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Opyrus is 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 and EPUB formats and have those books distributed online and in brick-and-mortar stores through partnerships with Amazon, [2] Barnes & Noble, [3] Ingram, and others.
Courier Acquires FastPencil Advanced Content Management and Self-Publishing Platform NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Courier Corporation (NAS: CRRC) , one of America's leading ...
FastPencil, Inc. Note: FastPencil was acquired by Courier Corporation (NASDAQ: CRRC) on April 30, 2013.] Fast-Print Publishing; Freelance Communications; Fidlar Doubleday Note: Fidlar Doubleday has multiple web sites, but they appear to be the same company located in Davenport, Iowa. See Fidlar Doubleday history from Belkins' authors.
24by7publishing.com; www.48hrbooks.com; www.5mediadesign.com; amzbookpublishing.net; www.acebookwriters.com; www.acebookpublishers.com; www.americanbookwriting.com
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing.
The company was founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins [1] and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners.Blurb's headquarters are in San Francisco, California.Since its inception, Blurb has delivered more than 14 million books.
CafePress, Inc. was founded as a privately owned company in 1999 by Fred Durham and Maheesh Jain. [2] [3]In July 2008, CafePress acquired the specialist photographic art printing business Imagekind, [4] and in September 2010 further acquired photo-to-canvas company Canvas On Demand to add to their platform of brands.
Hybrid publishing is the source of debate in the publishing industry, with some viewing hybrid publishers as vanity presses in disguise. [7] [dead link ] However, a true hybrid publisher is selective in what they publish and will share the costs (and therefore the risks) with the author, whereas with a vanity press, the author pays the full cost of production and therefore carries all the risk.