FREE · NO SIGN-UP · YOUR COVER STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE
Your book.
The movie trailer.
Make a 20-second cinematic trailer for your book, sized for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts. Add your title, your cover and three lines of story, pick a genre, and download the MP4. Every genre has its own soundtrack.
No cover yet? We draw one from your title. Your cover never leaves your device.
PICK A GENRE
SHAPE
Edit the script
COVER
Your cover stays on your device and isn’t part of the share link. No cover? We draw one from your title and name. Tap × to drop it.
See it on a classic
Trailers for public-domain classics, made here with covers we drew. Sound on.
How to make a book trailer
- Type your title and your name, and add your cover if you have one.
- Pick a genre: thriller, romance, fantasy or horror.
- Write your hook and three short story lines, or start from ours.
- Download the MP4 and post it on TikTok, Reels or YouTube Shorts.
The best book trailers are short, open on the hook, show the cover more than once and end on where to find the book. Now Showing does all of that in 20 seconds.
Book trailer makers by genre
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No sign-up and no account. Every trailer ends on a short Now Showing card.
Do you upload my cover?
No. Your cover is drawn into the video on your device. It isn’t sent anywhere and isn’t part of the share link.
Can I post it on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube?
Yes, anywhere you like, including ads for your book. The soundtrack is original and made on your device for your trailer, so there’s no music to license. Mute it with 🔊 if you’d rather add a sound in the app.
Can I change the words?
Every line, under “Edit the script”. The review near the end is a joke from an object (a candle, a bookmark); keep it obviously a joke, and never make it look like a real review.
Which browsers work?
MP4s with sound work best in Chrome on a Mac or PC, Edge and Safari. Other browsers make the video without sound and say so.
A cookieless counter tallies page visits and downloads. It never sees your book, your cover or your video.
Not a book? Now Showing also turns apps and startups into movie trailers.
Fonts: Cinzel, Anton, Creepster, Inter, Playfair Display and Great Vibes (SIL Open Font License) and Special Elite (Apache 2.0). Licenses. All critics and quotes in the trailers are made up for fun. Now Showing isn’t affiliated with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X or any publisher or film studio.