Make Them Feel the Book in 60 Seconds

BookTok and bookstagram turned video into the most powerful discovery channel in publishing. A cinematic trailer gives your story a scroll stopping presence everywhere readers hang out.

Video That Sells Books

Your Story Deserves a Movie Moment

A book trailer is not a slideshow with fancy fonts. Done right, it is a piece of cinema that transmits the feeling of your book, whether that is dread, wonder or hope, in under a minute.

Our team scripts your trailer around the emotional hook of your story, then builds it from licensed cinematic footage, motion graphics, original sound design and professional voiceover. Every trailer is colour graded and mixed like a film, because on a reader's feed it competes with films.

You receive a full cut for YouTube and your website, plus vertical and square edits sized for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and 15 second versions built specifically to run as paid ads.

Script and storyboard included
Licensed footage and music
Professional voiceover talent
Cinematic colour and sound mix
Vertical, square and wide cuts
Ad ready 15s and 30s versions
Book Trailer by Northern Star Press
400+ Trailers produced for authors and publishers
What's Included

A Complete Trailer Package, Launch Ready

One production covers every deliverable your launch and ad campaigns will need.

Script and Storyboard

A copywriter distils your book into a hook, an escalation and a call to action that you approve before production.

Cinematic Production

Licensed 4K footage, custom motion graphics and typography built around your cover's visual identity.

Music and Voiceover

Commercially licensed scores and professional voice talent, with full usage rights documented for ads.

Motion Graphics

Animated cover reveals, review pull quotes and title cards that make static assets feel alive.

Every Platform Format

Widescreen, vertical and square masters, correctly compressed for YouTube, TikTok, Reels and Amazon.

Ad Campaign Cuts

15 and 30 second edits engineered to stop the scroll, with hooks tested in the first two seconds.

How It Works

A Simple, Proven Process

Clear milestones and regular updates keep you in control at every step.

01

Creative Brief

We read your synopsis, study your genre's trailer landscape and define the emotional hook.

02

Script and Board

You approve the script, storyboard, music direction and voiceover casting before production begins.

03

Production

Editing, motion design, voice recording, sound mix and colour grade, assembled into your first cut.

04

Revisions and Files

Two revision rounds are included, then every master and social cut is delivered with usage rights.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do book trailers actually sell books?

As a standalone upload, rarely. As ad creative and social content, absolutely. Video ads consistently out click static images, and BookTok has minted bestsellers on the strength of 30 second clips. That is why every package includes ad ready cuts, not just a YouTube video.

Can you use footage of me or my own images?

Yes. Author introductions on camera, personal photos and artwork from your book can all be blended seamlessly with licensed footage.

How long should a book trailer be?

The main trailer runs 45 to 75 seconds, since attention drops sharply beyond that. Your package also includes 15 and 30 second cuts, which perform best as paid ads.

What rights do I get to the music and footage?

Full commercial usage rights for web, social and paid advertising, with the licence documentation delivered alongside your files.

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