Give readers thirty seconds they'll actually watch.
A trailer isn't a summary of your book read aloud over stock footage. It's a short, deliberate piece of motion and sound built to make someone stop scrolling and want to know more. We handle the concept, the script, the visuals and the licensing, and hand you a finished video cut for wherever your readers actually are.
A trailer is a small production, not a slideshow with music under it
Book trailers fail for a predictable reason: they try to summarize a whole book in sixty seconds instead of giving a viewer one clear feeling and a reason to click through. Ours start with a concept, a mood, a question, a single unresolved moment from your book, and build a short script and storyboard around it before any visual work begins, the same way a film trailer is built around a hook, not a synopsis.
This service is for authors and publishers who want a trailer that can actually carry weight during a launch: on a book's landing page, in a pre order email, on the social platforms where readers already spend their time. We work from your manuscript, cover art and any brand materials you already have, and build a video designed to be watched, not skipped.
Six pieces of a trailer built with intention
Creative Concept
Before any footage or graphics are touched, we develop the hook your trailer will be built around: the feeling, tension or question that makes a viewer want to know more, matched to your genre and your book's tone.
Script & Storyboard
A written script and a frame by frame storyboard, reviewed and approved by you before production starts, so you know exactly what the finished trailer will look and sound like ahead of time.
Motion Graphics
Text, cover art and imagery brought to life with animation and pacing built for your book's genre: moody and restrained for a literary novel, propulsive for a thriller.
Voice Over Options
A narrated trailer, a text driven trailer with no voice at all, or something in between: we'll recommend an approach and, if narration fits, offer voice options for you to choose from.
Licensed Music
Every trailer is scored with properly licensed, royalty free music selected for tone and pacing, never an untracked or unlicensed track that could put your finished video at risk.
Multi Format Delivery
A widescreen master for your website and YouTube, plus vertical and square cuts sized for Instagram, TikTok and other social platforms: one shoot, every format your launch needs.
From concept call to final export
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Concept Call
We talk through your book, its tone and your launch plans, and propose a creative concept: the hook and mood your trailer will be built around.
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Script & Storyboard
A written script and visual storyboard are drafted and shared for your review, so the structure and pacing are agreed before any animation begins.
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Asset Gathering
We collect your cover art, brand imagery and any existing photography or footage, and source properly licensed music and additional visual elements as needed.
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Production
Motion graphics, text animation and voice over (if included) are built out according to the approved storyboard.
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Your Review
You watch a full working cut and share notes, on pacing, timing, and text changes, before anything is finalized.
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Final Delivery
A finished widescreen master plus vertical and square cuts, exported in the formats your launch actually needs.
One trailer, cut for every platform it needs to live on
A trailer that only works on a landing page leaves reach on the table. Every project is delivered as a widescreen master alongside vertical and square versions, framed and paced for Instagram, TikTok and other social formats, so the same trailer works whether it's embedded, shared or scrolled past in a feed.
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A launch tool that earns its place across genres
A trailer is common in some genres and unexpected in others: we'll tell you honestly whether one makes sense for your book.
Often paired with a book trailer
What it's like to work with our video team
“The storyboard stage made all the difference. I knew exactly what I was getting before a single graphic was built.”
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“I didn't expect a book trailer to actually feel cinematic. It genuinely raised the whole feel of my launch.”
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“Having the vertical cuts ready alongside the main video saved me from re editing everything myself for social.”
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Tell us about your book, and we'll propose a trailer concept
No obligation: just a first look at the hook and approach we'd build your trailer around.
Every project starts with an approved script and storyboard, nothing is animated until you've signed off.
Frequently Asked Questions
We won't promise that, and you should be wary of anyone who does: no trailer can guarantee sales or views. What we can promise is a well made, purposeful video built around a real creative concept, ready to do its job as one part of a broader launch.
No. Most book trailers are built from motion graphics, text animation and imagery rather than live footage of the author, and that approach works well across most genres. If you'd like to include live footage, tell us during the concept call and we can advise on what's realistic.
Properly licensed, royalty free tracks selected for your book's tone and pacing. We never use unlicensed or untracked audio, since that risk lands on you after the video is published; every track we select comes with usage rights covered.
Most run somewhere between thirty seconds and two minutes, depending on genre and where the trailer will be used. Shorter tends to suit social platforms; a slightly longer cut can work better as a standalone landing page piece. We'll recommend a length during the concept call.
Yes, every project includes a widescreen master alongside vertical and square cuts sized for social platforms, so you're not stuck resizing or re cropping a single format yourself.
We write it, working from your manuscript, cover copy and the concept we've agreed on together. You review and approve the script before storyboarding begins, so nothing moves forward without your sign off.
We can begin concept and script work before your cover is finalized, though production typically waits until final art is ready, since the trailer is usually built around it. Let us know your timeline and we'll plan the schedule accordingly.
A finished widescreen master file plus vertical and square cuts, exported in standard video formats ready to upload directly to your website, email platform and social accounts.
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