Bookstart Competitors

We are Penguin Random House UK: part of the world's leading trade publisher, Penguin Random House. We seek out and champion brilliant voices from across the globe, bringing their stories, ideas and writing to audiences everywhere. With over 50 independent imprints across nine publishing houses, we are the UK's largest publisher. We have over 2,000 employees across two publishing sites in London, two distribution centres in Frating and Grantham, and our archive and library in Rushden. We work with the best talent from within the industry and beyond, with publishing experts supported by dynamic teams specialising in Technology, Digital, Finance, Data and Sales – to name but a few. Collaboration, creativity and innovation lie at the heart of what we do. In a market which is constantly changing, we are stretching the definition of the word publisher: working with talent across the creative spectrum - from TV production companies to A-list audiobook narrators - to connect with more readers than ever before, both through and beyond the book.

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Founded in London in 1986, we now have offices in London, New York, Santa Barbara, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Bloomsbury is the only publishing company to combine general fiction and non-fiction publishing with academic, professional and educational publishing. We bring together the best talent by combining our passionate colleagues and bestselling authors. Through our commitment to quality, growth, digital publishing and international strategy, we’ve become one of the world’s leading independent publishers. Our purpose is to inform, educate, entertain and inspire readers of all ages, championing a life-long love of reading and learning. We aim to help build a reading culture that benefits wider society. Bloomsbury’s success is due to the belief, commitment and hard work of our talented colleagues. We have a positive and vibrant culture where everyone has a sense of belonging and understands their value. Colleagues are supported to reach their highest potential, with wellbeing at the forefront of everything we do. Initiatives including cost of living support, family policies and healthcare enable colleagues to perform at their best at work. We have a particular focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as well as community outreach and sustainability. Find out more about us at www.bloomsbury.com

Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The Usborne head office is in London, UK. There are also Usborne design/editorial offices in Oxford and Wolverhampton. Usborne Community Partnerships is the direct sales division of Usborne Publishing, also based in our Oxford office. Please note that we do not directly approach potential hires and we never ask for money as part of a recruitment process. Any such contact is highly likely to be fraudulent and should be disregarded. If in any doubt, please contact help@usborne.com.