Introduction to MetaPress®

Publishers need current information to be quickly accessible and for the ordering process to be easy. MetaPress® can assist you by providing an online archive of publications that are easily retrievable and accessible, as well as tools to help you distribute your online content to subscribers.

The value of our service comes from extensive investment in research, development and deployment. MetaPress has a financial advantage over our competitors because we share the corporate mandate of our parent company, EBSCO Industries, Inc., regarding research incentives. This consistent retooling of our technology has resulted in superior content delivery, searching, alerting and marketing presentations.

MetaPress offers publishers comprehensive solutions to their Web publishing needs. In addition to content management, Web hosting, Web site development and e-commerce support, MetaPress provides the following benefits:

Dissemination to third party aggregators
Remove barriers in licensing extensive electronic content to unexplored markets or countries
Capture new revenue from non-core markets
Valuable exposure and visibility
Gain supplemental revenue
Save online development expenses
Provide account reports on subscription orders
Superior service and support
Enhance the use of existing content and encourage adding content
Full administration of reference linking conventions, i.e. CrossRef
Utilize EBSCO’s knowledge and experience in servicing publishers worldwide.

Highly customized services are critical today in providing solutions for publishers. The publishing arena is competitive and expectations are high. Rather than you devoting time to promotion or marketing, MetaPress customizes services and provides electronic content management, allowing you to concentrate on the quality and depth of your publications’ editorial content.

Prices are flexible and based on the following:

How the content is provided by the publisher
The volume of content hosted
The service options you select.

The following tiers are offered by MetaPress and include a full range of solutions:

Simple or complete hosting
Develop a complete Web application
Additional content access options.

MetaPress also provides publishers transparent, dependable support with the publisher’s site available online around the clock. Publishers can be assured a fully developed online site that has been customized for them will have seamless integration to their existing Web presence for all titles with easy site navigation for locating these titles online.

Simple or Complete Hosting

Online electronic hosting involves publishing documents or periodicals in a presentation format suitable for the Internet. As a host provider, MetaPress provides the necessary hardware and connectivity to the Internet so the document is available to authorized users on the Web. Seamless integration with an existing site is guaranteed.

As a complete hosting solution, MetaPress offers document conversion, stabilization and metadata preparation services, and access control to the content being hosted, as well as an intuitive user interface. Title file and content integrity is assured.

MetaPress can also create Web editions of publications and, if necessary, distribute a publisher’s content to aggregation bureaus for redistribution.

Develop a Complete Web Application

MetaPress can develop a publisher’s corporate Web site and host it in addition to the content of all publications. When hosting a site, content is integrated with the publisher’s home page to provide seamless integration between the two.

If a publisher prefers to host their own site, profile pages for content viewing can be created on the MetaPress site. This service minimizes the expense and time-consuming nature of developing a new site by establishing a link to profile or pages that display content and continuity. These integrated pages will be uniform and consistent in appearance, enhancing the experience for the end-user.

Additional Content Access

Options for browsing and searching the content are set at each publisher’s discretion. Publishers, however, can take advantage of the search, browse, alerting and favorites features already developed for other publishers without additional cost. Abstracts, references and participation in CrossRef are also available.

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