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About Storylight Studios

Meet the Founder
Hannah Cooper — Founder & CEO, Storylight Studios

Hannah Cooper

Founder & CEO, Storylight Studios

2019
Founded
400+
Authors Served
12+
Years Experience
30+
Genres Worked In

A Message From Hannah

I Built Storylight Because Good Books Were Disappearing.

I am Hannah Cooper. I have spent twelve years working in and around the book publishing industry — first inside traditional publishing houses in London and New York, then as an independent platform strategist serving authors directly. I founded Storylight Studios in 2019 because I kept watching the same tragedy unfold: a brilliantly written book, a genuinely talented author, and a complete failure of discovery.

The problem was never the writing. It was positioning. It was the Amazon metadata architecture, the Goodreads presence, the social ecosystem — all of the invisible infrastructure that determines whether a book gets found or doesn't. I understood how to fix those things. And I realized that most authors had no idea they even existed, let alone how to repair them.

So I built a team of eleven specialists — each one focused exclusively on one part of the book discovery ecosystem — and we built a methodology that begins with a complete diagnosis before we recommend a single action. We call it diagnostic-first strategy, and it is the reason our results are specific, measurable, and repeatable across every genre we work in.

If you have a book that deserves more readers than it currently has, I want to hear about it. Not to sell you a service. To tell you honestly whether we can help, and exactly how.

"Every book I have ever worked on had the same underlying problem: it was invisible to the people who would have loved it. My entire career has been about solving that one specific problem, at the level of depth it actually requires."

— Hannah Cooper, Founder & CEO

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About Storylight Studios

We are not a marketing agency. We are strategists who specialize in books.

Storylight Studios was founded on a single observation: most books that underperform do not underperform because they are not good enough. They underperform because they are positioned incorrectly, indexed against the wrong search terms, invisible on the platforms where their ideal readers gather, and disconnected from the algorithmic signals that determine whether any book is discovered or ignored. These are solvable problems — with expertise, precision, and a genuine understanding of how these platforms actually work.

Platform Expertise

We specialize exclusively in book discovery platforms — Amazon, Goodreads, TikTok, Instagram, and more. This is all we do, which means we understand it at the depth that produces real results.

Diagnostic First

Every engagement begins with a complete platform diagnostic. We identify exactly what is suppressing your book's performance before we recommend a single strategic action.

Ethical, Sustainable Strategy

We build platforms and algorithms to work for your book through legitimate, sustainable methods. Every result we produce is built to last — not to spike and collapse.

Specialist Team

Our eleven-person team includes dedicated specialists for every platform and service area. You receive genuine expertise in every element of your strategy, not generalist advice.

Why We're Different

The Difference Between Promotion and Strategy

Starting Point
Most Services
Begin with promotion immediately
Storylight Studios
Begin with forensic diagnosis
Approach
Most Services
Generic packages applied to every book
Storylight Studios
Strategy specific to your book, genre, and audience
Platforms
Most Services
One or two platforms in isolation
Storylight Studios
Coordinated multi-platform system
Metrics Tracked
Most Services
Followers, impressions, engagement
Storylight Studios
Rankings, review velocity, shelf growth, conversion
Reviews
Most Services
Encourage posting without strategy
Storylight Studios
Build sustainable pipelines with algorithmic timing
Social Media
Most Services
Post more content
Storylight Studios
Design reader funnels with conversion architecture
Timeline
Most Services
Short campaigns
Storylight Studios
Long-term visibility infrastructure
Compliance
Most Services
Variable
Storylight Studios
100% platform-compliant, always
Team
Most Services
Generalist marketers
Storylight Studios
Book publishing ecosystem specialists only

Our Three Founding Values

1

Diagnose First

Before recommending anything, we understand everything. Every engagement begins with a forensic diagnostic audit that identifies exactly what is suppressing your book's visibility.

2

Platform-Specific Strategy

We do not believe in generic marketing. Every platform has its own algorithm, community culture, and discovery mechanics. We build strategy for each one specifically.

3

Metrics That Matter

We measure success in rankings, reviews, ratings, and revenue — not in vague engagement metrics. Every recommendation we make is tied to a measurable outcome.

