eBook Trailers - The New Way of eBook Promotion!

For many years, the big movie houses have used "movie trailers" to stir up excitement and interest for their soon to be released movie. These trailers include some common characteristics such as using music to create the "atmosphere" and fast paced footage to provide viewers with a brief, but powerful insight into the movie's content.

Authors and publishing houses have also used book trailers to stir up excitment for their new releases.

eBook authors should strongly consider using this new medium for promoting their eBook. Below are some key points to help get you started.

Key Points to Creating a Successful eBook Trailer:

1. A video book trailer is designed to promote you and your eBook.

2. It should be created using professional software

3. It should be well planned

4. Be creative

5. Have a unique twist to it

6. Have a catchy headline

7. Keep it brief otherwise you will lose the viewers attention and it should be enjoyable to watch!

8. Conduct your own research first so that you can learn what is required to create a great eBook trailer. Go to YouTube and search for "book trailers" and take notes on what you find works and what doesn't work.

9. Write a brief outline for the direction of your trailer. This doesn't have to be too formal, just an outline that will get you started and give you direction.

10. If you need to find photos, graphics or images for your trailer then you can buy them for a reasonable price at BigStockPhoto.com or iStockPhoto.com. There are also other sites available if you don't find what you are looking for here. Just make sure that the photos you choose are relevant to your topic.

11. When looking for music you will need to conduct a search for "royalty free music."

12. Add the right tags to your video in the same fashion as if you were adding keywords to text articles. This will help these video sharing sites better classify your video and increase the chances of it reaching your target audience.

So Where Can You Submit Your eBook Trailer?

1. YouTube

2. eBookTrailer.com

3. Revver

4. MySpaceTV

5. Metacafe

6. AuthorsDen

7. eBookAuthor.com.au

8. BookTrailers.org

9. DailyMotion

10. Blip TV

11. Brightcove

12. Veoh

Note:

These sites are constantly changing so be sure to check out which sites best suit your eBook and target audience.