Book Trailers

How can you make your book stand out and attract more readers? Make it visual is one good answer. More specifically, create a book trailer.

Like its counterpart, the movie trailer, the goal of a book trailer is to tease people with just enough highlights from your book to make it irresistibly appealing. We do this by making your characters (fiction) and/or concepts (nonfiction) from your book come to life in a video. We do this using several alternative methods. Some are simple, using mainly text and music, but others are a lot more involved, including models, sets and lighting.

Here are ways that authors are using book trailers:

• Enhance author’s website and/or blog
• Attract more fans/followers on social media websites
• Create an initial buzz via email campaigns
• Generate broad appeal as a video news release or as part of an electronic press kit
• Promotional tool on eRetailer sites

Because Book Writing Pros specializes in helping authors develop dynamic book trailer scripts that combine perfectly with video images, we know we can make your video standout! We want to help you market your book with greater success, so choose one of our affordable packages.

Book Trailer Packages

Book Teaser:  60 sec and under  

For those who want to make a simple visual statement, the Basic Book Teaser allows you to intrigue using your book cover with complementary music and text. This includes:

• Book cover image only
• Stock music
• Text reviewed and feedback provided by our senior editors 

Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.

Basic Book Trailer: 90 - 180 sec  

This includes everything in the Basic Book Teaser along with the following:

• Book cover image
• Stock music
• Sound effects
• Stock photos (up to 4)
• Text reviewed and feedback provided by our senior editors 

Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.

Advanced Book Trailer: 3 - 5 min  

This includes everything in the Basic Book Trailer along with the following:

• Book cover image
• Stock music
• Sound effects
• Stock photos (up to 8)
• Text reviewed and edited by our senior editors 
• Custom graphics 
• Visual effects or basic animation
• Stock video footage
• Distribution of video via YouTube, social media sites, and bookmarking sites

Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.

Short Filmish Trailer: 5 - 20 min

This package includes everything above, along with a free consultation with a script writer. Most importantly, it also involves full video production services, including casting actors, designing sets, finding locations, and renting equipment. Prices could vary from $1,500 for a simple single-scene video up to several thousand for multiple scene projects. You should have a budget in mind so we can then try to scale a production to fit that budget.

All options include the following features:

• Standard definition video
• Book cover image
• Basic proofreading
• Stock music
• Keyword inclusion so that people searching for specific types of books or information will more likely find an author’s book trailer
• Basic distribution via YouTube and social media sites
• Consultation (10-15 min.)

Authors must provide:

• Text or video script
• Book cover art
• Specific copyright free images or music desired

Whether you begin with something basic or more advanced, the goal is the same: create a buzz about your book. With the advent of social media marketing, there is no greater time to take advantage of video book marketing.

Who legally owns the video once its finished?
With the exception of licensed product, you own all rights to the trailer or video production.

What things do I have to supply?
We supply the stock pictures, footage and music. You must supply the text.

What if I want to supply my own pictures, video or music?
Because of the potential time involved in checking the usability and even adjusting the quality of outside materials supplied, the author may incur additional costs. To avoid copyright issues, we suggest that the author use only material (pictures, video or music) that he/she personally created. Otherwise, the author must provide a signed copyright release to use outside material, especially from non-licensing Internet sources.

What happens to my video once it is complete?
The video is distributed via Youtube and other such social media companies.

Suppose I want to update the video after it has been distributed?
Changes can be made at any time and are billed on an hourly basis.

Are there any kinds of books or authors for which you will not create a video?
Yes, we will not create pornographic, sacrilegious or vendetta videos, period.