Showing posts with label illustrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustrations. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Authors Adding a Video Blog to the Platform - Read This



As part of your indie published platform(s), you might want to add an Author's Vlog.  Video goes hand in hand with the real work you are doing as an author, but also makes great SEO content.

For self-published authors who are considering adding a vlog - or even doing personalized book trailers - here's my list of great online editing tools which serve to enhance that which you've got to tell and sell:

First off, Stupeflix provides members with an array of tools and features, like text-to-speech and call-to-action buttons, that can turn children's e-books into apps, is great for iTunes, and iPad users and basic, video editing online.

Youtube is best, and Vimeo gets great reviews.  But have you tried Wattpad?  This site is great for self-published authors faced with the task of making their own following and fans of their writing with short stories or even trailers.  Thinking about making trailers or ipad apps without the use of  a commercial studio?  I'm still working on the trailer goal, too.  I have found that with even the most basic movie editor (standard on my very inexpensive laptop) and Youtube's studio creator section, it is possible to make some magic for discerning book buying customers.  This site makes indie publisher goals awesome is attainable.

At Animoto.com, it is easy to create awesome slide shows with all sorts of effects and music.
  1. Youtube - Check out my channel or just go - http://youtube.com
  2. Stupeflix - https://studio.stupeflix.com/en/
  3. Wattpad - http://wattpad.com
  4. Animoto - http://animoto.com/intro/animoto/

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Relaxing with YouTube

I don't have a working television.  Instead, I watch YouTube videos.  Its where I watched the first Game of Thrones episode, and where I learned to play the theme song on the ocarina.  Well' I didn't so much learn it as watch it; but, I did think of the experience as though I had learned at least something about the ocarina.  I have, now, an entire playlist with video game and epic television series theme songs played on the ocarina - most withfingering how-to information.  In other words, I am prepared.  I could learn to play the ocarina.

I have joined forces.  I played around with the question - what do I know about that viewers could learn from, find interesting or choose to watch.  And so today, I launch, Pail to Skate the first video in a series about Creating A Picture E-Book.  I also think these serve as a great addition to Kids Explore Nature pages on Urban Explorer.  Kids, artists, illustrators, and readers can watchthe picture e-book get put together from scratch.  I hope there will be tips for writers, too, like formatting for the Kindle with picture layouts.  Don't forget to subscribe!! Let me see its link to the first video is HERE!!