Spread the word about your book with a “commercial” –a video book trailer!
Video Book Trailers
Video Book Trailers
Book trailers focus on using audio and visual elements to spread the word about your new book.
Similar to a movie trailer (the “commercials” you see before the feature film at the movie theater or on TV), a book trailer is created by a professional video production studio, to pique interest in your book.
Trailers are posted at online points of purchase for your book. Book trailers make the viewer aware of your book’s content and entice them to buy your book – right at the moment they’re considering making a purchase!
Your book trailer will be featured on the Dorrance YouTube channel, and is appropriate for use on an author’s personal web page or blog, and Amazon Author Central.
View sample book trailers on the Dorrance Publishing YouTube channel!
We offer several book trailer packages. Explore the options below to find the one that’s right for you!
Opening Act Book Trailer – $599
This 30-second trailer created just for your book includes:
- Script development
- Storytelling through edited text, 2-D graphics and book cover art
- 20-25-second voiceover
- Digital mastering for web streaming capability and high-quality video downloads
Feature Presentation Book Trailer – $2,499
This extended, 60-90-second trailer packs in more features to really grab the viewer’s attention:
- Creation of a custom voiceover script, based on your book’s summary
- Professional voiceover talent that is reflective of your book’s genre
- Edited, royalty-free, high-resolution still images
- Two high-definition video clips – stock video or newly shot live action footage – specifically selected to illustrate your book’s summary
- Digital editing of all production elements
- Royalty-free music to enhance the voiceover and images
- Digital mastering for web streaming capability and high-quality video downloads
Author Personal Pitch Video – $4,449
This 1-1/2- to 2-minute custom-made video features you, the author, describing the highlights of your book and illustrating for customers why they should buy it:
- Filmed at a mutually agreed upon location by video production veterans*
- High-definition video: four hours of shooting, to include**:
- Set-up
- Interview prep
- Author interview
- Supplemental video of author in natural surroundings (four set-ups)
- Equipment striking
- Professional lighting and audio
- Video editing
- Royalty-free music
- 2-D graphics
- Digital mastering for web streaming capability and high-quality video downloads
*Professional paid talent and/or location permits are additional.
**Additional on-location shooting after four hours will be billed at $200/hour.