A
is a video about a book - see what we did there? Combined Book (evoking
a book) with Tube (conveying the idea of a video screen) to suggest
a Video about a Book - clever huh! Oh well, please yourself.
Of course, we're using the word 'video' rather loosely
(so it could be an animation, live action, graphics, or even an
interactive experience) and 'book' too come to that (so it could
be anything from a self-contained short story to a multi-volume
or even multi-media publication).
But what we hope will be consistent is the entertainment
value. We want you to enjoy each
and we want you to share them with your friends. And of course,
we hope that you'll like the
enough to buy the book!
How to use
When you visit the
website, our home page will always jump straight to the latest .
But you can always click on the
button to browse through every
on our server - you can browse by book title (choose
) or in reverse chronological order (choose
). If you know what you want you can also go straight to the
by selecting it from the dropdown menus for
or
, or search using the dropdown menus for
or
.
Once you've found a
to watch there may be a choice of formats (usually
or
). Usually a
will autoplay once you've chosen your preferred format. When you've
watched it you can click on the buttons below it which may include
some of the following:
takes you to the author's own website
takes you to the book's website
takes you to the publisher's website
takes you to a page where you can buy the
book from a range of retailers
takes you to a page where you can send
an email to a friend to let them know about this ,
including a link so they can see it straightaway
takes you to a page where you can copy
a link to paste into your own website, email, blog or even
MySpace page to direct your friends to this
or 
). Usually a 
