Media • Book Trailers
Book Trailer Creation
A short promotional video that introduces your book's premise, tone, and world to readers browsing online.
A first impression readers can watch.
A book trailer condenses your story's premise, mood, and stakes into a short video, giving readers a fast way to decide whether a book is for them. It works alongside a cover and blurb as another entry point into your book.
Authors often need a trailer around a launch, a relaunch, or a promotional push, when there's a video-shaped gap in how the book is presented across a website, social channels, or retail pages.
What we can create
Concept & Script
Develop the narrative angle, pacing, and key beats the trailer should hit.
Visual Direction
Select imagery, footage style, typography, and tone suited to your genre.
Voiceover & Text Treatment
Combine narration or on-screen text with visuals to convey the premise.
Music & Sound Design
Pair the visuals with a soundtrack and sound design that match the book's mood.
Platform Versions
Deliver formats suited to a website, YouTube, or social media placement.
Built around your book and your audience.
- Authors preparing for a book launch
- Authors relaunching a backlist title
- Fiction and non-fiction authors
- Series authors introducing a new installment
- Authors who need video content for a website or retail page
How it works
Tell us about your book
Share your book, stage, audience, timeline and the help you're looking for.
We review your goals
Our team looks at what you want to achieve and where your book is today.
We recommend the right approach
You get a clear recommendation, scope and custom quote — no obligation.
We create or execute the work
Once you approve the plan, our specialists deliver the work and keep you updated.
We review the next steps with you
We go through what was delivered and whether there's a sensible next stage.
Why Phoenix
We look at your book as a whole, not one task in isolation. The same team can connect book trailer creation with the editing, publishing, marketing or media work around it, so each piece supports the next. We explain what we recommend and why, agree the scope with you before starting, and never promise sales, rankings, coverage or reviews.
Custom packages available
Built around your project.
Every author, book, audience, timeline and goal is different. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish and we'll recommend a suitable approach.
Pricing may vary depending on
- Your book
- Manuscript length
- Number of assets
- Campaign scope
- Timeline
- Platforms
- Audience
- Geographic markets
- Level of ongoing support
- Not sure which service you need? Talk to our team.
- Need several services together? We can build a custom package.
- Need something different? Talk to our team about a custom project.
- Have a different requirement or budget in mind? Tell us about your project.
FAQs
How long is a typical book trailer?
Length depends on the book and platform; we'll recommend a suitable duration once we understand your goals.
Can a trailer be used across multiple platforms?
Yes. We can prepare versions suited to different placements such as a website, YouTube, or social channels.
Start with a conversation
Tell us about your book. We'll help you decide what you need.
Share your book, your goals and your timeline. Our team will review it and recommend the right services with a custom quote.