SCRIPT TO SCREEN

Video Production and Distribution Program
BEC 2007
Early Bookings Rate Available

BookShorts Script to Screen Program* at BookExpo Canada offers authors and publishers a convenient, on-site, one-stop video production and distribution package; broadcast quality 3-minute author profiles with all the bells ad whistles and plenty of lead time for prime time Fall campaigns. Out-of-town authors appearing at BookExpo and Booked! will appreciate the forethought and savvy attention to their upcoming marketing campaigns.

* SUE KENNEY MAKES INCREDIBLE RETURN VISIT TO BOOKSHORTS LOUNGE -- ANNOUCES NEWEST FEATURE FILM DEAL BASED ON "CONFESSIONS OF A PILGRIM!"
Read the press release here >>>

BEC SHOW PACKAGE INCLUDES
DISTRIBUTION *AND* PRODUCTION

Reserved time slots from 9:00am to 5:00pm (30 min. each)
Saturday June 9 and Sunday June 10

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GUARANTEED VIDEO DISTRIBUTION

BookShorts’ editorial outlets include BookShorts.com and Bibliophile Video Blog on Blogger / BlipTV

Retailers and broadcasters such as Chapters Indigo.ca select Profiles from our Video Catalogue

BookShorts posts Author Profiles to online social networks and video sites such as YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, AOL Video, plus syndicates on iTunes, Revver, Metacafe, Facebook, MySpace and more.

NEW THIS YEAR – BookExpo Canada will broadcast Author Profiles online post-show and into the Fall - more guaranteed distribution to booksellers across the country

BROADCAST QUALITY PRODUCTION

Professional Interviewer guides your Author through the on-camera experience

Program includes video shoot, editing, soundtrack, dialogue, titling and credit slate

Rough Cut Review posted online prior to delivery

Finished media is Broadcast Quality Digital Video plus formats suitable for online distribution

EASY SIGN-UP

Reservation: Send info on book and author (Press Release, Catalogue Copy, .PDF Manuscript, ARC) plus preferred or mandatory interview questions; signed performer release; $500 non-refundable deposit

Shoot: Author arrives camera-ready at Metro Convention Centre Studio (make-up/hair not provided)

Delivery: Profile will be cut within 4 weeks; balance of payment due on delivery

WORD .DOC SIGN-UP FORM
RIGHT CLICK, FILL OUT AND SEND TO

JUDITH@BOOKSHORTS.COM

BEC SPONSORED RATE

May 15 Early Booking Rate $950 per Artist includes interview, production, post-production, distribution

May 29 Last Minute Booking Rate $1200 per Artist
(limited to 4 spots only)

* BOOKSHORTS VIDEO DISTRIBUTION INCLUDES:

Chapters Indigo is now featuring BookShorts in Author Videos and Podcasts Section; they take new media on an editorial basis.

* PLUS THESE BROADBAND OUTLETS

BookShorts.Blip.TV
BookShorts.com/blog
YouTube
Google Video
iTunes
AOL Video
MySpace
Yahoo Video
Blip.TV
Blogger
Revver
Metacafe
digg (social network)
del.icio.ous (bookmarking)

AND outlets specific to the book's genre i.e. cooking, environment, pop culture etc.

* PLUS NATIONAL TELEVISION SERIES

Projects that match the editorial mandates of BookShorts' MOVING STORIES - www.movingstories.tv - may be broadcast on local and nationally televised series AND licensed to other cable specialty channels.

* PLUS PROMOTIONAL AND PUBLICITY OPPORTUNITIES

We have a number of cross-media promotion case studies, and are often able to place media with partners who are assured of an ongoing supply of media inventory.

BookShorts' productions have received solid industry press recognition - for a sampling of just the print and online coverage, visit the News section; for a tabulated list, contact Judith.

What are BookShorts?

BookShorts produces and distributes original films and video programs based on books. Our author profiles, short films, and television series are broadcast on specialty TV channels, the Internet, in bookstores, at festivals and live events. Video blogs, podcasts, online social networks DVDs and EPKs are just some of the ways publishers are using BookShorts to connect with audiences’ appetite for byte-sized entertainment.

Here are a few of the ways that publishers are using BookShorts:

• Publisher’s website to draw traffic, subscribers and sell books

• Advertising and Promotion on Bookseller websites

• Publicists Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

• Pre-Event Screenings and Promotions in Bookstores

• Sales Presentations to Buyers and at Sales Conference

• Book Club Promotions

• Video Content on Social Networks and Media Websites

Visit BookShorts Lounge at BookExpo Canada

http://www.bookshorts.com/bec2007