British Book Links:
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- Authortrek Videos
- The Book Show - The UK's only weekly TV programme devoted entirely to books, from classics to comics. Hosted by writer and presenter Mariella Frostrup
- Book Zone TV - the web TV channel that's all about books, featuring interviews with bestselling authors and news on upcoming publications. Covering all genres - fiction, crime, sci-fi, romance, children's books etc.
- BookTube - born out of a need to develop an online trailer cum teaser for the first title published by Alnpete Press - Library of the Soul by Simon Buck
- Costa Book Awards 2006/2007 - "Showcasing the authors who have won the 2006/2007 Costa Book Awards - one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the UK. We've commissioned these interviews so you can find out more about the authors and their books. Settle down with a cup of coffee and watch!"
- Meet the Author Ltd - where you can see authors introducing their books in their own words. Some of the authors you will know, some are bestsellers, some are newcomers, but they are all speaking in their own words about the books that they are passionate about. The video clips are NOT reviews, they are NOT written by the marketing departments of publishers - these are authors speaking from their heart - to YOU. Meet the Author is updated daily - today there are 1512 video clips to choose from (at July 7/2008)
- Orion Books on YouTube - a channel started June 21, 2007
- Penguin Books - "Get the low-down on our authors with top interviews, Podcasts, features and quick-fire Q&A's"
- Random House (UK) - author videos
- Summersdale Productions - video for publishers
Specific books:
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
- Elizabeth Aston: The Darcy Connection
- Sir David Attenborough: Life in Cold Blood
- Iain M. Banks: Matter
- Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses
- Elleke Boehmer: Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship
- Michael Buerk: The Road Taken
- Tim Butcher: Blood River
- Tanya Byron: Little Angels
- Chelsea Cain: Heartsick
- Elizabeth Chadwick: The Time of Singing
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Imperial Life in the Emerald City
- Jessie Childs: Henry VIII's Last Victim
- Michael Connelly: The Overlook
- Colin Cotterill: Thirty-Three Teeth
- Terry Darlington: Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
- Charles Dowding: Salad leaves for all seasons
- Mark Earls: Herd
- Rachel Elnaugh: Business Nightmares
- Sebastian Faulks: Engleby
- Elena Forbes: Die With Me
- Charles Freeman: AD 381
- Philip Gardiner: The Bond Code
- Daisy Garnett: Cooking Lessons
- Ricky Gervais: Flanimals of the Deep
- Yossi Ghinsberg: Lost in the Jungle
- Jane Green: Second Chance
- Jane Green: The Beach House
- Richard Hammond: On The Edge
- Mike Harris: Find Your Lightbulb
- John Harvey: Gone to Ground
- Harry Hill: Tim the Tiny Horse
- Susan Hill: The Risk of Darkness
- Victoria Hislop: The Return
- Cathy Hopkins: Zodiac Girls
- Rob Hopkins: the Transition Handbook
- Sanchita Islam: The Cloud Catcher
- Steve Jackson: The Judas
- Sarah Jagger: Magic Make-up Tips and Techniques
- Mark Johnson: Wasted
- Liz Jones: Liz Jones' Diary
- Sadie Jones: The Outcast
- Anthony John Patrick Kenny: Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy
- Simon Kernick: Severed
- Alison Kervin: The WAG's Diary
- Sophie Kinsella: Can you keep a secret?
- Sophie Kinsella: Remember Me?
- Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- Diane Lazarus: Mixed Blessings
- William Leith: Bits of Me are Falling Apart
- Denise Lewis: The Flat Tummy Book
- Imogen Lloyd Webber: The Single Girl's Guide
- Ben MacIntyre: Agent Zigzag
- Jodie Marsh: Keeping It Real
- James Martin: The Great British Village Show Cookbook
- Paul Martin: Paul Martin's Britain
- Deon Meyer: Devil's Peak
- Sophie Michell: Fabulous Food
- Alistair Moffat: The Reivers
- Roger Moorhouse: Killing Hitler
- Steve Mosby: The 50/50 Killer
- Kate Mosse: Sepulchre
- Lucy O'Brien: Madonna - Like an Icon
- Jamie Oliver: Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
- Sid Owen: Life on a Plate
- Michelle Paver: Outcast
- Julie Peasgood: The Greatest Sex Tips in the World
- Karl Pilkington: Happyslapped by a jellyfish : The words of Karl Pilkington
- Terry Pratchett: Making Money
- Ian Rankin: Exit Music
- Gary Rhodes: Time To Eat
- Peter Robinson: Friend of the Devil
- Martin Rowson: The Dog Allusion
- Chris Ryan: Blackout
- Borat Sagdiyev: Borat: Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan/Minor Nation of U.S. and A.
- Claire Seeber: Lullaby
- Posy Simmonds: Tamara Drewe
- Shed Shimove: Ideas Man
- Maya Slater: Mr D'Arcy's Diary
- Wesley Stace: By George
- Charles Stross: The Atrocity Archives
- Kate Summerscale: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or the Murder at Road Hill House
- J.R.R. Tolkein: The Children of Hurin
- Joanna Trollope: Friday Nights
- James Twining: The Gilded Seal
- Adam Weismann & Katy Bryce: Building with Cob: A step-by-step guide & Using Natural Finishes
- Kate Westbrook: The Moneypenny Diaries
- Anthony Wild: Coffee: A Dark History
- Frances Wilson: The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
- Mark Johnson: Wasted
Non-British video book sites worth a look:
- AuthorCams (USA)
- Authorlink (USA)
- The Authors Show (USA) on Authors Web TV
- Authors@Google (USA)
- AuthorViews (USA) - a program for helping authors reach an audience for their work. We leverage technology to help authors and publishers efficiently present their books to core target audiences, including readers, the media, and the book trade
- B&N Media - Author Interviews, Live Events, Video & Audio (USA)
- Bantam Dell Publishing on YouTube
- Book Passage (USA)
- Book Trailers (USA)
- Booknotes (USA)
- BookShorts (USA)
- BookVideos.tv (USA)
- Bookwrap Central (USA)
- CooksRead (USA)
- Doubleday video library (USA)
- Expanded Books (USA)
- HarperCollins Trailers (Canada)
- HarperCollins Video Channel (USA)
- KidsRead (USA)
- Literature Broadcasting (USA)
- Penguin Group (USA) Authors on Video
- PubBuzz (USA)
- Random House (Australia)
- Reading Rockets (USA)
- Romance Novel TV (USA)
- Scholastic (USA)
- 10 Speed Press (USA)
- Veoh Video Network - Best Selling Author Television Video Channel (USA). See also the blog at http://bestsellingauthortv.blogspot.com
- Watch The Book (USA)
- Workman (USA)