General Info

Turpin Distribution is an international fulfilment and distribution company providing services to the academic, scholarly and professional publishing industry. It provides bespoke solutions for book, journal and online publishers Turpin has a purpose-built UK head office located close to the A1M and two international airports. Our US office is based in Connecticut. We employ over 100 members of staff, the majority of whom work in our Customer Service, Finance and Warehouse departments. We have developed our own computer system to meet the specific needs of publishers in the academic, scholarly and professional publishing community. We support the system in-house and regularly undertake development to enhance its capabilities. Publishers have been relying on our expert services for over 40 years and we currently have 55 clients including Brill, Kluwer Law, OECD, The Eurospan Group, The British Library, The British Psychological Society, The American Association for Cancer Research, The United Nations, The British Computer Society and Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. ( A full client list can be found here. ) Lorna, an affable Scotswoman, has worked in the industry for 30 years, having originally trained in hotel management before turning to a career in distribution. She took over the company with a partner in 2005, bringing in her own management staff and controls and managing its impressive subsequent growth. Alan has worked with Turpin in various capacities for over 25 years and was one of the chief architects of the current in-house fulfillment system as well as more recent developments including Turpin's web reporting and journals e-commerce sites. He is also a member of the British Computer Society. Neil joined Turpin in July 2005 and has over twenty years of experience in both bookselling and publishing. Having trained originally at Blackwells and then Dawson Books, Neil spent seven years working in Official & Regulatory publishing with TSO before joining Turpin. Elizabeth oversees all aspects of Turpin's North American Operation. With more than 14 years of publishing experience, Elizabeth came to Turpin from Swets Subscription Service in 2005. At Swets, she worked primarily with North American publishers, ultimately becoming Vice President, Publisher Processing/Consolidation. Prior to this Elizabeth gained publisher insight at Williams & Wilkins as their Institutional Marketing Manager-journals division. Julie joined Turpin in February 2007 and has nearly 20 years experience within Human Resources. Before Turpin, she spent much of her time working in London within the legal field, and more recently in manufacturing and financial services. Julie's role is commercially-focused, and covers all aspects in relation to both Turpin's UK and US operation. Richard joined Turpin in February 2008 as Financial Controller. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts and has over twenty years experience in commercial and financial roles with blue-chip companies including BAE Systems, Siemens and EADS. Anita has worked for Turpin for over 30 years, originally joining the Finance Department on a temporary basis for two weeks. She stayed with Finance for approximately a year, taking a permanent position in 1979. During this period Anita has worked in many roles within Turpin and gained a great deal of experience in the Industry.