Book Trailers

What are "Book Trailers"?

Book trailers are like movie trailers, only for books. It's a way to promote your book visually (and audibly) to people who might not otherwise see, hear about, or know about your book.  The purpose of a book trailer, like a movie trailer, is to highlight the hook of a book, and to entertain in some way.

Book trailers come in all forms, but we at Bemis Promotions think we have something new to offer over other companies.

Why Choose Bemis Promotions for my Book Trailer?

Video book Trailers have gotten a lot of buzz--not all of it good!--particularly when it comes to really delivering a bang for the author's buck. It is our belief that most traditional book trailers fail to deliver for an author because of one thing: Words on the screen.  Viewers are used to seeing the hooks of a story unfold very quickly with movie trailers, which is nearly impossible when a trailer is designed for people of all reading speeds to be able to read them.  Our way of promoting today's hottest novels, combines classy photos (or very short stock video) timed to great music, with a snappy script and compelling voice over.

We choose only to create narrated trailers. While other companies may be able to provide basic trailers less expensively, we feel that ours are more effective.

So I want a book trailer...  what's the process?

First, contact us. In order that we give you the best product possible, we prefer that we have at least a month preparation before a trailer goes live if we are using stock images or video and two months if we are going to need to shoot the photography or video ourselves. Remember that you'll want your trailer up at least a couple of months before your book hits the shelves.

Then we will read your book and/or work with you to create a script and find music that will reflect the tone of your story.

After we've decided on a script we'll hire (a) narrator(s) to lay down the vocal track(s). We'll either hire and photograph models (if necessary) or find the images that will reflect the themes of your story.

Finally, we'll put the trailer together and post it to YouTube so that you can imbed it in your website.

Please visit our trailer portfolio.

Pricing

Level 1: $500

These trailers are less than 1 minute long, and use stock still images and your cover along with custom narration set to music.

Level 2: $750

These trailers are a minute to a minute and half long, use stock still images and video along with your cover and custom narration set to music.

Level 3: $1000

These trailers are under a minute and a half, use custom photography and your cover, along with narration or dialogue set to music.

Level 4: Please ask for a quote

Level 4 trailers may incorporate custom shot video, special effects, narration, dialogue, models, interviews with the author and much more. Ask us how we can take the promotion of your book to the next level!