Book Trailer Examples

Book Trailers - The Good, The Bad, & What Were They Thinking?

Compare two by same author:

Steal Like An Artist (good)
https://vimeo.com/37086074

Newspaper Blackout Video - (same author, much different feel & not as effective)
https://vimeo.com/10804564

"Bad"

Worst Book "Trailer" Ever (humor, brief TRT, not for everyone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9FYtTtpxdY&index=1&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix

What Were They Thinking?

**Sounds Of Murder (MOBY Award winner 2010 for "Least Likely to Sell a Book" -- This is the new / revised version after author won the award. Do not know what the original is like)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNPL0OfUxU

Animated:

Animated Trailer: Mashkussuts (very nice music/ image - could be longer)
https://vimeo.com/66741634

Animated (children's) The Storm Whale In Winter (good)
https://vimeo.com/180740895

Animated (children's) Diary Of A Wimpy Kid:The Ugly Truth (good / under :30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFvKOXHyp4&index=4&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix

The Complete Package:

**The 4-Hour Body (self-help, excellent. Also has a longer version that is very good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihQlnMjTEQ&index=11&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix

Features author:

I Was Always Beautiful (photo book - good / emotional)
https://vimeo.com/54409009

Getting Through What You Can't Get Over (non-fiction features author - good, relatable, CON - too long, and author talking should look at camera)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e8nWX1c1XQ&index=6&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix

Well Known Author:

Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich (publisher released / **Breaks the don't say what you show rule, but it works here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5a8rWoq17k&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix&index=13

Rogue Lawyer - John Grisham (effective use of images, text, and music - good TRT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl9xvEMiUY&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix&index=14

Series Trailer (by well-known author)

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfSpYwqhow&list=PL_VJc3819Gq_o_r3jEB9Qwo4W_3D3X7ix&index=3