Items tagged with video.

Dodge Poetry Festival Launches YouTube Channel

by Staff

Daily News

Despite the cancellation of its 2010 poetry festival, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recently launched a channel on YouTube featuring twenty-nine videos of poets reading at past festivals. The biennial event, which is held in Waterloo Village, New Jersey, has hosted blockbuster poets such as Billy Collins, Robert Hass, Maxine Kumin, and Paul Muldoon.

Video Thrilled the Poetry Stars

by Alex Dimitrov

News and Trends

March/April 2009

Poets such as Aaron Fagan, Thylias Moss, and Anne Carson are taking advantage of advances in video recording, editing software, and distribution channels to create an entirely new way to find readers.

Book Trailers: The Key to Successful Video Marketing

by Sarah Weinman

The Practical Writer

November/December 2008

More and more publishers and authors are using video as a promotional tool to attract the attention of a younger generation. But before writers collaborate with their publishers on book trailers—or even produce their own—there are some important points to keep in mind.

Coming Attractions: Video Publicity

by Anna Mantzaris

News and Trends

March/April 2007

Taking their cue from the film industry, in which a well-produced trailer is infinitely more valuable than a print advertisement or press release, commercial publishers such as HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin are taking advantage of new technology to offer promotional videos on their Web sites to augment their traditional publicity campaigns.