Promote Your Book with a Video Trailer
A book trailer introduces readers to your book through a short promotional video. Book Writing Pros creates book trailers for authors, publishers, businesses and organizations promoting fiction, nonfiction and other published books.
Like a movie trailer, a video book trailer offers selected highlights that invite viewers to learn more. It can bring a story’s characters to life or introduce a nonfiction book’s ideas through text, music, images and video.
Our book trailer services range from a simple cover-based teaser to more involved video production with actors, locations and visual effects. We help you develop a trailer script and combine words with visuals to reflect your book and its intended audience.
Use Book Trailers in Your Book Marketing Plan
A trailer can support a book launch or introduce an existing title to new readers. Authors and organizations can use video book marketing across several channels:
- Author, publisher or organizational websites and blogs
- Social media posts and book announcements
- Email campaigns and reader newsletters
- Electronic press kits and media outreach
- Retailer book pages that support video
Explore the book trailer packages below to compare the available production options. If you need help choosing a direction, discuss your book trailer project with us or explore our publishing and publication consulting services.
Book Trailer Packages
Book Teaser: 60 sec and under
For those who want to make a simple visual statement, the Basic Book Teaser allows you to intrigue using your book cover with complementary music and text. This includes:
- Book cover image only
- Stock music
- Text reviewed and feedback provided by our senior editors
Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.
Basic Book Trailer: 90 - 180 sec
This includes everything in the Basic Book Teaser along with the following:
- Book cover image
- Stock music
- Sound effects
- Stock photos (up to 4)
- Text reviewed and feedback provided by our senior editors
Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.
Advanced Book Trailer: 3 - 5 min
This includes everything in the Basic Book Trailer along with the following:
- Book cover image
- Stock music
- Sound effects
- Stock photos (up to 8)
- Text reviewed and edited by our senior editors
- Custom graphics
- Visual effects or basic animation
- Stock video footage
- Distribution of video via YouTube, social media sites, and bookmarking sites
Have questions? Check out our FAQs below.
Short Filmish Trailer: 5 - 20 min
This package includes everything above, along with a free consultation with a script writer. Most importantly, it also involves full video production services, including casting actors, designing sets, finding locations, and renting equipment. Prices could vary from $1,500 for a simple single-scene video up to several thousand for multiple scene projects. You should have a budget in mind so we can then try to scale a production to fit that budget.
Included with Every Book Trailer Package
- Standard definition video
- Book cover image
- Basic proofreading
- Stock music
- Keyword inclusion so that people searching for specific types of books or information will more likely find an author’s book trailer
- Basic distribution via YouTube and social media sites
- Consultation (10-15 min.)
What You Need to Provide
- Text or video script
- Book cover art
- Specific copyright free images or music desired
Whether you choose a simple teaser or a more involved production, your trailer should give readers a clear introduction to your book. Pair it with author and publication branding and a broader book marketing plan to keep your promotional materials consistent.
Book Trailer FAQs
Who legally owns the video once it is finished?
With the exception of licensed product, you own all rights to the trailer or video production.
What things do I have to supply?
We supply the stock pictures, footage and music. You must supply the text.
What if I want to supply my own pictures, video or music?
Because of the potential time involved in checking the usability and even adjusting the quality of outside materials supplied, the author may incur additional costs. To avoid copyright issues, we suggest that the author use only material (pictures, video or music) that he/she personally created. Otherwise, the author must provide a signed copyright release to use outside material, especially from non-licensing Internet sources.
What happens to my video once it is complete?
The video is distributed via Youtube and other such social media companies.
Suppose I want to update the video after it has been distributed?
Changes can be made at any time and are billed on an hourly basis.
Are there any kinds of books or authors for which you will not create a video?
Yes, we will not create pornographic, sacrilegious or vendetta videos, period.