Great post from Diana about creating videos for promoting books.
I’m a cheapskate.
I’m also technologically impaired.
So when it came to making a book trailer for Sunwielder’s audiobook pre-release hype, I resorted to the old familiar standby from my years of selling office furniture – MS PowerPoint. The program’s been updated over the past 2 decades, but I still figured it out with some trial and error. And error. And a little more error.
The main thing I learned is regarding sequence:
1. Start with your text: Keep it pithy. I used my book blurb and pared it down to its bare essentials. That gave me about fifteen slides to populate with images.
2. Then add images: I took advantage of Pixabay’s royalty-free, attribution-free images for this one, frequently mashing them together to create a scene. Remember to check copyright details for the images you decide to use.
3. Add transitions: Don’t get too zany, but have fun. Timing…
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M J Mallon YA Author and Poet 
Thanks again for sharing, Marje. Patience and persistence are the only requirements. 🙂 I hope to see your trailer soon!
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Welcome Diana. It’s definitely on my to do list. 🙂
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