There are interesting ideas for compositions on the net or on photo and design softwares, which also provide guidance on how to put it all together. So I developed the idea of a scrapbook, arranging the images on artistic backgrounds and accompany them with brief excerpts from the book. In the past I had used some images to present short passages from the book on my Facebook author page, and I thought that perhaps I could do something a little more creative with it. I wanted the readers to have a feel for the characters, the atmosphere and the writing style, as well as the plot, immerse them in the book experience, and somehow I felt a trailer was not the best way to convey it. I had a go at it myself, with my first novel, “Playing on Cotton Clouds” – and uploaded it on my Youtube Channel įor my second novel, “A Summer of Love”, I wanted to try something different. The book trailer has now been around for some time, and many authors have utilised the media to advertise their upcoming or published book. Previews and excerpts allow a peek into the story and the author’s writing style.īut in an age when people’s attention span is short and immediate, authors have been finding new ways of attracting audiences to their books. Of course a great cover and an interesting blurb are always the first steps to entice readers’ curiosity. While artists and musicians have a fairly immediate way of presenting an image or a four minute song, it is harder for writers to capture the imagination of readers. How do you bring a book to life, when introducing it to potential readers?
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