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Author Marketing Studio

From manuscript
to the shelves
readers remember.

Fourth Group & Co builds visibility for serious authors — Listopia campaigns, cinematic trailers, author websites and Amazon optimisation, executed with the care a manuscript deserves.

40+
Trailers delivered
4
Marketing disciplines
100%
Bespoke, never templated

Supporting authors across leading publishing platforms

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What we do

Four disciplines, one quiet obsession.

We take a small number of books each quarter, so every campaign gets the attention of the people who designed it.

01

Goodreads Listopia Promotion

The highest-leverage discovery surface in publishing, worked list by list until your book sits where readers browse.

  • Curated list targeting by genre and reader intent
  • Voting momentum built from real readers
  • Placement reporting with live, checkable links

From $95

Placement packages

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02

Cinematic Book Trailers

A short film that lets a reader feel the book before they ever open it — scripted from your manuscript, never a template.

  • Original score, colour grade and sound design
  • Cut for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Amazon
  • Written and storyboarded with the author

Quoted per book

Bespoke production

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03

Author Website Design

A home that reads like a first edition: considered, quiet and unmistakably yours from the first scroll.

  • Bespoke editorial design, no themes
  • Newsletter, events and retailer integrations
  • Built to load fast on every device

Quoted per build

Custom author site

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04

Amazon SEO Optimisation

Category, keyword and copy work that puts your book in front of the buyers already searching for it.

  • Backend keyword and category architecture
  • A+ content and description rewriting
  • Competitive rank tracking month to month

Quoted per author

Listing and keyword work

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Why authors stay

Four habits we refuse to drop.

We read before we pitch

Strategy comes out of the manuscript, not a template deck reused from the last client.

Made in house

The people who scope the work make the work. Nothing is passed to a freelancer marketplace.

Checkable reporting

Live links and plain numbers. If a position moved, you can see it yourself.

A short client list

Capacity is deliberately limited so every book keeps a director's attention.

How we work

A short list of books, handled properly.

I

Read the book

Before anything is proposed, we read the manuscript and the market it lands in. Strategy comes out of the pages, not a deck.

II

Shape the campaign

One clear plan: the disciplines that matter for this title, the sequence they run in, and what each one is expected to move.

III

Make the work

Film, design, listings and placements are produced in house by the people who scoped them. Nothing is passed to a template.

IV

Report honestly

Live links, real positions, plain numbers. You always know where the book is and what happened next.

The studio

The people who read your book.

Sariah Swanson

Sariah Swanson

Founder & Campaign Director

Leads campaign strategy across Listopia, retail and launch planning, and personally scopes every book the studio takes on.

sariahswanson.uk@gmail.com
Edith Homer

Edith Homer

Head of Film & Production

Runs trailer production end to end — script, score, edit and grade — so each film sounds the way the book reads.

edithhomerr@gmail.com
Hannah Carter

Hannah Carter

Author Brand & Web Lead

Designs and builds author websites and shapes the listing copy that carries a book from browse to buy.

hannahcelestecarter@gmail.com

Questions

The things authors ask us first.

How many books do you take on?
A small number each quarter. We would rather turn a book down than give it half the attention it needs.
Do you read the manuscript first?
Always. Nothing is proposed and nothing is priced until we have read the book and looked at the market it lands in.
Can I book a single service?
Yes. Listopia, trailers, websites and Amazon work can each run on their own, or be sequenced into one campaign.
What does it cost?
Listopia placement packages start from $95. Trailers, websites and listing work are quoted per book once we know the scope.
How do I see results?
Live links and real positions. You can check every placement yourself, during the campaign and after it ends.
Do you work with debut authors?
Often. A first book with a clear reader is easier to move than a fifth with none.

Next step

Tell us about your book.

Send the title, the genre and where you are in the journey. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right studio for it.