We make cinematic trailers for fiction novels. Visual teasers that capture the tone, the tension, and the feeling of your book in a format readers actually watch.
A literary trailer is a short cinematic visual teaser built around your book. Not a summary, not an ad. Something closer to a mood. The kind of thing that makes someone stop scrolling and want to know more.
WorldForge makes what we call mini-adaptations. Trailers shaped entirely by your book's world, tone, and audience. Every project starts from scratch.
We work across every genre, every tone, every story, from quiet literary fiction to pulse-racing thrillers.
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Every trailer we make is shaped by the book itself. Each one finds its own visual language, its own pacing, its own way in.
Dear Mother
A trailer built around secrets buried in the Pacific Northwest woods and the daughter who finally goes back to find them.
Don't Forget Me
A trailer built around the emotional core of Frey's acclaimed novel.
Until I Find You
A trailer that pulls viewers into Frey's world before they've read a single page.
Video is now the primary way people discover things they want to read, watch, and buy. Every other creative industry has embraced this. Publishing is catching up and the books that show up in this space right now have a real advantage. A literary trailer puts your book where that attention already lives.
78%
of consumers prefer video over any other format when learning about a product
Video outperforms every other format when it comes to how people want to learn about something. Reading about a book and watching a trailer for one are very different experiences. Wyzowl, 2025
59M
print books sold in 2024 driven by social video discovery
That's over $760M in U.S. book revenue tied directly to readers discovering titles through short-form video. Not advertising. Not reviews. Just people watching and deciding. WriteStats / BookTok Data, 2024
82%
of consumers have made a purchase decision based on watching a video
Video moves people. Most publishers still rely on cover images and jacket copy to do all the work. There's a real opportunity here for the books that show up differently. Wyzowl, 2025
01
The Consultation
We start with a conversation about your book. Its tone, its audience, what makes it worth making into a trailer. We keep things simple and personal from the very beginning.
02
The Vision
We develop a creative direction built specifically for your book. The visual language, the pacing, the feeling we want someone to walk away with.
03
The Forge
We build the trailer. Cutting, shaping, and refining until every frame feels like it belongs to your story.
04
The Delivery
Your finished trailer arrives ready to share, in whatever format works best for where your readers are.
We're happy to get on a call to learn more about your book before anything else.
No commitment required
Open to authors, agents and publishers
Response within 48 hours