Book trailers are a must for authors promoting their books, or generating buzz before books hit bookstores. But most authors don't have the budget to hire someone to create a book trailer.
Here is a Hub Page that offers details on creating your own book trailer in Windows Movie Maker:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Create-Your-Own-Book-Trailer-Free
For Mac users, start playing with iMovie, a fantastic recording and editing program. You can find tutorials about iMovie here:
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
Want tips on what makes a great book trailer? Visit my interview with COS Productions CEO Sheila Clover English. COS coined the phrase "book trailer" and continues to be a cut above the rest of the book trailer company competition.
Here is a great book trailer example from Jason Starr, author of the wickedly delightful thriller, The Follower:
Can't wait to play around with this! Thanks for the info.
Jane Kennedy Sutton
Author of The Ride
http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/
You know Keynote presentation can be used to make the moving captions for a movie.
Wow! Thanks for this link, I was wondering how to make trailers on my own.
Great information, Angela. Thank you. I didn't a clue how to do a book trailer.