Ever since I interviewed Darcy Pattison for my blog tour week and learned about archive.org and being able to buy music on istockphoto.com (duh, me!) I’ve been working on this trailer for How to Promote Your Children’s Book: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets to Create a Bestseller. I’d love to hear what you think!
And by the way, the public domain footage was free and I paid $17 for the music.
Darshana
March 3, 2012 - 11:03 am ·Awesome trailer. I love the way you put a story into your trailer concepts. With this and Little Chick’s Big Day.
Alayne Kay Christian
March 3, 2012 - 10:16 am ·Very professional, and what fun! I love the way the colored book cover swirls in at the end. Great use of public domain footage.
katie
March 3, 2012 - 10:41 am ·Thanks!
katie
February 29, 2012 - 8:47 am ·Aw Penny, you make me blush. 😎
Penny Klostermann
February 28, 2012 - 8:41 am ·Loved the trailer. You are a genius.
Emma D Dryden
February 27, 2012 - 2:25 pm ·This is great, Katie! Smart and fun — just like you and your approach to children’s book publishing! All good!
katie
February 27, 2012 - 2:32 pm ·Thanks, Emma, and for the awesome quote, too!
Jennifer Rumberger
February 26, 2012 - 8:02 pm ·Great trailer! I love it when they are short, sweet and to the point!
Lisa Thompson
February 27, 2012 - 12:30 pm ·Amazing! I love it (and I am especially impressed by the quality/price ratio). Katie, you are a star.
Julie Hedlund
February 25, 2012 - 2:11 pm ·I guess your next ebook is going to be, How to Create a Book Trailer on a Budget!
Julie Hedlund
February 25, 2012 - 2:11 pm ·In a word – AWESOME!
Gary VanRiper
February 25, 2012 - 12:44 pm ·clever. creative. awesome 🙂
Karen Power
February 25, 2012 - 10:42 am ·I do book promotion for Christian authors. Many of them have trailers for their books. They all follow the same formula and often they become a little bland. I LOVE YOUR TRAILER! Cute, catchy, conveyed the message! I think I’ll buy your book to see what tips you have that can help me help promote books for authors.
katie
February 25, 2012 - 10:50 am ·Thank you! I hope it helps! The week after next I will have a fee posts up while I’m teaching about book trailers at the Highlights Foundation and will include various stages of this trailer as week as a deliberately BAD one!
Jackie Castle
February 25, 2012 - 10:11 am ·This is the first book trailer that made me laugh out loud. I really enjoyed it and think you did a wonderful job.
katie
February 25, 2012 - 10:23 am ·Wow! Thanks! It was probably Shirley Schmegge’s line, for which I have to credit Julie Falatko!
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
February 25, 2012 - 9:49 am ·Well done! I feel like I am going to be ordering a book from 1950…but it’s an e-book! Such fun, Katie! Thank you!
katie
February 25, 2012 - 10:02 am ·Uh-oh, hope it’s not misleading!
Joanna
February 25, 2012 - 9:30 am ·Hahaha this totally appeals to my sense of humour. Works for me, Katie!
Julie Falatko
February 25, 2012 - 7:05 am ·FABulous!