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Status | Active |
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Founded | 5 December 1973 |
Founder | Peter Usborne |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London |
Distribution | HarperCollins (UK trade, US trade, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India) Penguin Random House (South Africa) Educational Development Corporation (USA direct sales)[1][2] |
Fiction genres | Children's literature |
No. of employees | 210 (2014) [3] |
Official website | usborne.com |
Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books. Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973,[4] 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.[5][6] In the United States, Usborne books are sold and distributed to the retail trade through HarperCollins.[7] Direct customer sales are made through PaperPie, the home business division of Educational Development Corporation.[8]