Our Team

The Strategists Behind Your Book's Growth

Thirteen specialists. One exclusive focus. Your book's success.

Every person on this team brings deep, current, platform-specific expertise to every client engagement. No generalists. No interns. Only specialists.

Hannah Cooper, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Storylight Studios

Hannah Cooper

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Hannah founded Storylight Studios after a decade working inside traditional publishing houses, watching brilliant books fail not because of ...

Platform ArchitectureLaunch Strategy
Lily John, Second in Command and Audiobook Strategy Director at Storylight Studios

Lily John

Second in Command and Audiobook Strategy Director

Lily John serves as Second in Command at Storylight Studios, working directly alongside Hannah Cooper to oversee the studio's strategic dire...

Audiobook StrategyAudible Optimization
Emma Hoffmann, Director of Amazon Strategy at Storylight Studios

Emma Hoffmann

Director of Amazon Strategy

Emma leads all Amazon optimization work at Storylight, bringing a forensic, data-driven approach to keyword architecture, category dominance...

Keyword ArchitectureCategory Strategy
Lina Bauer, Head of Goodreads Growth Strategy at Storylight Studios

Lina Bauer

Head of Goodreads Growth Strategy

Lina specializes exclusively in Goodreads platform mechanics. Her Listopia ranking methodology has produced top-20 positioning for over 150 ...

Listopia RankingShelf and Tag Optimization
Julianna Isabella, Lead Platform Integration Strategist at Storylight Studios

Julianna Isabella

Lead Platform Integration Strategist

Julianna designs the cross-platform conversion architectures that connect an author's presence across every discovery channel into a single,...

Cross-Platform FunnelsConversion Architecture
Marie Vogel, Social Ecosystem Strategist at Storylight Studios

Marie Vogel

Social Ecosystem Strategist

Marie leads all social platform strategy at Storylight, with deep expertise in BookTok ecosystem dynamics, Bookstagram funnel architecture, ...

BookTok StrategyBookstagram Funnels
Clara Neumann, Content Strategy and Conversion Copywriting Specialist at Storylight Studios

Clara Neumann

Content Strategy and Conversion Copywriting Specialist

Clara is the architect of book descriptions that convert browsers into buyers. She has rewritten listing descriptions for over 180 titles an...

Listing Conversion CopyReader Psychology
Victoria Morgan, Launch Campaign Director at Storylight Studios

Victoria Morgan

Launch Campaign Director

Victoria has managed over 90 complete book launches, from pre-launch architecture through launch week execution to post-launch sustainabilit...

Launch ArchitectureARC Management
Natalie Foster, Data Analytics and Performance Intelligence Specialist at Storylight Studios

Natalie Foster

Data Analytics and Performance Intelligence Specialist

Natalie leads all diagnostic and competitive analysis work at Storylight, bringing a background in data science to the challenge of platform...

Platform DiagnosticsCompetitive Analysis
Abigail Turner, Goodreads Community and Reader Engagement Specialist at Storylight Studios

Abigail Turner

Goodreads Community and Reader Engagement Specialist

Abigail specializes in the authentic community engagement strategies that build genuine reader advocacy on Goodreads. She manages Goodreads ...

Goodreads CommunitiesReader Advocacy
Madison Clark, Amazon Advertising and Paid Visibility Strategist at Storylight Studios

Madison Clark

Amazon Advertising and Paid Visibility Strategist

Madison builds the advertising architectures that make Amazon ads profitable rather than expensive. For authors who have tried Amazon advert...

Amazon AdvertisingCampaign Architecture
Amelie Hartmann, Client Strategy and Onboarding Director at Storylight Studios

Amelie Hartmann

Client Strategy and Onboarding Director

Amelie manages the client relationship from first engagement through strategy delivery and ongoing support. Her background in editorial publ...

Client StrategyOnboarding Architecture
Rose Mark, Content Creation and Blog Strategy Specialist at Storylight Studios

Rose Mark

Content Creation and Blog Strategy Specialist

Rose Mark leads Storylight Studios' Content Creation and Blog Strategy practice, bringing a rare combination of editorial precision and stra...

Content StrategyBlog Architecture
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