The Night of the Living Trekkies Book Trailer

[Michael]

Have you guys seen this? It's a trailer for a new book called The Night of the Living Trekkies ...

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyO2k-jApng[/yt]

BTW, since when do they actually produce trailers for a book?

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I believe George Lucas did a trailer years ago for the 'Shadow of the Empire' novel....and they currently have a trailer for an upcoming behind-the-scenes book on 'Empire Strikes Back.'

An author I know (from an online writer's group) made a trailer for her book that is soon-to-be-released.

So, yes, they do have trailers for books.

 

[John Clark]

Sounds kinda fun

 

[Starbreaker]

BTW, since when do they actually produce trailers for a book?

They started doing it a few years ago. I've seen several for James Patterson novels on TV.

 

[Michael]

Hm, okay, must be an US thing then. I've never seen something like that in Germany ...

 

[KimMH]

by Quirk books? or was that Quark books?

looks fun - if not life changing or anything . . .

 

[Cyke101]

If a movie ever comes out, I'll be first in line!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

BTW, since when do they actually produce trailers for a book?

Here's one by the same publisher. There's more in the related videos as well.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1JdPvyy93I[/yt]

 

[Kelso]

This book is already in stores.

 

[zar]

The zombie yell at 1:36 is from Half-Life 2.

 

[Greg Cox]

I've read the book. It's fun.

 

[Therin of Andor]

This book is already in stores.

I bought my copy today! I had blogged about it coming ages ago.

http://therinofandor.blogspot.com/2010/03/night-of-living-trekkies.html

As for book trailers, the phenomenon has been around for years. Youtube is full of them. The students at my (elementary level) school have made several this year.

 

[Alienesse]

Looks like it would make a cool flick

 

[Greg Cox]

A friend of mine asked a good question: how can they possibly sell enough books to pay for that trailer?

I admit I'm not sure how that works.

 

[Therin of Andor]

A friend of mine asked a good question: how can they possibly sell enough books to pay for that trailer?

Maybe a group of fan film fanatics donated their time and money?

 

[zar]

Maybe a group of fan film fanatics donated their time and money?

Yeah, the Vulcan at 1:07 looks a lot like that guy who plays Spock in one of those fan series.

 

[Kelso]

A friend of mine asked a good question: how can they possibly sell enough books to pay for that trailer?

Maybe a group of fan film fanatics donated their time and money?

Elaborate book trailers are becoming pretty common. And I can't imagine fanfilm enthusiasts donating their time and money to sell a company's product.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzCPfFyrXs[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58RPS665V0&feature=related[/yt]

 

[Therin of Andor]

I can't imagine fanfilm enthusiasts donating their time and money to sell a company's product.

Well, I can. Over the years, the Star Trek fans I know have dedicated their lives into helping promote Star Trek for free - in all of its forms.

What's the difference between a trailer for a Star Trek fan film and a trailer for a commercial Star Trek parody book?

The students at my school make book trailers for children's picture books as part of school assignments. All I'm thinking is that Quirk Publishing may have thrown a little money (or other resources) at some young film makers, or university film students, wanting to get a start in the business.

 

[Forbin]

Oh, I SO want that to be made into a film!!!

 

[Capn Flukie]

I would watch that as a film.