Exhibit 99.1

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

    NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2007--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.

    This news release includes forward-looking statements. Statements
that describe future expectations, plans or strategies are considered
"forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and releases issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The words "believe", "expect",
"anticipate", "intend", "estimate" and other expressions which are
predictions of or indicate future events and trends and which do not
relate to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. Such
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated.
Factors that could affect actual results include, among others,
changes in customers' demand for the Company's products, including
seasonal changes in customer orders, changes in raw material costs and
availability, pricing actions by competitors, consolidation among
customers and competitors, success in the integration of acquired
businesses, changes in operating expenses including energy costs,
changes in technology, difficulties in the start up of new equipment
or information technology systems, changes in copyright laws, changes
in tax regulations, changes in the Company's effective income tax
rate, and general changes in economic conditions, including currency
fluctuations and changes in interest rates. Although the Company
believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate,
and therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements will prove to be accurate. The forward-looking statements
included herein are made as of the date hereof, and the Company
undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.

    CONTACT: Courier Corporation
             James F. Conway III, 978-251-6000
             Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
             or
             Rajeev Balakrishna, 978-251-6000
             Vice President and General Counsel
             www.courier.com