“These are terrific diversions, but their status next to the book is a little ambiguous. Isn’t using animation to advertise a book a little like using sculpture to promote poetry?” asks Lindesay Irvine in this article about book trailers in The Guardian. If you’re looking for a diversion, this video short based on César Aira‘s Ghosts is certainly worth watching.
On The Rise of the Book Trailer
A Look at the Guantánamo Prison Library
New York Times reporter Charlie Savage set up a Tumblr dedicated to cataloging some of the books available in the Guantánamo prison library for detainees.
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Tarantino on Writing
Say what you want about Quentin Tarantino; the man thinks like a writer. You can hear him doing so out loud on the current episode of KCRW's The Treatment, with Elvis Mitchell.
Project Yosemite
Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty's Project Yosemite is "an ongoing adventure to timelapse Yosemite in a extreme way." Their first video is (ahem) extremely beautiful.
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Lipsyte Interviewed
Fiction Daily has added a give and take with The Ask author Sam Lipsyte to its growing collection of author interviews.
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Book trailers haven’t fully found their form yet, but there’s definitely an artistic connection to be found between the forms. I runs a company that creates book trailers that are cinematic, affordable, and hopefully stylish. One way or the other, authors and publishers need a visual component to build fan bases and sell more books. Why not make something really cool and cinematic rather than the same old slide show with still frames that makes people not want to read anything.