{{Short description|British publisher of children books}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup rewrite|date=June 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2019}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox publisher | image = | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1973|12|5}} | founder = Peter Usborne | status = Active | distribution = HarperCollins (UK trade, US trade, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India)<br>Penguin Random House (South Africa)<br>Educational Development Corporation (USA direct sales)<ref>{{Cite web| title = UK Trade order forms from Usborne Publishing| work = Usborne Children’s Books| access-date = 2020-06-06| url = https://usborne.com/misc/uk-trade-orders/| archive-date = 20 June 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200620015204/https://usborne.com/misc/uk-trade-orders/| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = International trade enquiries| work = Usborne Children’s Books| access-date = 2020-06-06| url = https://usborne.com/misc/usborne-worldwide-representatives-and-distributors/| archive-date = 20 June 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200620003900/https://usborne.com/misc/usborne-worldwide-representatives-and-distributors/| url-status = dead}}</ref> | topics = | genre = Children's literature | country = United Kingdom | headquarters = London | imprints = | numemployees = 210 (2014){{Update inline|date=January 2026}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/a661690a-a93c-11e3-b87c-00144feab7de | title=Work Is Child's Play for Book Publisher Peter Usborne | newspaper=Financial Times | date=14 March 2014 }}</ref> | url = {{url|https://usborne.com|usborne.com}} }}
'''Usborne Publishing''', often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books. Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973,<ref>{{cite web | title = Who we are | publisher = usborne.co.uk | url = http://www.usborne.co.uk/about_usborne/who_we_are.asp?css=1 | access-date = 2007-11-12 | archive-date = 20 October 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071020135346/http://www.usborne.co.uk/about_usborne/who_we_are.asp?css=1 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Usborne Publishing uses an in-house team of writers, editors, and designers. One of its sales channels is Usborne Books at Home, a multi-level marketing operation founded in 1981.<ref name="Byers2009">{{cite book|author=Mary M. Byers|title=Making Work at Home Work: Successfully Growing a Business and a Family under One Roof|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dcK1rwHJVgC&pg=PT124|access-date=22 June 2020|date=1 April 2009|publisher=Baker Books|isbn=978-1-4412-0382-3|pages=124–}}</ref><ref name="Hewett2011">{{cite book|author=Sandra Hewett|title=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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4meBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT160|access-date=22 June 2020|date=1 June 2011|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-84803-466-2|pages=160–}}</ref> In the United States, Usborne books are sold and distributed to the retail trade through HarperCollins.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/usborne-joins-forces-with-harpercollins-in-us-distribution-deal |url-status=live |archive-date=Dec 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230211709/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/usborne-joins-forces-with-harpercollins-in-us-distribution-deal |last=Comerford |first=Ruth |date=Nov 14, 2022 |magazine=The Bookseller |language=en |access-date=8 August 2023 |title=Usborne joins forces with HarperCollins in US distribution deal}}</ref> Direct customer sales are made through PaperPie, the home business division of Educational Development Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |archive-date=Jan 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130080038/https://www.directsellingnews.com/usborne-books-more-rebrands-to-paperpie/ |date= January 11, 2023 |website=www.directsellingnews.com |language=en |access-date=8 August 2023 |title=Usborne Books & More Rebrands to PaperPie |url=https://www.directsellingnews.com/usborne-books-more-rebrands-to-paperpie/}}</ref>
== Quicklinks == 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."<ref>{{cite web | title = The Usborne Identity – an interview with Peter Usborne | work = The Bookseller | url = http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/trade-profiles/46850-the-usborne-identity.html | access-date = 2008-05-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090911190808/http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/trade-profiles/46850-the-usborne-identity.html |archive-date = 2009-09-11}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Children's literature}} * List of UK children's book publishers * Usborne Puzzle Adventure series
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://usborne.com/ Official website of Usborne Publishing] * [http://www.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/ Usborne Books at Home]
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