Opyrus Explained

Opyrus
Founder:Michael Ashley [1]
Location Country:USA

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.

In 2013 FastPencil was acquired by Courier Corporation, but was reacquired in May by its co-founder, Steve Wilson, after Courier's acquisition by R.R. Donnelley in 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reid. Calvin. Publishing Start-Up Review, Mid-2015. Publishers Weekly. 30 August 2015.
  2. News: Ha. Anthony. FastPencil Wants to Help Aspiring Authors Write and Publish Their Books. 9 March 2014. The New York Times. 15 July 2009.
  3. Web site: Barnes & Noble and FastPencil Announce Agreement. Publishers Weekly. 9 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Courier Acquires FastPencil. The Wall Street Journal. 9 March 2014.
  5. Web site: Publishing Start-Up Review, Mid-2015. 2015-08-30.

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