Comments on: What Makes a Book Trailer Work?

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:46:04 +0000

This was a really interesting post. I think book trailers do vary but one that is well done really can hook a reader into buying or reading a book. Good stuff to think about. I liked your samples.

By: annastan

annastan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:12:22 +0000

I think you’re right. A year ago it was great if you had any kind of book trailer. Now you actually have to have one that’s good! It’s nice to see people getting creative with them, but I’ve also seen some pretty straight-forward ones that work well, so maybe you don’t need to spend a million dollars or be an amazing artist to have a successful trailer.

By: PJ Hoover

PJ Hoover — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:58:47 +0000

I feel like the bar for book trailers is being raised on an hourly basis. It seems like trailers that were great a year ago are way too commonplace these days. I guess it’s up to authors to think of creative new ways to show the book.