Fellow authors, I need to tell you a secret – you can create a book trailer for free.
Last night, my son (he’s 11, by the way) showed me a “trailer” he made with his school iPad. It was pretty cool, so I asked him to show me how me made it. He directed me to iMovie on my phone.
So I started playing around.
I wonder if I can make a book trailer with this, I thought.
I hopped onto Pixabay and gathered a bunch of free-use photos that would be good for such a thing. The final result looked pretty neat, so I put it on my personal Facebook page. The reception was way better than I expected. So today, I hopped onto Google images for some better-quality pics labeled for reuse (thanks to Cathleen Townsend for teaching me how to find those).
Basically, I wanted to see if I could create a cool trailer for free. Check out the final result!
It’s not professionally produced by any means and uses a template, but considering I spent nothing on it, I don’t think it’s too shabby.
Allison Maruska 
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Pretty cool, Allison!
I’ve been working on marketing pieces for my upcoming book release and love the idea of adding a trailer. I didn’t realize it could be that easy, so I put it on the back burner.
The iMovie app is on my Mac. I’ve never played with it and didn’t realize it could be used that way, but I definitely need to check it out! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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You’re welcome! And good luck!
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Thanks!
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Very cool! I’m impressed.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Excellent! I love playing around with this program. Made a trailer I’ll never release, but I’m considering making another one. I love the suspense!
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Thanks! It was pretty fun to make. 🙂
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Nice! Looks like a movie trailer. I made my own book trailer for The Wedding Crasher that’s on sale. You can see it pinned on my Twitter page at @KimCoxAuthor but I used the free Microsoft program Movie Maker. There are a few things I wanted to do that I couldn’t or haven’t figured out how to do yet.
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Yours is cool! Nice job with it.
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Reblogged this on Kim's Author Support Blog.
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This is SO cool. I’m completely jealous. I hate you.
Show me how to make one!
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LOL. Of course. 🙂
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Ok. Right now.
Please.
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Reblogged this on Dan Alatorre – AUTHOR and commented:
This is SO cool.
If you have looked into making a book trailer, you’ll know you can get (a crappy) one from Fiverr for under a hundred bucks, or a nice one for $500, but this looks good and is FREE.
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Thanks for the reblog!
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This is too cool not to share with the world
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It’s great. I can’t believe it’s so simple to create something that looks so professional. I’ve been looking into using ‘fiver’ for a movie trailer but it’ll cost about £55 for the one I like. I must check out this iMovie. Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome! And good luck! 🙂
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I did the same thing. My Fiverr trailer didn’t look anywhere as good as this, either.
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OUTstandING! Are you kidding?It’s as awesome as you’re going to get it. How long did it take to hunt down the pictures? ❤ ❤ 😀
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Thanks! It took a couple of hours to complete. Hunting for pics took the biggest chunk of that time.
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Indeed. The pictures are time consuming. Sigh. Worth it though. This is fabulous.
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A few hours for an awesome video. Hard to beat.
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I.n.d.e.e.d. 🙂
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You are wrong, you know. This trailer looks very professional, and is brilliantly put together. Wish I could do as well…
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Thanks! Believe me – if I can do this, anyone can.
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I have had a look, but they all look very complicated. What was the name of the one you used?
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I used the Expedition trailer template.
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Thanks for this, I have got to have a go!
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Thanks for the reblog!
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Cool trailer. I too want to check out the book after watching it.
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Nice! I’ll count it as a success then. 🙂
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Then it did its job!
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That’s pretty cool!!!! 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Secrets revealed! Thanks, Allison!
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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No kidding. Such a valuable tool. This is how I’m spending my weekend.
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It made me want to check out the book, so I’d say it works! 🖒😆
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Awesome! 🙂
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Fantastic. Looks totally professional to me. Great from an artistic and from a marketing standpoint. Perfect timing with the music, too. Wow!
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Thanks! The music is part of the template. I’m glad my kids are here to teach me things.
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