Spies Do Videos

Have any of you seen the book trailers on the Internet and TV? I've linked you to one before, if you remember, which had y'all cackling up a bit. The ones on TV (James Patterson's book comes to mind) are of a higher quality and a bit more better produced.

Anyway, there was some buzz about book trailers at Nationals. Since Feb. this year, my former publisher, Harper Collins, has had about half a dozen book trailers out on the Internet. I don't know how successful this marketing tool is but I think the main stumbling block is that readers usually don't think about checking a video trailer of a book out first before they buy it. Most of us go to Amazon to read the story blurb and a few reviews.

But of course, book trailers is still a new concept, so maybe it'll be a common thing in the future. For example, maybe if you click on a publisher website, there will be a trailer in between each click to the next web page, just like those ads on the movie screen! Right now, if you go to a few authors' websites, they do give you a link to upload a movie trailer of their books (Christine Feehan had one, if I recall). The question is, do you?

I check out videos all the time, as you know. I'm a pretty visual person and really enjoy the creativity behind a well-made short video. If I had time...;-), I'd love to make my own little book video trailer. I suspect, though, it would be more for my vanity than to hook in more readers, LOL. Most Internet owners are still using landlines instead of high speed (50 percent from what I last heard) and I don't think most of them would sit and wait for a video to be uploaded into their puter.

What book video trailers have you come across these past few months that you can remember? Did you think about trying out the book? Or even remember the title it was promoting?

I was...cough***researching ***cough my Dieux du Stade videos for inspiration last night because I needed to write a scene with all my commandos together. LOL. Well, okay, I was looking for an excuse to procrastinate. Check out this video:




Just pretend the words VIRTUALLY HIS by Gennita Low emblazoned on top of the screen. LOL. In fact, this will be my book trailer video for the COS Commandos, dammit, except that the blond Greek god of lurv I lust after is missing. Ah well, next video ;-).

I cracked up at the part where the four studs sat in the Jeep. Notice how carefully he adjusted his position, heeheehee. Sitting nekkid among protruding tools can be dangerous, ya know.... And yeah, that's Tess busy patting down the boys with powder and oil and whatnot, LOL. And of course, the two "commandos" with the ropes at their feet were definitely giving me ideas about some action scenes for the book!

But the point is, THESE videos are pretty damn successful. Tons of readers, male and female, had gone on to buy both the videos and the calendars. So obviously, a well-made video trailer does sell a paper product, i.e. a wall calendar. But would you buy a book about rugby players, with written words, hmm?

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