Persona Invented the Book Trailer in 1988 — Now a Standard of "Animated Blogging"
Feb 27, 2008 at 04:29PM
Persona's creative director Kam Wai Yu invented the book trailer in 1988, and has continued to lead in novel trailer and book video breakthroughs since. Now, almost a mandatory tactic, book trailers continued to sell books online and are a mainstay of blogging. View Kam's incredible award-winning trailers below, then call for help to develop your own.
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MADicine, the new Alban Bane Thriller, from Derek Armstrong
- “In his follow-up to the excellent The Game, Armstrong takes on a whole new set of challenges ... brilliance in which Armstrong blends comedy, parody, and adventure in genuinely innovative ways.”—Booklist
- "Detective Alban Bane's second outing takes a satirical look at genetics research companies, zombie films and more....Armstrong's action packed novel." Publishers Weekly
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The Last Troubadour Historical epic by Derek Armstrong
Three "unforgettable characters"—the Troubadour, the Templar and the Temptress—set out on a wild quest to avert a war by rescuing the Holiest of Relics from a Papal Crusading army. Armstrong seamlessly blends the history of the Cathar crusade and the Holy Grail with the development of tarot cards. Armstrong is the author of the critically acclaimed satirical "reality TV" thriller The Game. ISBN 9781601640109.
Truth or Bare A Crime Novel by Richard Cahill
A blackly funny crime novel about a lawyer who hates lawyers moving with the ease of a shark through the dingy bars and fantasy parlors where his clients do their dangerous dance of survival on society’s underbelly. ISBN 978-1-60164-016-1
Recycling Jimmy British Wit, a novel by Andy Tilley
An outrageous romp into "suicide for profit" and the darkest aspects of human nature, told with brilliant black humor and a zest for life. ISBN 978-1-60164-013-0.
Women of Magdalene Post Civil War Historical by Rosemary Poole-Carter
The women of Magdalene are dying and no one seems to care, least of all the haughty Dr. Kingston, the director of the genteel Ladies’ Lunatic Asylum. ISBN 978-1-60164-014-7.
On Ice A unique Road Trip with Red Evans
What do you get when you mix a corpse "on ice" in a kiddie pool in the back of a pick up truck, a wide-eyed farm boy and a flatulent dog? Don't miss this utterly charming road trip story.
The Game Satirical Thriller bashes Reality TV, by Derek Armstrong
bang BANG A novel by Lynn Hoffman
Mothering Mother A touching memoir by Carol O'Dell
Rabid A novel by TK Kenyon
The Secret Ever Keeps A novel by Art Tirrell
Shadow of Innocence A Groovy Sixties Mystery by Ric Wasley
Toonamint of Champions Hilarious "golf" novel by Todd Sentell
Whale Song A novel by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
By Derek Armstrong<
Author of
• Blogertize: A Leading Expert Shows How Your Blog Can Be a Money-Making Machine
• The Persona Principle
• The Game, An Alban Bane Thriller
• MADicine, An Alban Bane Thriller
• The Last Troubadour, Book 1 Song of Montségur
• The Last Quest, Book 2 Song of Montségur






