Courier Buys Cloud-Based Self-Publishing Firm

NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA—Courier Corp., which specializes in book manufacturing and content management, announced that it has acquired FastPencil Inc., a developer of end-to-end, cloud-based content management technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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.