Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PP&F), a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., has been chosen by Pentronics Publishing to handle fulfillment services, electronic content management and more.

"We are very pleased that Pentronics Publishing has chosen EBSCO for the combined services of fulfillment, promotion and electronic content management," said Michael J. Margotta, director of sales and marketing for PP&F and MetaPress. "Pentronics Publishing will enjoy the benefit of having coordinated back office functions under the direction of a single vendor. We look forward to providing the outstanding service necessary to help them reach their target market."

PP&F has been granted the exclusive rights to sell Teaching for Success to the K-12 market in North America. Additionally, PP&F will provide electronic hosting and management of the publication through MetaPress, a service of PP&F.

"As Teaching For Success enters its 15th year of helping thousands of faculty improve their instructional skills, we at Pentronics Publishing are pleased and excited to enter into this agreement with EBSCO Industries' Publisher, Promotion & Fulfillment division," said Jack Shrawder, publisher, Pentronics Publishing. "We are looking to EBSCO's marketing and sales expertise to help Teaching For Success reach hundreds of new institutions in both higher education and K-12 with it's unique program of teaching improvement founded on the five Critical Success Factors of good teaching."

Founded 14 years ago by Jack and Penny Shrawder, Teaching for Success meets the instructional skill development and teaching career mastery needs of both part- and full-time faculty at institutions of higher education. The goal is to bring faculty success strategies, concepts and ideas from any area of academics, nonprofit organizations, business and industry that can be applied to the improvement of teaching in higher education. Experience has shown Teaching for Success is very unique and has something for everyone.

PP&F serves publishers of scholarly, technical and professional periodical publications. Fulfillment services include order processing, banking, address changes, claims handling, sample issue request handling, subscriber correspondence, label production and regular payments to the publisher.

MetaPress offers publishers comprehensive solutions to their Web-publishing needs. The MetaPress Web site (www.metapress.com) is a full-featured research tool that is open to the public. The service provides access to articles from thousands of journals, newsletters and other professional and academic publications. Services offered by MetaPress include content management, Web hosting, Web site development and e-commerce support.

Released: Sept. 20, 2002