MetaPress, a hosting service for academic content, has announced the addition of Practical Action Publishing, a subsidiary company of Practical Action, to the list of publishers who have recently signed agreements for services from Metapress.
Practical Action Publishing publishes both journals and books and is focused on using sustainable technology to challenge poverty, working with poor women and men from around the world.
A division of EBSCO Industries Inc., Metapress became the industry's first content management system with dimensional navigation across a variety of content types; the service offers a variety of commercial models — from annual subscriptions to journals to short-term article rentals. Metapress provides a comprehensive solution to Web-publishing needs and offers an established way to electronically publish titles, including journals, books, reference works, and databases.