Are You Willing To Take One Simple Step To Propel Your Book On Its Way To Becoming a Bestseller?

Dear Author,

You've packed the final draft of your manuscript in a large padded envelope and shipped it away for publication. Breathe a sigh of relief and pat yourself on the back. After months (or maybe years) of researching, writing, editing, and tweaking, your book is now ready to hit the shelves – or the Internet if you're producing a Kindle or e-book edition.

Your hard work is now done, or is it?

Years ago, when writing a book meant just that – writing it, you could happily sit back and let your publisher take care of the rest. When I wrote my first book, Focus on Freight  [ISBN 071102345X] for Ian Allan Publishing back in 1994, that's all I had to do.

Not so today!

These days there are still a lot of things to do before your book appears in print. Your “to-do” list may range from launching a social media platform, to getting endorsements, figuring out how you're going to earn an income during the book signing tour, and creating a book trailer.

A book trailer? What's that?

Put simply, a book trailer is a promotional video. Think of it as a commercial for your book. Book trailers are a fairly recent addition to the world of publishing, and are important to readers these days. People watch them when they appear on Amazon or YouTube, and for books they don’t know much about, the trailer often influences a decision to buy.

What can a book trailer do for your book?

It can:

• Create intrigue and initial buzz

• Arouse people's curiosity and get them interested in your book

• Introduce readers to your book in a way that cannot be done traditionally

• Let you target potential readers who would not usually visit a book shop

• Provide a tool that fans can use to spread the word about your book via social media and networking sites like Facebook and Twitter

• The video can go “viral” and get thousands upon thousands of potential readers interested in your book without you having to do any more work or spend any more money. How cool is that!

Plus, if your book is available online, you can direct potential buyers straight to the website – while their interest is still high.

What does a book trailer look like?

Here are a couple of book trailers I made recently:

How long should a book trailer be?

Some social media gurus say you should limit your book trailer to 30 seconds – like a TV commercial. They argue that most modern attention spans would not last longer than that. In some circumstances they may be right. Generally, though, up to about two minutes is fine – after that people's attention starts to wander.

How much does a book trailer cost?

If you (or your publisher) has a big budget, and want to get actors to act out the scenes from your book and throw in a lot of CGI effects and a celebrity voice over, you can probably get one done for $5,000 – $10,000 USD, and I can certainly advise you if you want to go down that route. Please contact me via the contact form and we can discuss this further.

On the other hand...

If you're a self publisher, or you're having to foot the bill yourself, I can put a perfectly respectable book trailer together for you for just $199.97 Special introductory price only $99.97 USD

For that price you get:

• A short video (up to 2 minutes long) suitable for uploading to video sharing sites

• Stock photos, library footage, graphics, and/or content you have provided, all professionally researched, scripted and edited together *

• Music and/or voice-over, and sound effects if appropriate

• A web page URL or "Available now from..." at the end of the video

• Up to one revision/ re-edit if required

• The benefit of my more than 20 years experience as a professional video maker and editor (check out my CV/resume here).

What do I need to do now?

Simply click the button below to get the process started.  A deposit of just $50 gets the ball rolling - the balance is due on completion. Payment is via PayPal, so you know your payment is secure.  Your deposit secures the introductory offer, even if I put the price up before your video is complete.

We'll then discuss some ideas for the the video before production begins. As no two book trailers are ever identical, it's important that we both understand exactly what you have in mind, and whether it is possible within the limitations of this offer. Incidentally, your deposit is fully refundable if you (or I) should decide not to go ahead with the project before production starts.

Special limited bonus

For a limited time only, I'll also upload your video to your YouTube channel (and set it up if you don't already have one) and blast its link to 20 social networking sites sites

Plus..

I'll tweet it to my growing number of followers on Twitter.

All at no additional charge.

Yes please! Create my video for the special introductory price of just $99.97 USD.  I'll pay a fully refundable deposit of $50 now, and the balance when the video is delivered.

Here's to a flood of sales and reprints!

PS. I don't intend to do many book trailers at this low price, and when I've got a few more examples and testimonials, I'll be putting the price up to $199.97 USD. Don't delay! Get in now while the price is still low.

Here's the order button again:

Got a question?  Please contact me via the contact form and I'll answer it promptly.

Please note: Very long or highly complex books, such as cookbooks and textbooks, may present challenges that  require additional fees. I'll discuss this with you fully before production begins.