Book Trailers (tm) & Author Web Sites discussion

Ivy, I added your cookbooks to my wishlist. And I agree with Dee, the covers are beautiful!

~Jaimey

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Thank you Dee and Jaimey!

Hi everyone.
Thank you Dee for the invitation.
My first book out last month is Short Shocks Volume I, which I have to revise, due to publishing problems.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
(sorry don't know how to get pic in here yet)
I'm currently working on Short shocks Volume II
Not got a website yet, but working on it. Slowly.

I did create a book trailer for SSVI, but not sure if it needs more work. I've watched a few b-trailers now. I don't think I could afford the shiney ones.
Nice to text you all though, I'll let you know if I ever think the trailer is worthwhile. Keep smileing:D
Oh, if anyone can tell me how to get it on here, I'd love your comments

Hi Andy,

Welcome and we look forward to viewing your trailer when it is published.

Below is an image of your book cover. When your trailer is finished just post its link in the trailer section :]

Greetings!

My name is JC De La Torre and I'm an author of Speculative Fiction.

What you are currently working on?
Currently, I'm working on the podiobook version of my novel, Ancient Rising - Rise of the Ancients Book I. I hope to have the first few episodes available for release soon. I'm also working on lining up reviews for my new novel, Rise of the Ancients - Annuna, which comes out July 31st. Finally, I'm working on my short story collection, tentatively titled "Welcome to My Nightmares" which will have all manner of speculative fiction.

Do you have a web site dedicated to your books?
http://jcdelatorre.com


Does your book have a book trailer?
A trailer is coming for Ancient Rising.
Here's the Rise of the Ancients - Annuna Trailer -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVvVXF...

Thanks!

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Hi JC,

I usually skip over the flash intros to websites, but yours was very interesting. It made me smile.

Also enjoyed your trailer.

Welcome to our group,
Dee Marie

Dee wrote: "Hi Andy,

Welcome and we look forward to viewing your trailer when it is published.

Below is an image of your book cover. When your trailer is finished just post its link in the trailer sectio..."
Thanks for the warm welcome, Dee. A big hello to everyone here too. Nice to be here.

I'm a YA author and I do all of the above: twit, trailers and dedicated book sites as well as maintaining a presence on facebook, myspace and numerous YA sites.

My books:
Falling for Romeo
Magic Hands
Nailed
Heavenly
A Season of Eden
and An Open Vein


www.jenniferlaurens.com

Hi Jenifer,
Welcome to our group.

Which online "service" do you feel is most helpful to getting an awareness about your book to the public?

I think I've cyber-met just about everybody here through other Goodreads groups, but thought I should say hello anyway.

Hello. :)

http://www.davidkorinetz.com

Hello! My name is Jennifer Miller and I'm very new to GoodReads :-) I'm also a new children's book author... my first (and at this time, only) book is called, "Two Snowflakes."

While available for sale, I also have a free e-book version of the book at my website TwoSnowflakes.net

I also have a site at TwinHappy.com (as well as a Twitter account @TwinHappyJen which I use in conjunction with the website) where I have been building a community of twin parents. I even recently registered the Twitter account @TwoSnowflakes although I'm not sure what I'll be doing with it yet :-p

I am currently working on my second book "Two Princesses!"

Thanks so much for having me here!


Two Snowflakes

Hi Jennifer L. Saw you on MySpace. Glad you're a member of Goodreads. ZD

Jennifer wrote: "I'm a YA author and I do all of the above: twit, trailers and dedicated book sites as well as maintaining a presence on facebook, myspace and numerous YA sites.

My books:
Falling for Romeo
Magic H..."

A very warm welcome to you, Jennifer.

Hi, everyone:
I'm John Desjarlais, author of three books:
The Throne of Tara (Crossway 1990; iuniverse 2000) is based on the thrilling true story of Columba of Iona, the hot-headed monk who went to war over a book (in 560 AD), and in remorse over the 3,000 men slain, exiled himself among the savage Picts of Scotland where he dueled the druids, miracles versus magic. This title went out of print in 1999 and I re-issued it with a "Back-in-Print" offer with iUniverse.

