Publishing has changed over the past several years. Writing and publishing a book is a good beginning, but to separate yourself from the pack, you need to embrace all the available resources and channels available to you, including social networking sites, book video trailers, and more. These post-publication endeavors, in collaboration with a well-written, high-quality publication, can help to create a “platform” for you and your book.
There is no better time than Halloween to shine the spotlight on 5 authors who are building their author platform in horror, mystery, and the occult. In alphabetical order, the top 5 Halloween Book Video Trailers for 2009 are…
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21 Bizarre Short Stories by José Cepeda GarcíaWhat at first shocks begins to feel oddly familiar and uncomfortably relevant as García trains his eye on the fundamentals of the human experience-from our capacity to endure great suffering to the never-ending quest for truth. What results is an exquisitely imagined world that might not be so strange after all… |
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Demon Key by David BrookoverAided by a psychic’s remarkable visions, the FBI track a kidnapper to an isolated island on the eastern edge of the Florida Everglades. A key with an eerie and violent past. Demon Key. A place where the kidnapper’s victims have mysteriously vanished. Forever. |
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Destiny’s Warriors by R.M. PutnamCeltic mythology and folklore are the threads used for weaving this fantasy about the brutality of human sacrifice to appease the ancient Gods. |
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The Peruke Maker: The Salem Witch Hunt Curse by Ruby DominguezThe Peruke Maker: The Salem Witch Hunt Curse is a compelling and suspenseful story that focuses on the infamous Salem Witch Hunt Curse, an ancient and evil practice which is unearthed from necromancy and violates the course of natural events in a modern day world. |
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The Vampires: Minotaur by Levant DuPraeNaamah who’s very name means loveliness, daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah. That was before Lilith, the immortal first woman of Creation as well as through an inadvertently, horrendous punishment the first undead blood drinker and ravager of men found her desirable as a sister. |
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 IT’S TIME TO VOTE – CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW.Vote for your favorite book video from the choices above on the Self Publishing News blog starting tomorrow, Thursday October 15, 2009.Votes will be accepted through Halloween, and the winning author will receive an Enhanced Audio Excerpt with iTunes distribution, courtesy of Outskirts Press. |
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Are you publishing with the fastest-growing
full-service self-publisher, and receiving promotional access
to book video trailers, iTunes-distributed Audio Excerpts,
and seasonal contests? Now is the time to start (or switch)…
