Posts tagged ‘book trailers’

February 4th, 2012

The Snow Child = Great Marketing

by Kevin Holtsberry

Everything about The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey makes me want to read it. The cover art, the website, the video, the plot, the connection to a Russian fairy tale, the author’s name – everything.  Thus begins the rearrangement of my TBR pile …

June 21st, 2011

Book Trailer: Toward the Gleam

by Kevin Holtsberry

Interesting trailer for Toward the Gleam by T.M. Doran. Clearly going for the Tolkien and CS Lewis fans. Looks interesting nonetheless …

June 18th, 2011

Was America Built on a Lie?

by Kevin Holtsberry

How is that for link bait?!?! Watch the click through rate soar via Twitter, Facebook, etc.

I kid, I kid. It is actually a book trailer for the forthcoming The Devil Colony from James Rollins.  Is the book worth the hype? Does this kind of video make you want to read the book?

If anyone has read an ARC or has a opinion please leave a comment.

May 10th, 2011

Video: Queen of Kings Trailer

by Kevin Holtsberry

Another interesting video trailer, this one for Queen of Kings:

In this epic and stunningly imaginative blend of history, fantasy, romance, and the supernatural, Queen of Kings entwines the true and timeless story of Antony and Cleopatra with a supernatural narrative in which the Queen of Egypt sacrifices her soul to save her fallen husband and in return is transformed into a vampiric shape-shifter bent on vengeance against the Roman Empire.

May 7th, 2011

Wire to Wire (Scott Sparling) Video Trailer

by Kevin Holtsberry

Interesting, and rather cinematic, video trailer for the forthcoming Wire to Wire (A Tin House New Voice). Are these trailers effective do you think?

Wire to Wire Trailer from Juliet Zulu on Vimeo.