Week 9: Assignment 2

Of the book trailers I watched, the ones that actually made me want to read the books were the videos that showed the authors simply talking about the books. The trailers that were jokey and gimmicky may have been funny or interesting in their own right, but that did not transfer to interest in the book itself. If the video doesn’t tell me anything about the actual book, it’s not going to generate interest for me to go out and read it. When authors share their personal reasons for writing a book and give some background to pull me into their story that is what makes me want to hear more about it. I don’t really hear people talking about book trailers. I hear much more about author interviews on the television, radio and in articles in newspapers and magazines. In terms of Readers’ Advisory, I think some of the trailers could be useful (such as the ones in which the authors actually talk about the books), but the other trailers I mentioned that don’t really talk about the book are probably not going to help us determine if a book is going to appeal to a particular patron.