Opyrus
| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Michael Ashley[1] |
| Headquarters | USA |
| Website | www |
Opyrusis an American self-publishing start-up founded in 2008 as FastPencil by Michael Ashley. They offer a web-based publishing engine that allows authors, publishers, and enterprises to create books in print andEPUBformats and have those books distributed online and in brick-and-mortar stores through partnerships withAmazon,[2]Barnes & Noble,[3]Ingram, and others.
In 2013 FastPencil was acquired byCourier Corporation,but was reacquired in May by its co-founder, Steve Wilson, after Courier's acquisition byR.R. Donnelleyin 2015.[4][5]
As of February 2024 the website is not responding. FastPencil.com and Opyrus.com both lead to a Web Server Default Page from Plesk.
References[edit]
- ^Reid, Calvin."Publishing Start-Up Review, Mid-2015".Publishers Weekly.Retrieved30 August2015.
- ^Ha, Anthony (15 July 2009)."FastPencil Wants to Help Aspiring Authors Write and Publish Their Books".The New York Times.Retrieved9 March2014.
- ^"Barnes & Noble and FastPencil Announce Agreement".Publishers Weekly.Retrieved9 March2014.
- ^"Courier Acquires FastPencil".The Wall Street Journal.Retrieved9 March2014.
- ^"Publishing Start-Up Review, Mid-2015".Retrieved2015-08-30.
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