Courier Corp. Acquires FastPencil Inc.

With its FastPencil acquisition, Courier builds on its leadership in content management and customization for educational publishers while bringing a comparable offering to a broader market. Since 2010, the combination of proprietary software and state-of-the-art digital printing technology has made Courier Digital Solutions a nationwide leader in the production of textbooks customized to the specific needs of individual professors, courses and institutions. The FastPencil platform brings a similar degree of flexibility and control to general trade publishers, established authors, and the rapidly expanding universe of self-publishers. At the time of its acquisition by Courier, FastPencil had relationships with more than 60,000 self-publishing content creators involving over 50,000 active projects.