I'm thinking of joining usbourne books. Is it worth it?

Here in Uk the Agents drop piles of books into offices, shops, factories etc and come back later in the week to see if they have any sales.
You will spend money on petrol and parking and be struggling up flights of steps with piles of books.

I doubt if it will be worth it.

Like the countless MLM business out there, you have chance of ending up with unsold stock, I wold worry about too few sales opportunities, you may have to offer aq wider ariety of products to make a spot in a more general show pay off. Though books stores have been going out of business I suppose kid books will never be completely replaced by electronic readers.

Do consider if you just bought and sold books as a completely independent business is it possible to be more profitable, while not being tied to a single supplier.

A couple of kid book wholesalers
http://www.dollardays.com/wholesale-childrens-books.html

Direct from China, for high volume sellers
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/wholesale-children-books.html
Their retail outlet
http://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-kids-book.html

I found few negative opinions about usbourne on the internet, but do bear in mind recruitment is a top priority with these MLM businesses, so a lot of endorsements are by those looking to share your revenue.

There are almost universal recommendations in this forum thread:
http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/working-childcare-692/working-689/928223-usborne-books-worth-all.html

A teaser review that seems like it may be reprinting the company literature
http://www.businessopportunitywatch.com/review-usborne-books-at-home.htm

An early mention of the 15 year old business.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2002/mar/17/workandcareers.observercashsection

If it was a good way to make money we would all be doing it.