Wondering what a book is about, but the summary on the back bores you? Try a book trailer!
Simon & Schuster have come out with several "book trailers," or previews of what a book is about, made by students at the New York Film Academy. Check out Amazon.com to watch the top three: Glass by Ellen Hopkins, Hacking Harvard by Robin Wasserman, and The Inner Circle by Kate Brian.
For other book trailers:
Book-Trailers.net is a blog that allows users to post up their own book trailer (not too many young adult trailers on there yet), and you can also search "book trailers" on YouTube for others, maybe for a book you want to read? Or, if you are interested in making your own book trailer (maybe as a supercool book report?), check out this blog for tips.
According to Sarah Dessen's blog, where I first heard about this whole phenomenon, a library in Arizona had a contest for teens to make book trailers and win a prize. Is anyone out there interested in Wadleigh Library doing this? Let me know!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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The idea of book trailers started back in 2002. Back then when we Google'd the term there were zero returns on it. So, we trademarked the term and created a market for them.
You can check out Reader's Entertainment TV. They have a Young Adult station there.
I see a lot of libraries using book trailers. This one uses most of our trailers - HERE.
You can also check out the making of one of the book trailers HERE.
COS Productions has worked with the ALA and offered to help students learn to make their own trailers and then we highlight them on REC TV.
Book Trailers can be very fun! It's great to see a blog about them for YA!
Sheila Clover English
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