Relics (Thomas Nelson 1993, 2009) is a medieval thriller/romance.
A suspicious cathedral fire. A stolen treasure. A terrorist plot to kill the king of France. Intrigue. Betrayal. Romance. Another day in the 13th century.

Bleeder (Sophia Institute Press, forthcoming August 2009) is a contemporary mystery set in rural Illinois.
A stigmatic priest bleeds to death on Good Friday in front of horrified parishioners. A miracle? Or bloody murder?

All three titles are at www.amazon.com (well, Bleeder will be there in August).

A member of the Academy of American Poets and Mystery Writers of America, I publish short stories and poetry in literary journals, too.

For details on the books, reviews, a fuller bio, photos, contact info and links to interesting sites related to the stories' content, please visit http://www.johndesjarlais.com

You can see the trailer for Relics here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv2Hmg...

and the trailer-in-progress for Bleeder is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPt5y1...

I'm still tinkering with it.

I posted part of Bleeder chapter one in the Writing area of Goodreads.

Peace,
John

Andy wrote: "A very warm welcome to you, Jennifer."

Oh thanks so much Andy!

Hi. I'm so glad I found this thread, and this group. It's taken me a week roaming GoodReads to discover it.

I'm Dave Cullen author of Columbine, which Twelve/Hachette published in April.

I have a website for Columbine and a book trailer.

I coded the site myself, over a period of about seven years, and it's much better than it used to be, but really needs work. Lately I've recruited some volunteers to help with updates, but it needs a facelift.

I feel like I've made a good start on leveraging the web, but am only halfway there, if that. I intended to devote a lot more time on it this spring, but the book launch totally overwhelmed me. That's a good thing, but I feel behind. (Eg, I heard about GoodReads in Jan or Feb, and made a point to check it out, but the launch stuff buried most of my plans. I'm digging out now.)

I'm looking for ideas and other opinions/experience. I wish I'd known about this board last year. Better late than never.

Hachette farmed out the book trailer to Turnhere, and a local Denver filmmaker who spent years working on "South Park" created it. I was very happy with the result, except for the way I looked. hahaha. But seriously. Anyone else have that reaction. I love how it introduces the book, but have to look away from my face. God.

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(Will somebody tell me how to make the title link to the GoodReads page on it? Thanks.)

Edit: Oh, just html. Duh. Sorry.

Hi David So wonderful to see you, thanks so much for the hellos :]

Jennifer Ye gads, who would have thought that we would get two members with the same first name joining at nearly the same time? Welcome to our group Jennifer Miller, we will have to nickname you MaMa_Jen :]

Congrats on your children’s books. I like the titles of your current book and your upcoming one.

John Welcome to the group. Wow, you have been busy. As I am very interested in the history of Scotland, I will have to be sure to check out your novel The Throne of Tara.

Dave Welcome to the group. What a very difficult and heartbreaking subject you have tackled in your book Columbine. Hopefully your exploring this horrific event in our recent history can help others prevent it from happening again.

Jennifer Ye gads, who would have thought that we would get two members with the same first name joining at nearly the same time..."

LOL... well, us Jennifers are easy to come by... we're everywhere! :-p

Why do I all of a sudden have visions of Tribbles?

OK, finished the BLEEDER trailer. Viewable here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht1Onl...

It's not easy to condense a 300 page mystery to a 30-second tease. It's like putting together a 12-image storyboard for the whole novel. Well, it was kinda fun and maybe it will draw a little attention to the book. That's the whole idea. right?

Hey John,

Love the music and the book cover :]

Dave wrote: "Hi. I'm so glad I found this thread, and this group. It's taken me a week roaming GoodReads to discover it.

I'm Dave Cullen, author of Columbine, which Twelve/Hachette published in April.

I have ..."
Hi Dave and welcome. I saw your web site and watched the trailer. You certainly had your work cut out researching. Liked the site too, simple and effective. Well done. Regards, Andy.

