An Unexpected Tribute!

Delight can be infrequent in these troubled times, so Stuart Aken was both surprised and, yes, delighted, when he received a notice from his publisher, Fantastic Books Publishing, the other day. Attached was a link to a video produced by a professional in the TV industry. Ramon Marett from Adiq had wanted to try his hand at a book promotion video and decided to use Aken’s ‘Generation Mars’ series for the project.

The author posted it on his website, and you can see the result via this link.

Videos are a popular source of information for many potential readers, so he’s spread this one everywhere he can to get maximum benefit. He says it’s also had the effect of galvanising him into trying something similar for his other books! Watch this space.

Book Trailer Anyone? #4 Native American

FantastiCon may have been and gone, but its echoes are still being felt. Participating authors who elected to have book trailers created as part of their package have had them delivered. Needless to say, Linda Acaster was first in the queue.

Historical novels are notorious in having a remit difficult to fulfill, Native American even more so. But the trailer for Beneath The Shining Mountains hits all the right notes, even down to the music. See for yourself on YouTube. 

This is the second of Linda's works to have a book trailer, the first being Scent of a Böggel-Mann, which can be viewed HERE.

Enjoy!

Book Trailer Anyone? #3 - Result!

What have these images got in common?

They are two of a group Linda Acaster used to put together a trailer for Horror Short, Scent of a Böggel-Mann.  

Not that she did it alone. In the third and final post in her short series on creating a book trailer, she explains how she sought expert advice - and received it - at a price to suit the most miserly pocket. 

Want to cut to the chase? Watch the video on YouTube HERE.

Book Trailer Anyone? #2

There's nothing like getting stuck in to discover how difficult a simple job can prove to be.

Following on from her first post on Book Trailers HERE, Linda Acaster decided to have a go. The result... Ah, it seems she hasn’t yet reached a result. Find out why HERE. You may just save yourself some time and effort.

However, co-member April Taylor is made of sterner stuff. Read the blurb to her new Mystery Dearly Ransomed Soul about a jobbing Early Music singer "in concert and in death" in Worcester's Three Choirs Festival, and note which elements she used in the book trailer HERE.

Book Trailer Anyone?

Amid gearing up for forthcoming book launches, guest-posts, blog spotlights, signings, and panel appearances – shouldn’t writing be in there somewhere? – members have been discussing the merits of Book Trailers.

Some of us have been lucky enough to be provided with one as part of our publisher’s package. Some of us haven’t. To whet your appetite, there's a link to Stuart Aken's The Methuselah Strain HERE.

Across on her blog, Linda Acaster has started a short series HERE on what to consider prior to storyboarding your own, ably supported by that 'man of the moment' from one of the BBC's historical dramas. You know who; he of the smouldering looks, dark chest hair, and far too much open flesh for the period. Enjoy. [The post!]