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Since the birth of the digital age and the reality that real books will soon go the way of the library in Alexandria, visual stim has just become part of the creative landscape for all genres.
Thanks for your comment. It seems to be quite an inevitability and an accepted form faster than anything I have seen in publishing!! Keep writing 😉
I now agree, sadly. It’s amazing just how quickly this has become de rigueur in the industry without someone even mentioning it as a trend and then expectation. Fastest acceptance of change I’ve every seen in the industry.
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Dear Tahlia,First, as sent, I think your video is spot on and you obviously have the skills in which to do something at that level and with static images. You follow right along with my "on the one hand" postulate. However, there are genres of writing in which videos are quite the norm and, I fear, quite expected, including the hiring of actors (or corralling friends + a meal) in addition to hiring a professional videographer (as many of them won't have the skills you possess) then the post production work, et al which adds up to a great amount of money, many of them being Indie pubs and not carried by a professional house. Thus, there may very well be well written books that get but to the wayside or left off lists because they did not get the attention for their book as others who are more fortunate and thus able to pay the trolley fee, so to speak. I think a lot of the paranormal and YA sites will have these videos so you can see the values in them and conjecture, with your experience, what they must cost. Thank you again for your input. Highly valued as is yur skill. (And I thoroughly agree with you on your last point.) L
Hi Ironic, I got your message via Twitter & popped along. I think the thing to remember with this is that it's an optional extra. Books don't have to have a trailer and whether authors make one or not will depend on how easily & inexpensively they can do it. It simply isn't business sense to pay a lot of money for a book trailer, unless you are already selling enough to cover your other costs.However, if you'd like to have one, then it can be done quite simply (& therefore cheaply). A book trailer doesn't require actors. I actually think that still images work better for books. My trailer cost nothing because I have the skills to do it myself and I used the images from the cover photo shoot. I've made short films, taught video making and I have the time. (I'm semi-retired) http://youtu.be/vzYZiPqaOQkMy trailer is very simple but simple works. What do you think of it?If you don't have the skills to make a book trailer yourself, or the money to pay someone else, I think it's better not to do one. A poorly executed trailer can detract from your book.