Author Services
BOOK COVERS
We take your words and transform them into art, using your manuscript and author questionnaire to guide our creative vision. We provide you with between 3-5 cover options based on different concepts and artistic styles. After receiving your feedback on the first drafts, we retouch the top two choices, from which a winner is chosen. All Koehler Books authors receive an audience cover poll on the Koehler Books website to help determine the crowd favorite.
All of our book covers include a one-day, online Cover Release promotional event from Xpresso Book Tours. This is a great way to get maximum exposure through 40-60 participating blogs posting your book cover and information on their websites and social media.
*Note: Xpresso Book Tours mostly hosts Young Adult and New Adult book events.
AUTHOR WEBSITES
We create original author websites with one-of-a-kind designs based on your genre and books. Each author website comes with interactive flip-book style excerpts, custom slideshows and image galleries, automatic social media connections, and step-by-step instructions for adding blog posts and events.
Social Media Integration:
We don’t just stop with your website! Every website comes with full social media integration for Facebook and Twitter, including a custom-designed banner image and automated updates when you post to your blog.
Popular Elements:
Slideshows and Layered Sliders
Media Galleries
Event Calendars
Press Room
Book Clubs with Discussion
Blog Page with Automatic Connection to Social Networks
Looking for something that’s not on the list above? Don’t worry. Anything you dream up for your website, we can make into reality.
MARKETING MATERIALS
We can work with you to create a variety of marketing materials including:
Magazine Ads
Bookmarks
Facebook/Twitter Campaigns
Goodreads Giveaways
Book Cover Reveals
Book Trailer Reveals
The Book Cover and Trailer Reveals are a one-day, online promotional event from Xpresso Book Tours. This is a great way to get maximum exposure through 40-60 participating blogs posting your cover or trailer on their websites and social media.
*Note: Xpresso Book Tours mostly hosts Young Adult and New Adult book events.
Book Trailers
In today’s high-tech world, you need to keep up with changing trends and use any resources available to stand out. A book trailer is a great way to do that. While it’s true that book lovers prefer to use their imagination to visualize your characters and landscapes, a carefully crafted trailer reveals just enough to get people interested, but not enough to give too much away. This leaves viewers on the edge of their seat – what happens next? They’ll have to buy the book to find out!
All of our trailers include a one-day, online Trailer Release promotional event from Xpresso Book Tours. This is a great way to get maximum exposure through 40-60 participating blogs posting your trailer on their websites and social media.
*Note: Xpresso Book Tours mostly hosts Young Adult and New Adult book events.
Basic Book Teaser
Concept: The teaser uses the most-shocking or most-compelling part of your book to literally “tease” readers, prompting them to buy the book to find out what happens. It is meant to be released prior to your book release to build interest, but may also be released after.
Features: HD Post-Production, Royalty Free Music, Stock Photography, Advanced 2D and 3D animation effects of text and imagery
Duration: 1 minute or two 30-second teasers
Intermediate Book Trailer
Concept: The Intermediate Book Trailer is meant to bring your plot to life, while ending on a cliffhanger. Text moves the story along as compelling images are animated in layers. Effects may be added such as clouds, fire, smoke, feathers, etc.
Features: HD Post-Production, Royalty Free Music, Stock Photography, Advanced 2D and 3D animation effects of text and imagery
*Client may provide any additional images or audio such as voice narration (not included)
Duration: 2 minutes
Professional Book Trailer
Concept: One or two meaningful scenes are chosen from the book and up to two actors are cast to act without dialogue as voice-over narration plays over top.
Features: HD Production and Post-Production, Location Scouting, Royalty Free Music, Casting up to 2 Actors (No Dialogue), Voice Over Narration, Simple Visual Effects
Duration: 2-3 minutes
