How We Can Help

You may have received Usborne or Kane/Miller books from various sources in the past.
Now we can help make this process work even better!  Here are some benefits for you:

• "Sole Source Provider" for all Usborne Library bound books & Kane/Miller titles.
  Since July 1, 2003, Usborne library bound books have not been sold to jobbers.
• HIGH fill rate is at 95% since you are now ordering direct with EDC, who owns the marketing rights for Usborne Books in the USA!
• Quick delivery - 5-10 working days!
• Highest quality library binding available, including the publisher’s original covers!
• Data disks, card kits & customized cataloging products are available, as well as shelf-ready processing!
• The most current editions!
• 100% lifetime satisfaction guarantee!  Refunds or replacements are available within 30 days.  As long as the book is in print, it can be replaced for any reason at half price plus shipping!
• Service!  A knowledgeable sales person, can show preview titles, help with selection, facilitate ordering, order expediting, order tracking & follow-up service as desired.

Intriguing Usborne & Kane/Miller Books - High Quality and Great Service!

50% Matching Grant Program

Literacy for a Lifetime

Literacy for a Lifetime offers a 50% matching grant in books for every dollar contributed.

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READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM Pledge-Driven Read-a-Thon 

 

Returns 100% back to the school/organization in Usborne Books or Books and Cash!

The Reach for the Stars!! program rewards children for reading with free books of their choice as well as new books for their school. Reach for the Stars!! returns a minimum of 100% back to the school and students in a combination of Usborne & Kane/Miller books. A cash fundraiser option is also available.

What is the goal of the program? The goal of Reach for the Stars!! is for children to develop a daily reading habit during the one to two week period of the RFTS program. Educational experts recommend that children read 30 minutes per weekday.

Who can participate? This program is designed to benefit any organizational group, such as schools, individual classrooms, clubs, preschools, church groups, home school groups, charities, businesses, and public libraries.

Raising Pledges - Parents and children request pledges from friends and family members to support the kids’ reading habit. Ask your organization if corporate sponsorships are available.

How do the kids benefit?  They develop a reading routine and receive Usborne & Kane/Miller books for participating. Together we can help children discover the joy of reading and give them the opportunity to choose their very own books to keep!

How can your organization benefit?  Reach for the Stars!! has flexible options to meet your needs, whether you need books for the library, classroom, community projects, or perhaps cash for a specific purpose. A minimum of 100% of the pledges are returned to the participants and organization in the form of books, or a combination of books and cash with the fundraising option.

• Minimum 100% return on student pledges – in form of books or cash and books!
• We do all the work – Hassle Free – just choose your free books!
• Earn free award winning educational books of your choice from over 1800 Usborne and Kane/Miller titles for classrooms and libraries!
• Kids earn free books of their choice too – so excitement about reading extends beyond the program dates!

Commercial-Free Book Fairs

*“Reading is a Gift” Book Fairs are Hassle-free
With more than 8,000 Consultants in the United States alone, your "Reading Is a Gift" book fair partner is probably right around the corner and ready to work hard for your fundraiser. An Educational Consultant will walk you through your event from start to finish making it pleasant and profitable for you, your students, and your school.

Usborne Books Creates A Fund raiser That Keeps On Giving

Usborne & Kane/Miller Books are internationally acclaimed as the finest entertaining and educational children's books in the marketplace today. Usborne & Kane/Miller offer over 1,800 fiction and non-fiction titles that inspire, engage and entertain your students through reading. As a host school, you can choose from a wide range of subjects covering science, history, hobbies, nature, the arts and more. Is there a better gift to give than the gift of reading? There's no better gift for your school or organization than an Usborne "Reading Is A Gift" book fair event that promotes reading and pays you back in FREE books and/or cash. 

Raise Kids' Reading Levels
The Usborne "Reading Is A Gift" book fair program was developed by Usborne Books to encourage reading and at the same time earn free books, and/or profits for your school or organization. We understand the needs and challenges faced by organizations trying to raise funds, so we've designed a program to make it easy for you to reach your fund raising goals! With the FREE book and/or cash incentives that are in place for each book fair, you can choose the option that best meets the needs of your school.

1. FREE books - Up to 50% of retail sales in free books.

   

2. Books & Cash - Provides the host school with FREE books and cash for the library.
3. Cash only - Fund special projects, teacher resources or extras for your students.

*Book Fair may not be available in all areas.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EDC TO DISCONTINUE SALES OF USBORNE BOOKS ON AMAZON

February 28, 2012 (Tulsa, OK) - Educational Development Corporation (EDC), which publishes Usborne and Kane Miller books in the United States, announced today that, effective immediately, the company will no longer sell any of its books on Amazon or to any entities that resell to Amazon. This follows a 2009 decision to st...op selling the award-winning Kane Miller list via Amazon and now, by adding the Usborne line, it will include a full list of more than 1,500 titles.

According to EDC President Randall White, the decision comes in response to increasing moves by Amazon to “gain control of publishing and other industries by making it impossible for other retailers to compete effectively.” With recent developments, including last week’s news of Amazon demanding higher discount rates from Independent Publishers Group (IPG), a major distributor of books nationwide, along with the “cash mob” phenomenon of consumers supporting local businesses, White felt it was important to take a stand on the issue.

“I see this as critical to the long-term growth of EDC, and a way to demonstrate our support of our incredibly devoted direct sales force of independent sales consultants who make their living selling our books at home parties, to schools & libraries and via the Internet,” says White. “We want to support them in every way we can, and we’ve seen how, working together, not only can we survive without Amazon, but we can thrive.”

White reports that net sales of the Kane Miller books have increased more than thirty-three percent since 2009 when the list was pulled from Amazon. In discussing the decision, Kane Miller Publisher Kira Lynn says, “From my point of view as an editor and publisher, this is also about supporting the connection between booksellers and book buyers. Hand selling has always been a necessary, integral part of the business, particularly with children's books. And it's still the hand selling, the independent booksellers and word of mouth that can create a best seller. Amazon might sell them, but independent booksellers are the ones who create them.”

Educational Development Corporation is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange (ticker: EDUC). EDC publishes children’s books, including Usborne books and the Kane Miller line of international children’s titles through Usborne Books & More, a direct sales organization of independent consultants, on their websites and through 5,000 retail stores. More than 1,500 different titles are currently available for children of all ages.