[...] trailers of the year. We chose the picture of Zach Galifianakis because…well….just go watch the trailers. An excerpt: So what makes a good trailer? Carolyn Kellogg, who edits the LA Times’s book [...]

[...] yourself, check out that Karl Rove attack ad book trailer (not a finalist) embedded above and read this Flavorwire article about book [...]

German filmmaker, Ma Raab, did an excellent book trailer for Sounds Like Crazy, my novel. It is creative, fun, informative, everything a book trailer should be. It was definitely missed during your selection process and should be considered!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXg9ruqzNAM

Oh my goodness, how could this trailer for Feral House’s Compleat Motherfucker book not make the cut? Pure genius…
http://feralhouse.com/fh_blog/archives/2009/07/compleat_mother.php

One more brilliant trailer from Feral House, for the book LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH. This was directed by William Mortensen of Skinny Puppy. These trailers are in a league of their own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNU5EJ0dttU

This trailer, a low budget one, had received 5000 plus hits in four weeks on YouTube. Hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tazCANYNTw

from Electric Literature #1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJieivqFQs
they are doing the coolest version of mashing up print and moving imagery.

[...] Flavorpill picks the best and worst book trailers of the year. [...]

[...] Flavorwire has the rundown on their own picks, along with a few good ones that didn’t make the list at all. But every one of the finalists is worth watching, and they’re all short enough to sandwich into a little downtime at the end of a workday. Unlike film trailers, which are constrained to jump cuts of the movie highlights and pull quotes, and  never seem particularly appealing, the different approaches here are wonderful. If anyone has doubts about the utility of the book trailer, whether as a marketing tool or added value, get over it—they’re fun. [...]

[...] the Flavorwire article on the competition. This is their pick for ‘Best Big Budget,’ and it’s a engaging [...]

[...] big fans of author Ben Marcus over here — and we have been known to enjoy a book trailer or two, though we’re not sure the form has been truly perfected as yet. But we’re not [...]