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One question, one page. Each guide gives the short answer first and then the detail, so you can stop when you have what you need.
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Pick a topic or start with the guide most authors need first. Every guide ends with what to do next, whether you do it yourself or ask a studio.
Start here How to make a book trailer. A good trailer is planned before anything is filmed or generated. These are the six steps we follow, written so you can follow them too.Book trailers
Length, script, captions, formats and where to share a trailer.
- Book trailersA book trailer checklist.Run through it once before you publish. It takes ten minutes and catches what is easy to miss.
- Book trailersWhere to share a book trailer.Put the trailer where a reader decides, in the format that place needs.
- Book trailersDo book trailers sell books?Sometimes, and it depends on the job you give the trailer.
- Book trailersTrailer or video ad?A trailer builds desire, an ad asks for the click.
- Book trailersHow to write a book trailer script.A trailer script is a few lines, and each one has a job.
- Book trailersHow long should a book trailer be?Short enough that people watch to the end, long enough to land the hook.
- Book trailersBook trailer captions: why and how.Captions make the trailer work with the sound off, and for every viewer.
Author websites
What your site needs so readers, organisers and the press find what they came for.
Audio
Choosing a voice, an accent and a language for your audiobook.
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- Book trailersBook trailers for every screen.We adapt your book into a cinematic trailer, then cut it for YouTube, Reels, TikTok and ads. Launch packs add the pieces around it.
- Author websitesAuthor websites for your books.One place under your name for your books, your biography, your talks and the way to reach you. Designed and built by the studio that makes your trailer.
- AudiobooksAudiobooks in any language.We produce audiobooks with real voices in every language and accent. Choose where your readers are, listen to samples and decide.
Tell us about your book.
And about your launch. We reply with a proposal: the pieces and the timeline.