The new screen is amazing no doubt, and as tech geeks, we love it… But between the weight of the device for those marathon, can’t-put-it-down reading sessions AND being able to read in direct sunlight, the Kindle is still our choice for preferred reader.
Source: bookriot.com
If only there was a company that could provide something that wasn’t so cheesy or expensive to promote my book… OH WAIT.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Matt Freidell, a video editor/producer who created a company called The Glossary to produce short trailers for books, wrote to say, “I read the novella included in your newest release The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and between the nostalgia of the actual Disney ride and all the great futuristic elements, it really conjured up some fantastic visuals. I noticed you didn’t have any kind of videos promoting it, so I decided to put together a little something in my spare time.”
That ‘little something’ is this tremendous video. I’m immensely gratified and grateful for Matt’s work, not to mention excited and delighted!
-Cory Doctorow
Click here for the link to the original article on Cory Doctorow’s website. Needless to say, we’re more than a little excited about this. Nothing like creating something for one of our favorite authors and having them love it!
Source: craphound.com
Next month, as part of its Art of the Novella series, Melville House is publishing five classic novellas all with the same name: THE DUEL.
Now all we need is… one great video trailer.
Okay, so we’re a little, ahem, critical of the videos made by the system, most of which are terrible and also not any good. So we’ve decided to try something else: Make you do it.
That’s right, we challenge YOU to make the most awesome book trailer of all time. The winner will receive a full set of all 42 titles in our Art of the Novellas series (a value of $420). Also: underground fame and glory.
The rules:
1. Must be under 3:00 minutes long. It can be hilarious or deadly serious. It can be shot in 3D or drawn in crayon. Sensuround welcome.
2. Include at least one cover from one of The Duels in your video.
3. Must end with the Melville House logo. (Download our logo here.)
4. Copy and paste this text in the YouTube video description:Five great books, five great writers, one great title. The Duel by Giacomo Casanova, Anton Chekhov, Joseph Conrad, Heinrich Von Kleist, and Aleksandr Kuprin. Available now from Melville House Publishing. For more information visit: http://mhpbooks.com/book.php?id=575
5. Once it’s up, submit the URL to contact@mhpbooks.com so we can embed it on our website. Or leave it in the comments section below.
6. The winner will be whomever gets the most YouTube views.
7. The prize will be awarded September 1st.Naturally, we want to play too. So here’s our first entry:
Bring it on!
Love,
Melville House Publishing
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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