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The explosion of short video previews to sell books is reaching the point where more have them than don't, it seems.
Many who have them don't quite seem to know what to do with them.
And some complain that they're one more expense.
There are pros and cons to this marketing tool, which I expect some here will have views on.
But primarily, I want to pimp my recently published manual, "How To Make Video Book Trailers Yourself For FREE With No Special Skills Or A-List Actors Attached". (I'm working on the title)
But it says it all. There really isn't much need to spend $300 on a video, especially since so many pro videos you see are essentially animated up from two basic still pictures, or even the cover alone.
You can do that yourself, using free programs that require no special education to learn. My manual is a pdf file that is mailed to you, so it's right there on your desktop when you work on a vid. It covers everything: pictures, assembly programs, soundtrack creation, and using the video to promote. In has MASSIVE collections of links to support, free downloadable resources such as programs and pictures and sound effects, and even video examples of some of techniques involved.
Like this one, for instance:
Those "clips" were all created from single pictures like book covers (except the wolf/girl fade) in minutes, using a free program...including the music!
Primarily dealing with programs for Windows, it also supports Mac and Linus programs, and many of the free download programs run on any platform. Registered users of XP or VISTA have access to a free program that enables creating videos of this kind from no more than a few pictures literally within an hour or so.
Also, the collection of resource links, which apply to any operating system, are worth the cost of the manual... a low, low SIX BUCKS U.S.!
This manual is only available through Adoro Works. If you ask for it in a store, they'll think you're crazy. Like the entire line adoro is initiating, this is a task-oriented guide aimed at writers and small publishers.
Check it out (by which I mean, of course, buy several copies) at ADORO WORKS.COM
Become the Spielberg of bookdom on a shoestring!
Many who have them don't quite seem to know what to do with them.
And some complain that they're one more expense.
There are pros and cons to this marketing tool, which I expect some here will have views on.
But primarily, I want to pimp my recently published manual, "How To Make Video Book Trailers Yourself For FREE With No Special Skills Or A-List Actors Attached". (I'm working on the title)
But it says it all. There really isn't much need to spend $300 on a video, especially since so many pro videos you see are essentially animated up from two basic still pictures, or even the cover alone.
You can do that yourself, using free programs that require no special education to learn. My manual is a pdf file that is mailed to you, so it's right there on your desktop when you work on a vid. It covers everything: pictures, assembly programs, soundtrack creation, and using the video to promote. In has MASSIVE collections of links to support, free downloadable resources such as programs and pictures and sound effects, and even video examples of some of techniques involved.
Like this one, for instance:
Those "clips" were all created from single pictures like book covers (except the wolf/girl fade) in minutes, using a free program...including the music!
Primarily dealing with programs for Windows, it also supports Mac and Linus programs, and many of the free download programs run on any platform. Registered users of XP or VISTA have access to a free program that enables creating videos of this kind from no more than a few pictures literally within an hour or so.
Also, the collection of resource links, which apply to any operating system, are worth the cost of the manual... a low, low SIX BUCKS U.S.!
This manual is only available through Adoro Works. If you ask for it in a store, they'll think you're crazy. Like the entire line adoro is initiating, this is a task-oriented guide aimed at writers and small publishers.
Check it out (by which I mean, of course, buy several copies) at ADORO WORKS.COM
Become the Spielberg of bookdom on a shoestring!
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Permalink Reply by Ann B. Keller on
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Linton, thanks for letting us know about this! I'll admit, I have to get a couple of videos done, too, but wasn't quite certain how to go about it. This program would make it a lot easier.
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Permalink Reply by Linton Robinson on
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Cheap and easy has always been my professional creed. (If not dating pool)
Let us know how your videos work out. it's really not rocket science.
(Unless you're doing a book about von Braun or something, of course) -
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Hardly the same discussion. And it seems odd that you would come here just to say there's no need for it. There's been some response here. You say "pimp", then say "hop on mine"... isn't that a little odd? I think it's good to be friendly in these forums.
I think it's pretty obvious that I'm talking about a manual for sale, not a "free resource", though I'm open to questions.
A manual that costs $6, by the way--about the same as your ebook on marketing.. The Roxio program costs around $60 as I recall.
Why not do this... show us some of your videos. I've tried to look at them, but they just won't load. Are you trying to display wmv files there? Do you have them on YouTube? -
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