Film book, book trailer, audiobook

A book trailer is an advertisement: thirty to ninety seconds, made to sell the book. A film book is the book itself, complete, in cinematic form.

An audiobook is the whole work for the ear alone. A film book is the whole work for the eye and the ear together — and here every film book leaves the house with its matching audio book edition beside it.

How long a film book runs

155 words of manuscript to a finished minute — 9,300 words to a finished hour. A 90,000-word novel becomes about nine and a half hours of finished film. The same measure holds for the audio edition.

That is a production measure, not a narration-speed guess: it accounts for scoring, silence, scene weight and the seams between chapters.

What a film book costs

12% of the manuscript's word count for base production, with voices at 1% per 2 voices, effects at 1% per 5 effects, and a chosen and mixed score at a flat $1,500.

The matching audio book edition rides with it at 33% of the film book production.

Asked and answered

Is a film book the same as a book trailer?

No. A trailer is a short advertisement for a book. A film book is the complete book performed as film.

How long is a film book?

155 words to a finished minute — 9,300 words to a finished hour — so a 90,000-word novel runs about nine and a half hours.

Does a film book include an audiobook?

Yes. Every film book forged here ships with its matching audio book edition.