{"id":4410,"date":"2012-01-04T07:49:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:52:49","slug":"make-your-own-book-trailer-video-for-more-book-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/make-your-own-book-trailer-video-for-more-book-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Book Trailer Video for More Book Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is a book trailer?<\/p>\n

Chopped ham?<\/p>\n

No!<\/p>\n

It’s chopped steak!<\/p>\n

Just kidding. It really is chopped ham.<\/p>\n

It’s also a term coined by Sheila English<\/a> to describe a video that promotes a book in very much the same way a movie trailer promotes a movie.<\/p>\n

Above is an example of one I created for a client’s book The Boy Behind the Gate<\/em><\/a>. In the above book trailer, I’ve shown the overall experience the book provides. But typically, the book trailer describes the storyline.<\/p>\n

So do they work? Do book trailers really help make more book sales. Nope!<\/h3>\n

That is, if the only thing the trailer shows is the book’s storyline, then don’t expect people to salivate.<\/p>\n

And that’s what you want, right?<\/p>\n

To make potential readers salivate?<\/p>\n

Imagine your viewer seeing this video<\/a> and the last words in the video were, “Fall in love with Christian the Lion at Amazon.com.”<\/p>\n

That video has over 17 million views. If just 1% actually buy, that little video adds up to a lot of sales!
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\nTo get the readers drooling, you need three things in your video.<\/h3>\n