Courier Corporation Executive Officers and Directors Adopt Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans.

NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Courier Corporation (Nasdaq:CRRC), one of America's leading book manufacturers and specialty publishers, today announced that several of the Company's executive officers and directors have adopted prearranged stock trading plans in accordance with guidelines specified by Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Rule 10b5-1 allows officers and directors to adopt written, pre-arranged stock trading plans at times when they are not in possession of material nonpublic information. Using these plans, insiders can gradually diversify their investment portfolios, and reduce market impact by spreading stock trades out over an extended period of time, while avoiding concerns about whether they were in possession of material nonpublic information when their stock was sold.

Courier insiders who have adopted 10b5-1 plans at this time include, James F. Conway III, Chairman, President and CEO; Robert P. Story, Jr., Executive Vice President and COO; Peter M. Folger, Senior Vice President and CFO; Edward J. Hoff, Director; and Kathleen Foley Curley, Director. Under the plans adopted by these individuals, an aggregate of approximately 128,000 shares of Common Stock may be sold during the period April 2007 through December 2007. The total shares to be sold by these individuals represent approximately 10% of their total holdings in Courier stock, exclusive of any outstanding options. If all of the shares contemplated under these plans are sold in 2007, this group of insiders collectively will continue to own approximately 1,205,000 shares, or 9.6% of the total outstanding shares of the Company. These insiders have adopted these plans as part of their ongoing personal programs for managing options expiration, financial diversification, tax management and estate planning.

In addition, the James F. Conway, Jr. Trust adopted a plan to sell a total of 200,000 shares of Common Stock during the period February 2007 through December 2007. To date, 59,300 shares have been sold pursuant to the trading plan. Grace R. Conway, age 80, is the beneficiary of the Trust. If all of the shares contemplated under this plan are sold in 2007, the Trust will continue to own 334,111 shares, or 2.7% of the total outstanding shares of the Company.

About Courier Corporation

Courier Corporation prints, publishes and sells books. Headquartered in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Courier has two business segments, full-service book manufacturing and specialty book publishing. For more information, visit www.courier.com.

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