that you don't change the photo and they would like it if you let them know where you used it, a creative commons license. Photo Story 3 for Windows was much easier to use than the program that comes with XP, and works nicely, but you have to buy an inexpensive program for converting if you're going to make DVDs or CVDs out of it to take with you to promote otherwise. It still takes time, creativity, patience and a knack for it to build your frames and retain resolution when you convert. I use photoshop for lettering and adjusting my frames, but I've done the vid about 6 or 7 times now. Sorta like my writing process...Pete and rePete. LOL I'm glad you put up the link…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1123732008-01-08T17:19:19.286ZAngiehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/slackerwriter
I'm glad you put up the link to your trailer later in the thread, John. I was just getting ready to put it up myself - it was another one that I thought worked pretty well!
I'm glad you put up the link to your trailer later in the thread, John. I was just getting ready to put it up myself - it was another one that I thought worked pretty well! Wow, Anne, 3000 seems great t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-08:537324:Comment:1123672008-01-08T17:14:01.440ZJohn McFetridgehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
Wow, Anne, 3000 seems great to me. I was happy with 250.<br />
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Mine is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7a-ngoGOsA">here</a>.<br />
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And, of course, you can never know what translates into sales and when. I hope Steve Moseby sells a ton of books in Germany (and everywhere else). I don't know what's going on there, but there were a bunch of articles in the paper here about Linwood Barclay having a bestseller in Germany with <i>No Time for Goodbye</i> before it was even published in English.
Wow, Anne, 3000 seems great to me. I was happy with 250.<br />
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Mine is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7a-ngoGOsA">here</a>.<br />
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And, of course, you can never know what translates into sales and when. I hope Steve Moseby sells a ton of books in Germany (and everywhere else). I don't know what's going on there, but there were a bunch of articles in the paper here about Linwood Barclay having a bestseller in Germany with <i>No Time for Goodbye</i> before it was even published in English.