You've
seen them: short, sassy movies, using imagery, themes or even text
from a soon-to-be-published book. A moving visual image to entice
you--the reader--to purchase that book.
Book
trailers have come out in the last decade. From novelty item to common
device used by publishers and authors to pique interest, generate web
presence and platform. Even used in school classrooms by teachers to
entice reluctant readers or prompt discussion, designed by students as
part of arts-and-communications curricula.
Are
you excited about making a book trailer? Authors Juliann Rich and Aren
Sabers, creators of their own successful book trailers, share their
best tips in this guest blog. Their websites and trailers are listed at
the end of their post--be sure to check them out. Fun, entertaining,
and moving--and hopefully offering excellent reasons to read their new
books!