About Firebrand Technologies

Firebrand Technologies—along with its sister company NetGalley LLC—is more than a software and services company. We are an active partner in the book publishing business, providing steadfast leadership and seamless information flow throughout the entire publishing process. It is what we love and what we do—every day, for more than 35 years.

Firebrand Technologies was founded by Fran Toolan as Quality Solutions, Inc. in 1987. Fran believed the publishing industry was a unique and creative business, yet needed efficient tools and workflow processes to thrive and be profitable. Through his leadership, Firebrand Technologies set the stage for and built tools that have accentuated the creativity in publishing.

In February 2021, Firebrand was acquired by Media Do International (MD-i), the US-based subsidiary of Japan’s Media Do Co., Ltd, one of the largest ebook distribution companies in the world retaining the largest share of Japan’s $4.5 billion eBook market. Angela Bole, the former CEO at the Independent Book Publishers Association, succeeded Fran Toolan as Firebrand Group CEO on February 1, 2023. Fran currently remains on the Firebrand Group Board of Directors.

As developers of software and technology solutions, we serve all segments of the publishing community, including trade book publishers, academic and educational publishers, journal publishers, audio publishers, distributors, trading partners, industry representatives, and other service providers. With the ability to host technologies in our datacenter, we deliver solutions that meet the needs of publishers of any size and budget.

Our team engages daily in a zealous pursuit to empower publishers and their partners. We host conferences, user groups, seminars, webinars, and other educational and entrepreneurial opportunities. We stand united with the entire publishing industry, in defiance of convention, deep in resources and expertise, and committed to pragmatic solutions that persistently encourage the industry to be as creative, efficient, and successful as possible.

We hold ourselves accountable to a set of Core Values that represent both what we seek to improve and what we strive to continue doing. This is what makes us firebrands.

Our Title Management Enterprise Software tracks titles from pre-acquisition through post-production, while our Eloquence on Demand service is the most accurate and cost-effective way to implement ONIX and to distribute metadata and digital content to more than 500 trading partners.
Title Management Lite is the simplified, compact version of Enterprise and is geared towards small and mid-size publishers.
Flywheel is our new backlist sales and marketing service, helping publishers update and maximize their backlist.
FlightDeck is the most robust EPUB quality assurance and testing tool available.
Our sister company NetGalley, delivers digital galleys to professional readers.