Usborne Publishing

Usborne Publishing
StatusActive
Founded5 December 1973; 52 years ago (1973-12-05)
FounderPeter Usborne
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
DistributionHarperCollins (UK trade, US trade, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India)
Penguin Random House (South Africa)
Educational Development Corporation (USA direct sales)
Fiction genresChildren's literature
No. of employees210 (2014)[needs update]
Official websiteusborne.com

Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books. Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973, Usborne Publishing uses an in-house team of writers, editors, and designers. In the United States, Usborne books are sold and distributed to the traditional retail trade through HarperCollins.

Among its other sales chanels are multi-level marketing operations Usborne Books at Home founded in 1981 in Britain, and PaperPie in the United States.

Quicklinks were first introduced in 2000 as a way to incorporate the internet into modern reading habits. Peter Usborne has been quoted in the trade magazine The Bookseller as saying: "I initially thought that the internet would kill non-fiction, because teachers would tell children to use the internet to help with homework. But if you key in 'castles' [on a search engine], you get 900,000 possible websites. The internet is an inadequate resource for children."

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References

  1. ↑ "UK Trade order forms from Usborne Publishing". Usborne Children’s Books. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "International trade enquiries". Usborne Children’s Books. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Work Is Child's Play for Book Publisher Peter Usborne". Financial Times. 14 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Who we are". usborne.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
  5. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (14 November 2022). "Usborne joins forces with HarperCollins in US distribution deal". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Mary M. Byers (1 April 2009). Making Work at Home Work: Successfully Growing a Business and a Family under One Roof. Baker Books. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-4412-0382-3. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Sandra Hewett (1 June 2011). A Woman's Guide to Working for Herself: Inspiration, Information and Advice from Women Who Run Their Own Business, for Women Who Aspire to Do So. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 160–. ISBN 978-1-84803-466-2. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Usborne Books & More Rebrands to PaperPie". www.directsellingnews.com. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Usborne Identity – an interview with Peter Usborne". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2008.