Courier Corp. Acquires FastPencil Inc.

NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA—April 30, 2013—Courier Corp., one of America’s leading innovators in book manufacturing and content management, announced that it has acquired FastPencil Inc., a developer of end-to-end, cloud-based content management technology. A startup headquartered in Campbell, CA, FastPencil serves authors and publishers with full-featured, open-platform solutions spanning content, workflow, marketing and distribution. It also provides simple automated systems to help self-publishers get to market quickly and effectively in both print and e-book form, including the technology behind Barnes & Noble’s new NOOK Press, introduced earlier this month.