Claire Thompson is an expert in sales, distribution, and marketing services for small to medium independent publishers in the UK, US, and beyond. With excellent links to trusted distribution options in the US and Australia, her company punches way above its weight in the digital and physical publishing industry. Claire has a postgraduate diploma in New Media Management from Birkbeck, University of London, and a Bachelor's degree in Languages, Economics, and Politics Joint Hons from Kingston University. She has worked as a Marketing Director at Turnaround Publisher Services, a Sales Representative at Central Books, and a Sales Executive at VNU Business Media. Claire specializes in providing sales and distribution service to publishers, both retail and online, for print and e-book formats, and she also sells and distributes non-book items to the UK book trade and gift trade.