This trailer is for the novel Shimmer, the story of a high-tech crusade nearing its end. The shell game Robbie has created is finally running out of room. And Robbie is the only one who knows. And he's the only one who has a chance to make things right. Shimmer is written by Eric Barnes.
Not a very effective book trailer, I'm afraid. Way too long, lots of dead time. I kept wishing I could fast forward it. I gave up definitively at 1:49. I still don't know what the story is really about: what's the problem, what are the stakes, why do I care?
The wee bit of informal research I've done on book trailers indicates that more people decide not to buy a book because of the trailer than the other way around. Something to think about.
Judg 2 years ago