trailers

Do book trailers do anything for you as a reader? Do you find them boring, the same old slideshow with a soundtrack, a “slow, agonizing presentation of the cover blurb of the book?” Well, you wouldn’t be alone. Here’s what not to do if you’re thinking about a trailer for your masterpiece as well as a discussion of the pros and cons of having one at all.

G.P. Putnam's Sons has teamed with the Internet production wing of Michael Eisner's new media venture, Vuguru, to release a 50-episode web series that will lead up to the launch of Robin Cook's forthcoming thriller, Foreign Body. The webisodes will start airing on May 27 and end a on August 4, which is the day prior to the book’s release.