About us
This is romance author, Myra Nour. Many of you know me or my name. The evolution of Book & Trailer Showcase (BTS) started when my daughter Christy and I were working on a trailer. Christy was doing an amazing job and I knew it was going to be an awesome book trailer. “Wanted: Handsome Alien Abductor” trailer – coming soon.
We both realized there was no place to really showcase this trailer. Sure, there was YouTube and Daily Motion. They are nice, but not what we had in mind. I like going to a website for readers to check out book covers and decide if there is anything I want to read.
Book trailers need a special place where readers can look at many trailers without searching and getting frustrated. Authors need a site to showcase their wonderful book trailers. We authors pay a lot of money to get a trailer made. Some authors are talented enough to create their own, thus sacrificing their valuable time.
My family started brainstorming and we came up with Book & Trailer Showcase. We wanted to create a place that is fun and easy to navigate. A showcase for authors’ trailers that is very reasonably priced and also offer many other benefits. A site where readers could watch many different trailers in one sitting.
Ultimately we want to be the showcase for book trailers. Our goals include increasing authors’ sales. This is not something we can promise, but do hope to accomplish. People love watching trailers to see if they are interested in a particular movie. Why can’t book trailers do the same for books?
I’ve had readers tell me they love book trailers and they do help them in making a decision about buying a book. I’ve read an article where the writer didn’t see trailers as very effective promo. I think that may be true as it stands now. But, if the staff, authors and publishers can create an environment where book trailers shine, perhaps that will change.
While developing the site we realized there will be authors who do not have trailers or may want to promote just their books. So we created Book Presentation to showcase book covers. Also, we came up with Novel Exposure, which will include the 1st chapter or excerpt, blurb, and book cover. We also decided to do The Scoop, a free benefit highlighting authors’ book covers. Please ramble around the BTS site and check out our many opportunities for promo.
We also wanted to provide “How To” information to the authors, such as “How to make a book trailer”. We will provide space for companies to advertise PR, marketing, those who create book trailers and any area that will be helpful to authors. We plan on advertising in Romantic Times, Realms of Fantasy, horror and s/f magazines to build a large readership. Our success will be your success too. Therefore, we ask that you share our BTS site with your readers on newsletters, facebook, twitter and any other avenue you use to keep in touch with your fans.
Authors – After we get well established, we will let you know the # of hits we receive per month and the # of readers signed up for the newsletter.
| BTS Staff | |||||
 Myra |
 Simon |
 Maggie Moo |
 Chris |
 Ed |
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| Author Liaison Questions from authors & publishers |
Coordinator Submit book trailers & covers; Financial, advertising, & scheduling questions |
Mascot | Webmistress Questions about trailers & covers |
Webmaster Questions concerning the website |
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 Natalie Star |
 Jenny Twist |
 Elizabeth Morgan |
 Elizabeth Cole Orchard |
 Natasha Blackthorne |
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| Yahoo Coordinator Website |
Guest Blog Coordinator Website Submit blogs to Jenny for Guest Blog |
Interviews BlogSite |
Publisher Outreach Publishers contact Lisa for free site page, to schedule an interview, and to set up a group ad |
Author Interviewer Members contact Natasha to schedule an interview |
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 Ronda Tutt |
 Crystal Cuffley |
 Sharon Wolfe |
 Zee Monodee |
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| Virtual Tours Executive Contact Ronda about Virtual Tours Blogspot |
Book Club & Review Database Coordinator Romance Virtual Tours Submit reviews from bloggers & review sites to Crystal for our database. Blogspot |
YA Virtual Tours Blogspot |
Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Paranormal Virtual Tours BlogSpot |
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 Candy Little |
 Mary Worley |
 Dawne Prochilo |
 Gabrielle Bisset |
 Natalie Barnes-Hore |
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| Social Media Networker | Social Media Networker BlogSpot |
Review Coordinator Workshop Director Promotions Director Contact Dawne for reviews or to inquire about being a reviewer BlogSpot |
Editor eMag Website |
Publisher Interviewer | |
Comments or questions are welcome.
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