John wrote: "Hi, everyone:
I'm John Desjarlais, author of three books:
The Throne of Tara (Crossway 1990; iuniverse 2000) is based on the thrilling true story of Columba of Iona, the hot-headed monk who went ..."
Hi John and welcome to the wee corner. I visited your site. It's very commercial looking. Loved the book covers, but thicko me, I just can't get anything to work on YouTube. Me included. I thought you might have the trailer embedded in the site. Best regards, Andy

Hi Zoodoc and other friends here!

Thanks, Andy and Dee.

I'm starting an author QA on Columbine [image error] here at GoodReads for two weeks starting tomorrow, running June 10-24. Thread here :

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1....

Hey Dave,

What a great idea...doing an author Q&A.
I will be sure to stop by. I have a ton of questions to ask.

Thanks so much for the link.

Hi everyone,
It's great to be here. My name is Jude Stephens and I'm a newly published author. And am still finding my way in this world of authors, publishers and the likes. My book Scent of a Vampire was released on June 3rd by Hearts on Fire books. It is a paranormal and is set in NY, NJ and PA. It just doesn't have vampires but some unique beings that I created including the main character.
I have a great love for classics like Bram Stokers Dracular and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Probably why my novel is a paranormal romance. I am working on a sequel titled Touch of a Vampire. I look foreard to getting to know everyone.

Jude

Thanks, Dee.

I've got kind of exciting news, too.

There's a new cover story on Oprah.com, and it will be the cover of the July issue of O Magazine: "Oprah's Summer Reading List: 25 Books You Can't Put Down."

She picked Columbine as one of the 25 (it's #7, if you scroll through the list).


http://tinyurl.com/n92kyr

We gave her exclusive rights to an excerpt--the first chapter--now on Oprah.com, which you can read at the link above, if you're interested. Her site also features new Book Club Discussion Questions for COLUMBINE.

They gave it a terrific review. A taste:

". . . Dave Cullen's spectacularly gripping account of the Colorado school shooting that shocked America a decade ago. But Cullen's chilling narrative is too vital to miss, as are his myth-busting revelations."

Thanks, Oprah.

(Let your friends know, if they're Oprah fans. There are Send & Share buttons there. There is also a place to discuss any of the 25 books):

http://www.oprah.com/community/commun...

Oh wow, congratulations Dave!!

Dave wrote: "Thanks, Dee.

I've got kind of exciting news, too.

There's a new cover story on Oprah.com, and it will be the cover of the July issue of O Magazine: "Oprah's Summer Reading List: 25 Books You Can'..."

Thanks, Jennifer. I'm pretty excited.

Hello,

My name is Mark O'Neal, and the title of my latest book is called The Moment of Truth. It's the sequel to Ulterior Motives and will be out sometime in the fall of this year.

I also have a blog that features new authors of all genres daily.

http://www.markswriterbloc.com

Dave wrote: "Thanks, Dee.

I've got kind of exciting news, too.

There's a new cover story on Oprah.com, and it will be the cover of the July issue of O Magazine: "Oprah's Summer Reading List: 25 Books You Can'..."
Way to go, Dave!

Welcome to the group Mark & Jude,

It is always just tooOooo much fun to launch a new book :]
We share in your joy and your excitement..Whoo! Wooo!

Hey Dave,

That is outstanding news. Doing the happy, happy, joy, joy dance for you! You deserve it.

The fact that you were actually on the scene of that horrific day in history, makes your book a valuable piece of historical writing!

It is an honor to have you as a member of our group.

Oh and for everyone else, be sure to click on the following link and join in on Dave's Q&A about his book:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1....

Thanks Dave for taking time out of your busy schedule to "finger-talk" to your readers.

My name is Laurel Lamperd and I live on the south coast in Western Australia.
I have just published my book, Crossroads at Isca with You Write On, which is the story of two British girls set in 2AD in Roman Britain and how the Roman occupation changed their lives.
I'm working on a murder mystery at present.
My website is http://laurel6346.tripod.com
Cheers, Laurel Lamperd

Hi Bill & Laurel

Thanks so much for becoming members of our group :]

Dee Marie

It's nice to be a member of Goodreads. I'm pretty new to it. I am the author of the novel "Midori by Moonlight," which came out in Fall 2007 and the forthcoming "Love in Translation" (coming November 2009), both published by St. Martin's. Japan has been a huge influence on my life and my novels have Japanese themes. You can see a book trailer for "Midori by Moonlight" at my Web site:

http://www.WendyTokunaga.com

As we say in Japanese, "Yoroshiku onegai shimasu" -- I'm so happy to meet you.

