Questions, answered

A short film that sells a book the way a movie trailer sells a movie. Ours are shot like cinema: real actors, real crews, real locations, built from the scene in your book that makes a stranger curious.

Our live action trailers start at $7,500. Larger productions run $12,000, and the Epic Saga package runs $20,000 to $25,000. Payment plans are available on every tier.

Not in the budget? Book teasers start at $600. Jump to the teaser questions

30 to 60 days from signed agreement to finished trailer. Rush production is possible when a launch date demands it.

30 to 60 seconds is the sweet spot, with 15 second versions for ads and social. We deliver every trailer in wide and vertical formats so it plays on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and your website.

Video is how readers discover books now. A cinematic trailer earns its keep before launch as a preorder tool, at launch across social and ads, and for years afterward on your website and in your pitch to producers and agents. Hear the long version on our About page.

Yes, and you should. A link to a cinematic trailer in a query or pitch email gives producers a taste of your story in sixty seconds and shows them you understand their world. More than one of our trailers has put a novel in front of a studio.

A cinematic video built from real filmed footage and set to score, with your title, cover and the lines that hook a reader. No actors on set, no shoot days, which is why it costs a fraction of a live action trailer. No slideshows, no stock photos, no AI.

$600 for a fifteen second teaser, $1,200 for thirty seconds, and $1,750 for the full tier. Every teaser ships in wide and vertical. Voice-over, an animated cover, extra cut-down lengths and a graphics package can be added at checkout. See the teaser tiers and book online in a few clicks.

One to two weeks from order to delivery.

A teaser fits most launches, most budgets and most genres. A live action trailer is for the author who wants a scene from the book on screen, with a cast, and who plans to use it for years, including in a pitch for adaptation. Not sure? Ask us and we will tell you honestly which one fits.

We read the book. We write a visual treatment and send casting options. Once you approve, we film, score and finish the trailer, and you get two rounds of revisions on the final edit.

Yes. The treatment phase is where we want every idea and vision you have for your book on screen. Getting aligned there is what makes the finished trailer feel like yours.

Yes. From your character descriptions we send up to ten casting options for each key role, and you choose.

For studio days, yes. Many authors do, and it makes for great behind-the-scenes content for your launch.

Half to begin, half on delivery. Payment plans are available on trailers and on the two larger teaser tiers.

You do, outright. With your permission we love to feature it on our channels and in our portfolio.

If you like the quality of the trailers in our portfolio, you will like yours. A trailer is an interpretation of your book by other artists, which is why the treatment phase matters so much: we settle the vision together before a camera rolls, and you get two rounds of revisions at the end.

YouTube and Vimeo first, then Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X in the vertical version, your Amazon author page, your newsletter, your website and every ad you run. A trailer keeps working for the life of the book.

Yes. Cinematic author websites start at $1,500 and go live in seven days. They sell books on their own, trailer or no trailer.

Everything a launch needs in one package: a ninety second teaser, fifteen or more social videos, branded graphics and captions, from $3,500. See the Book Launch Kit.

Yes. We have made trailers for Penguin Teen, HarperCollins and Macmillan, and for hundreds of independent authors. Publicists and marketing teams can reach us here.