Welcome to Friday Night at the Movies

Send in your trailers!

Starting in the new year, Indies Unlimited will be introducing “Friday Night at the Movies.” Each week we will feature a different book trailer video on Friday night at 5 p.m. Pacific time.

Trailers will be featured once a week on Friday night. At the end of the month there will be a contest where people can vote for the “Video of the month.” No cash. No prizes. It’s all for the glory!

This is a great excuse for you to “rally the troops” and ask for votes – it’s a gentle reminder to your posse about your book.

Here are the submissions guidelines, which can also be found on our submissions page:

The Video Trailer Feature requires a 100 word book description to accompany the video. Include a link to YouTube so we can obtain the necessary HTML code. You can see an example HERE. Authors submitting a Video Trailer will have that book showcased in the IU store for one year. These features require a purchase link for Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble or some other mainstream outlet. Please include at least one of these links with your query. Trailers should not have a run time in excess of 1:30 (90 seconds).

What Is a Book Video Trailer?

Oh you love the lens. You love it!

Also known as what is a book trailer video. Or a book video. Or a book trailer. It really doesn’t matter what you call it…it needs to get the job done.

Recently, I was very surprised at the responses a fellow indie author (Nick) received to a poll he conducted on his Facebook page. It went something like this:

a. Video trailers help sell books
b. Video trailers don’t help sell books
c. What is a video trailer? Continue reading

Video Trailer: The Mr. Pish Educational Series

The Mr. Pish Educational SeriesMr. Pish the traveling terrier wants to make sure that you know his five educational books and his 13-month personal planner/calendar are available this holiday season!

All Mr. Pish products are Mr. Pish Approved and contain full color photographs and engaging commentary geared to promote outdoor learning and literacy for all ages.

All Mr. Pish products are by K. S. Brooks, and are available from Amazon.comAmazon UK, and all Amazon.com stores.

Video Trailer: Rising from the Shadow of the Sun

This is the inspiring story of a little girl, a Prisoner of the Japanese in WW II on Java, who makes her dreams come true by determination, faith and love. A historical account of the horrors of life in a Japanese prison camp for women and children followed by Ronny’s memoir of life after the war in Indonesia, the Netherlands and the USA make it a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit.

Rising from the Shadow of the Sun is available through Amazon.comAmazon UKBarnes & Noble and other online book stores.

Video Trailer: The Rising

Managrail has been at peace for one hundred years, but things are about to change. After a near-fatal fall, Prince Simian and his sister, Lila, find themselves lost in an unknown land, forced to embark on a dangerous journey. Far away, another brother and sister return home, only to find their village of Dirth plundered and their family murdered. Two brother and sisters, different in every way, are brought together by tragedy. Can the powers of the enchanted Light Bringers save their lands and people from the dark powers of an evil sorceress?


The Rising (The Lost Children of Managrail), the young adult fantasy by Aron Joice, is available from Amazon.comAmazon UK, and all Amazon.com stores.

Video Trailer: A Year with Mr. Pish

A Year with Mr. Pish 2013Mr. Pish the traveling terrier will help you stay organized in his own cute way with this 13-month personal planner/calendar loaded with photos of the precious and adventurous pup!

As with all Mr. Pish products, A Year with Mr. Pish – 2013 Personal Planner contains full color photographs and engaging commentary geared to promote outdoor learning and literacy and is fun for all ages.

 

A Year with Mr. Pish, the entertaining personal planner by K. S. Brooks, is available from Amazon.comAmazon UK, and all Amazon.com stores.

 

Video Trailer: Creepier by the Dozen

Creepier by the DozenCreepier by the Dozen is a collection of twelve short stories written by a father, son and daughter team of writers. These twisted tales are crafted in the tradition of Stephen King, Dean Koontz and others, and just in time for your creepy Halloween to-be-read list.

 
Creepier by the Dozen, the short story collection by Stephen, Cole and Anneliese Hise, is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords and other online booksellers.

Video Trailer: Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure

Mr. Pish's Woodland AdventureMr. Pish, the adventurous Jack Russell Terrier, leads readers on an expedition into the forest in Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure. With full color photographs and engaging text geared to promote outdoor learning, Mr. Pish shows how easy it is to experience nature no matter where you live. Mr. Pish even teaches kids how to make their own “Great Explorer’s” scrapbook! Continue reading