Articles tagged "video"

by Carol Housel Marketing Communications Specialist
October 9, 2009
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What does success mean to you?

In Author Spotlight, Contest, Lulu News, Promotions — Tagged:

For some, success can mean selling a copy of your book to someone you’ve never met, or maybe success means seeing your grandmother’s recipes in print or being able to quit your day job and do what you love. We at Lulu know that success means something different to each of us, and we want to know what success means to you!

Tell us!
Create a video clip up to 30 seconds in length and tell us what success means to you. We’ll cut all the submissions together and create a video showcasing our wonderful Lulus! You get a chance to tell the world what success means to you!

Here’s what you need to do:

  • Create a 30 second (or less) video clip (.mov file)
  • Tell us what success means to you
  • Save the files as your full name (ex. CarolHousel.mov / CarolHousel.jpg)
  • Upload the video file
  • Upload a photo of yourself

If you have questions or comments, feel free to post them below in the comments section. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces and hearing what success means to you!

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by Carol Housel Marketing Communications Specialist
June 13, 2008
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How to create the BEST book trailer, EVER. (seriously.)

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Book trailers. You’ve seen ‘em and thought to yourself, “I could do that.” Perhaps you thought “I could do that better!” I’m here to tell you how!

  • First, write a book. This is the most difficult part of creating a book trailer. Once you’ve got that down, you are almost finished.
  • Publish your book on Lulu.com. This is imperative and will ensure that your book trailer will better than everyone else’s.
  • Be creative. Some book trailers have narrators explaining what the book is about, some book trailers are just words on the screen describing the book. I say make it interesting. You are obviously a creative person, you wrote a book! Use your imagination. Try asking some friends to act out an important scene in your book or maybe explain why people should buy your book using interpretive dance. What ever you do, be creative.

Avoid the book trailer pitfalls of despair:

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