Teaching Video Book Trailers at Savvy Authors

I'm teaching how to make Video Book Trailers at Savvy Authors starting October 31. The class (which I've taught in conferences) has been stretched out to a whole month to give you plenty of time to craft your video, get feedback, etc. Check it out at http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1000


Creating your own book trailer video doesn't have to expensive or difficult. With free pictures, free music and Windows Movie Maker, you can make your own in a weekend. This class will take you through the basics. Must have Windows MovieMaker or some movie-making program you are familiar with.

$30 for non-members
$20 for SavvyAuthor members

Hope to see you there!

New Trailer for Mind Over Mind

Finally got inspired to create a trailer for Mind Over Mind!



This was probably the hardest video I've created.  For some reason, the theme would not come to me.  I'd been thinking about it for over a year now, and almost went to a paid service to have them do it for me. However, after 10 hours' sleep on Friday night, I woke up with the text the rest was easy.  (Although I have Windows Movie Maker Live.  They've changed the formatting so it's all digital.  I can't just slide pictures to the length I want.  Thus, you see fewer transitions because it messed up the timing.)  Incidentally, the picture of the study I found online in a morgue website--but it's my own study!  Weird.

marketing newsletter, classes for 2010!

Is one of your resolutions to better market your books? If so, I have some programs to help. I offer easy but comprehensive online classes on fun but effective marketing tools and have a weekly newsletter that guides you through the marketing process.

Here are the classes I’m offering for January, and info about the newsletter. This is a terrific time to subscribe to the newsletter, as I’ve re-organized the entire 54 weeks into a comprehensive marketing schedule. To register for any of these, please go to http://www.karinafabian.com/index.php?name=Content&pid=24.

The 30-Minute Marketer Newsletter: Marketing can seem a daunting task, but you can make inroads with only 30 minutes a week. But where do you start? While other newsletters give you dozens of wonderful ideas but no direction, The 30-Minute Marketer has organized those ideas and the well-known standards of marketing into a scheduled plan for you to follow. It also tells you how to accomplish these tasks. Don’t get overwhelmed - get organized with The 30-Minute Marketer!

CLASSES: REGISTRATION ENDS JAN 4:

"Virtual Book Tours": Learn how to arrange and conduct your own on-line book tour! We'll cover finding blogs and podcasts, getting the gig, coordinating the stops. You'll come away with a tour for your book. REGISTRATION OPEN. CLASS RUNS JAN 4-FEB 5, 2010.

"Video Book Trailers": Creating your own book trailer video doesn't have to expensive or difficult. With free pictures, free music and Windows Movie Maker, you can make your own in a weekend. This class will take you through the basics. Must have Windows MovieMaker or some movie-making program you are familiar with. REGISTRATION OPEN. CLASS RUNS JAN 4-FEB 5, 2010.

Happy new year!