May 20, 2010
The Moby Awards for the Best & Worst Book Trailers: And the winners are ….
by Dennis Johnson
Trailer Least Likely to Sell the Book:
Sounds of Murder by Patricia Rockwell
Best Performance by an Author:
Head Case by Dennis Cass
Most Annoying Performance by an Author:
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Cameo:
Zach Galifianakis, in Lowboy by John Wray
Best Low Budget/Indie:
I am in the Air Right Now by Kathryn Regina
Best Big Budget/Big House:
Going West by Maurice Gee
Biggest Waste of Conglomerate Money:
Level 26 by Anthony Zuiker
Best Foreign Film Book Trailer:
Etcetera and Otherwise: a Lurid Odyssey, by Sean Stanley, illustrated by Kristi-ly Green
Bloodiest Book Trailer of the Year:
Killer by Dave Zeltserman
Most Annoying Music:
New Year’s At the Pier by April Halprin Wayland
Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House. Follow him on Twitter at @mobylives