About Firebrand

Firebrand Technologies, located in beautiful downtown Newburyport, MA, 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 30 years.

Firebrand was founded by Fran Toolan as Quality Solutions, Inc. in 1987. He believed the publishing industry was a unique and creative business, yet needed efficient tools and workflow processes to thrive and be profitable. These tools must accentuate the creativity in publishing, not hinder it.

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 or install proprietary systems on-site, 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. Our sister company NetGalley, delivers digital galleys to professional readers. FlightDeck is the most robust EPUB quality assurance and testing tool available.

Interested in learning more? Dig into our website to read about our services, or drop us a line and let us know how we can help you.

Firebrand has been helping publishers for more than 30 years. That’s a lot of history!