It seems to be all the rage lately, every author is making video trailers for their books. Although I will watch the video trailers for books of authors I love I'm not tempted to watch videos from authors I don't know so I'm wondering why there are so many popping up everywhere? Is there a new generation of readers who are attracted to videos first and the book later? Are book trailers increasing sales? I wonder...
Here's one for Elizabeth Chadwick's new book:
You can check another for a Madeline Hunter book here
And Christine Feehan's books have not only book trailers but also TV adds
I never ever watch video trailers, usually because a) I don't like them b) I don't like You Tube and c) I don't like every author springing onto the same bandwagon. Very pessimistic, but it's so boring seeing everyone running into the same direction and lots of amateurish results coming off it.
ReplyDeleteI must confess to an unhealthy addiction to You Tube for a while but I think I'm recovering now lol
ReplyDeleteEver since Alex introduced me to the video clips of period dramas there I couldn't help spending a lot of time browsing for more and more. Of course with such an overdose I lost a bit of interest and am now ready for a new addiction!! :-D
I'm also a YouTube addicted. There's lots of goodies in there!! You just need to hunt them down (right, Ana?LOL) and have lots of fun with it. At least I know I have!:)
ReplyDeleteI think everyone is like that, you see something it seems a good idea and you go for it. Right now, everyone has a blog, right?;-) That's the same for those trailers, they give a quick idea about the subject of the book and they must work since there's so many of them right now.
I do agree they look "amateurish" but to do something professional they had to have a better budget and I don't think most authors could afford it.:)
This is the first time I'm hearing about video trailers for books, I watched the one about Elizabeth Chadwick's new book and confess I didn't really like it. But coming from a country where reading is scarce anything that entices more people to buy and read books is a good thing. Every time I go to London I marvel at the Underground ads for books, I know they're only for well known authors but nonetheless it's a new way to get people's attention that there's something besides television.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I do find boring is the latest tendency to be against anything and everything, but that's just me!
LOL, I am the minority it seems. It doesn't surprise me, when everybody else is panting after paranormals I kill for good contemporaries. Just finished Stef Ann Holm and it was sooooo lovely. I am pimping, can you tell *g*? Anyway, I don't care for those book trailers, for me it's rather a minus point against the author than the opposite. And yes, I agree, literally everybody is having a blog. I am so proud of myself that I am sticking to the project, and so far I have already written over 34 reviews, that's a bloody record. And the writing is doing me a world of good, just by looking up words and actually practizing English it has a rightful existence *g*.
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