For more information on what a book trailer is, have a look at this link. It also outlines some of the problems that can come up when creating such a piece. Notably, the lack of voice overs within the trailer seems to be a detriment. Without a voice, the trailer is less compelling. I suspect this is for the same reason that people are more drawn to graphics online that have photographs of real people in them - they relate to the media more. The spoken voice helps bridge the gap.

If you're a "do-it-yourself" kind of person, you might want to check out this article on how to make a book trailer. While I work with places that produce such videos, doing it all for you for a fee, if you'd rather do it on your own and hire me to do a voice over for you, we can certainly talk about it. You tell me what your budget is looking like and I can come up with a quote that fits within it and includes the studio time needed.

Provide teaser chapters to your fans, right off of your website!
In addition, audiobooks are becoming increasingly popular. I'm happy to talk with you about narrating your book if you're interested in creating a digital audiobook. But even if you're not interested in having your entire book read into a digital format, it might interest you to offer a teaser chapter of your book on your own website. Linking the MP3 to your website is easy to do and people can get a feel for your book without your needing to actually post the chapter in written form. You could even provide both the written form and the audio form. Having professionally created audio simply adds that little something extra.

Here are a couple of examples of a book trailer using my voice for the narration. One was done for a novel called Gone With The Witch by Annette Blair. Another is for a novel called Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair. Usually there are two versions of the trailers made - a long version and a short version (the short version is easily attachable in an email). There can also be a pre-release and a post-release version. Note that the pictures were custom made for this project (consulting with the author(s) is part of the process) and that the music is original and written especially for each project. (One book is more modern-day, urban fantasy, and the other is a science fiction themed story.)

If you'd like to listen to other voice over demos of mine, you're more than welcome to.

And if you're interested in talking with me about getting your own custom-made book trailer, feel free to email me or give me a call at 905-836-5444. I return emails within 12 hours at a maximum and can sometimes respond within the hour. If I'm not able to take your phone call immediately, feel free to leave me a message and I'll do my best to return your phone call within the same amount of time.