I’ve been completely obsessed of late with book trailers.  While there is a lot of really low grade, unispiring trailers out there on youtube at the moment, I think when they are done right, book trailers can really get you excited about reading a book.

I think we are going to see more and more of these in the future and in my mind, the idea is well overdue. Music artists have long turned to video to support their audio art and engage listeners on a new level.

While I don’t imagine every author gets a hell of a lot of say in what a book trailer comes out like, the example below suggests it is very possible for a book trailer to bring to support the author’s imagination and vision without coming across as an overt ad spot.

I think it’s one of the best book trailers of 2009. It’s for Scott Westerfeld’s new novel Leviathan.