Your books sound very interesting Wendy. You are doing very well with your writing. All the best with future writing. Laurel
http://laurel6346.tripod.com

Thank you very much, Laurel. I wish you all the best with your writing as well. :-)

Greetings all,
I'm Sean Ellis and I write action-adventure fiction in the same vein as Clive Cussler and James Rollins. I recently took another step up the ladder with the release of The Shroud of Heaven, from Samhain Publishing LLC. Samhain mostly deals in romance but they made an exception for Shroud which is a pretty straightforward thriller. There are some excerpts and other material, including my homespun trailers on my website: http://seanellisthrillers.webs.com/

Thanks,
Sean

welcome to Goodreads & to our group Wendy. LOVED your trailer...only bad thing...it made me hungry...not just because of the bakery but also for another good summer read...ouch my aching bank account ;]

Welcome Sean,

Wow that is very impressive to have a thriller picked up by a romance publisher. Good for you :]

Thank you, Dee! :-) I'm sending you a virtual cupcake.

You are doing well, Sean. Samhain is a good publisher. If they are mainly romance, they must have thought your book was a good book. Laurel
http://laurel6346.tripod.com

Hi, everyone! Susan Barrett Price here, author of PASSION AND PERIL ON THE SILK ROAD: A THRILLER IN PAKISTAN AND CHINA. Started my first novel as a Nancy Drew fan, at age 11. Finally became an indie author-publisher at age 60.

My first book draws from my travels in Central Asia and my fascination with art and antiquities. Since I write mostly about the black market, I hate to say I'm an "insider" but let's just say I've done my research.

I'm working on my second book, still about the antiquities trade, this time in Thailand.

Check me out at http://www.PassionAndPeril.com and daily at http://www.MadInPursuit.com (where I'm celebrating my 10th year as a blogger, from back before they were called "blogs").

Susan -
Your book sounds very topical. With the wars and fighting, not a day goes past when that part of the world is not mentioned. I guess a lot goes on in the antiquities trade that the general public doesn't hear about either. Laurel
http://laurel6346.tripod.com

Laurel wrote: "Susan -
Your book sounds very topical. With the wars and fighting, not a day goes past when that part of the world is not mentioned. I guess a lot goes on in the antiquities trade that the general..." Yes, Laurel, it's ironic that I wrote the book before a lot of people knew where Pakistan was. And now I see Xinjiang region of China is in the news -- the other venue in my novel. It really is a fascinating part of the world. Susan

Wendy: Thanks for the cupcakes. The best thing about virtual bakery goods…they are always fresh :]

Laurel: I really like the covers of your novels :]

Susan: Congrats on your publication. How exciting to put be able to write a thriller surrounding places you have traveled. Love the color scheme on your site.

Hello, I'm still new to Goodreads as I just joined in July so I'm also still figuring out things but just came across this group tonight.

My name is Sierra Rose and I'm the author of Celtic Evil: A Fitzgerald Brothers Novel: Roarke, which is the first in a five part paranormal/romantic suspense series. I've also authored a short action story and a poetry collection. I am currently working on book 2 in the Celtic Evil series.

I do have a website:
http://sierra-rose-books.webs.com/

I'm currently working on a book teaser which I was informed is a shorter version of a trailer.

My favorite genre? That's hard. I love to read and write mainly action/adventure though I read many genres including romance, mystery and have recently branched out to writing more than action.

I do enjoy visting other author websites. Not only to see the varied methods authors use in promoting their books but also for the information on the books themselves.

I just started watching book trailers honestly. It was only last month that I discovered YouTube and figured out my computer could actually run one.

Congratulations on your book, Celtic Evil, Sierra. It looks interesting. The cover is beautiful and looks brooding. All the best with it.
Laurel
http://laurel6346.tripod.com