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Beyond awesome.  Good luck to all!

Totally awesome! Can’t wait for the entries! Wish I had the skills to enter.

“International entries are welcome. We ship anywhere, except the space station.”

But I have a feeling that at the moment a Kindle wouldn’t be much use to anyone outside the US, because it won’t work:

“The Kindle is based on wireless technology. If you need agreement with carriers in the US, there is one carrier. In Europe it is a minefield as there are so many operators. If you buy a Kindle in the UK and want to read it on the beach on holiday in Spain, unless we have signed deals in Spain it is not going to work on that beach,” he said. (The Bookseller.com)

Considering I only discovered the magic of iMovie on my computer about two weeks ago, I’m not sure how smart it would be to unleash me on this contest.  And yet. . .

If only I had a video camera!

Well, since I am no where near qualified to even think of making a videomo (did someone copyright that I hope?), I will look forward to the submissions and voting.

Should be fun!

seeing that you are giving the winner a Kindle made me squeak. literally. out loud. it’s a good thing i have no roommates.

DAYUM i wish i was creative.

Thanks for enlightening me, Sarah. I wouldn’t have a clue how to put together a promotional video so I wasn’t worried on my own behalf. Obviously the clues I did have about the Kindle were misleading ones.

The device itself will work in Europe, according to my research. The wireless may not. But one should be able to download and add books using the USB connection. There are a few options for download and transfer.

Yes. I used my Kindle all over Australia and New Zealand. All you can’t use is the wireless or access the Amazon store. Which is kind of half the allure of a Kindle, but still. Free ereader!

It’s not that I don’t take every word written by the SBs as gospel….... but “book trailer” is trademarked? I had to google and yes of course you’re right…. but that’s just so .... Weird.

Good luck to all who enter.

Ah to be creative and talented and actually understand technology!

*sigh*

Still, this promises to be, at the very least, highly entertaining.

SBSarah, you need to trademark videomo, srsly you do.

Yowza!!!  A free e-reader!  That’s, like, a big-time prize!

That’s so unbelievably cool I may have to figure out how to do a videomo.  Which you all may have cause to deeply regret.

And “videomo” is a supercalifragiliticexpialidocious word.

I can’t believe I mis-spelled supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  Even given that it’s not a real word, I missed a whole syllable.

Are authors eligible?  Not that I need another way to procrastinate…

Wait, there’s a Smart Bitches YouTube channel? What’s it called? I must subscribe!

(Spam word: piece18. I gotta get me a piece of that!)

Okay, I’m done procrastinating but here’s my videomo.  Now I’m gonna get to work.

Beyond Heaving Bosoms

Hoo boy, with the sick talents in this group whipped to a free-Kindle-induced pitch, I can’t wait to see the outcome. Shudder of delicious fear.

What about “informative-romance-novel-companion trailer”?

Also I am super duper excited about this!  If anyone wants to team up I have camera and editing experience the only thing I really need help with is costumes and sets!

I’m already getting grand ideas beyond my budget..  sigh..

Shiloh, your videomo was terrific!  I loved the Mozart background.  That gave it just the right touch of class.  You did such a great job of presenting the cover snark.

Don’t even get me started on people trademarking popular terms.  And just because someone pays 35 bucks to trademark a common phrase doesn’t mean that others can’t use it anymore.  And good luck on that anyway since EVERYONE uses the term.

Thanks, Bev… I’m way too good at distracting myself and procrastinating.  Way, way…wayyyyy too good…

If the term is trademarked, you simply capitalize it and add the (tm) symbol so you would use it as: Book Trailer™

See how simple? I, too, wish I wasn’t technologically challenged (or imaginationally challenged for that matter) to participate. I have my own Book Trailer™ aka Videomo™  to work on in upcoming months.

Ha! I trademarked the term for you, Sarah! Shiloh, that one ruled! I can’t wait to see the entries roll in.

Oh gods… if only my entire imagination didn’t do a flop/sweat/choke/die when presented with shit like this!!!

Aaah!  Amazing prize package… seems very Kindleiscious.  However, I’m pretty happy (ok, very happy) reading on my iPhone… just figured out how to get it working today!  BooksOnBoard has a large collection of iPhone-compatible Samhain titles (some of the titles here) with a pretty seamless download.  I can’t wait to see all the VideoMos… if I weren’t so technologically challenged, I would make one for funzies :)

As for iMovie, the new 2008 version through iLife, I’ve used it, and it is incredibly simple to use.

I might go so far as to say dangerously simple.

*Tucks the SYTYCD fan vid behind some other files.*

Shiloh, that was AWESOME! In fact, may I say, Bitchalicious. I can’t believe you just whipped that up!

LOL…Randi, I didn’t exactly whip it up… I downloaded images, picked music, made up the text images that were shown and then fed it into a program I use for making up quick and easy trailers.

As much as I’d love to claim tech genius, all I can claim is that I love ‘legit’ ways for killing time.  This counted, right?  ;)

Now i really wish I was talented enough to do this.

Kindle is out of stock and backordered until Feb or so. Hubby did get me the new Sony, but I am not sure I like it, so I was going to order the Kindle and compare them together. Now I have to wait, but I have until Jan 17 to return the Sony if I don’t like it. I may use it for the FL and CA trips and then return it and wait for the Kindle. If I don’t like that, I will stick with books.

And Amazon better not charge my card until it does ship!!

So I have a question: what if our Videomo uses music that is free for us to use under a Creative Commons license, but is not free for your use in promoting your book? Or am I wrong in thinking that that would be a commercial use?

captcha needs96—I needs a Kindle before I turn 96, when they’ll be obsolete

HEY this contest is biased.
You gotta have TALENT to enter.
that’s just unfair !! ;)

I can assure you I’m not asking that question. What’s the deal with the foul language lately?

Made it myself… Waddya mean you can tell?
~ Storm Grant
http://www.stormgrant.com/

And now the actual videomo link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmzZyJCvnQ

My videomo entry link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVYShwpEyII

Apparently, I can write, but I cannot read. I misread the instructions and posted my book trailer instead of making one for your book. Please to be ignoring. (Or deleting).
Sorry.
~ Stormy

Because I needed to chill and relax and just amuse myself…

I fiddled.  It looks better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGDQDnVRoCI

Yay! I finished my Videomo check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9Tg6CDxTI

Last entry for me. Swears. *g* It really is addictive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sFP7yqY8WU

Hello,
Funny to discover the concept of videomo. I just created my own book trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1GNXVc94v0

I am a Belgian author and I write in french but my videomo is not talking, just the music of Schubert ;-)
Enjoy!

Valerie,

I have no idea what that “Videmo” :) was saying (because it’s in French I believe)

And I had no idea what was going on…

But it sure looked cool!

Great production value.

And really good quality, especially for YouTube.

Awesome Job!