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EMILY & FERGUS

WHEN TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

BOOK MARKETING EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR TEAM COVER, SPRINT CAMPAIGN WORK, HIGH-PROFILE BRANDS, DROP INS, PITCHES AND LARGE-SCALE OR TIME-INTENSIVE PROJECTS.

 

COMBINED EXPERIENCE OF OVER 30 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, WORKING ON THE BIGGEST AUTHORS & BRANDS AS WELL AS LAUNCHING NEW TALENT.

Emily Cox is an award-winning marketing consultant with 20 years' experience of book marketing and finding new ways to reach consumers, including for mega-brand authors such as J.K. Rowling, Richard Osman, Roald Dahl, John Green, David Walliams and James Patterson. Having previously headed up the in-house marketing team at PRH, for the past 9 years she's worked freelance for publishers big, small and brand-new!

Fergus Edmondson is an award-winning book marketing consultant and former in-house Marketing Director who brings creativity, strategic thinking and digital fluency to publishing projects of all scopes. Authors he’s worked with include Maggie O’Farrell, Victoria Hislop, Matthew McConaughey, Clare Mackintosh, Robert Harris, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Michael Palin, #Merky Books and Stormzy, and Jon Ronson.

WHY HIRE US?

When it comes to book marketing, Emily and Fergus have worked on it all. From literary to commercial, fiction and non-fiction, children’s and adult’s, the Big Five and independent publishers, debut novelists and household celebrity brands, their combined experience means they deliver best-in-class book marketing quickly, reliably, flexibly and consistently.

 

Having covered a Marketing Director role at Little, Brown together in 2023 and 2024 they discovered that many hands do indeed make light work. Together they achieved bigger, better, faster! It worked so well that they are now offering their services together to publishing clients. The duo are available to hire as a nimble team whose expertise you can trust to deliver fantastic campaigns for bestselling books again and again.

 

‘Last year, Emily and Fergus were integral to the Little, Brown Book Group Marketing team, covering three unplanned leaves of absence. They worked collaboratively, integrating seamlessly into the department and forging strong partnerships with colleagues in editorial, publicity, and sales across the business. Their contributions were outstanding, delivering engaging campaigns for some of our most prominent brand authors throughout the year. As highly experienced marketers, I have complete confidence in their ideas and execution. They are always my first choice for additional support when needed.’

ALEXANDRA COOPER, MARKETING DIRECTOR, LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP

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