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] 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.