Dundalk company ePublish featured on Newstalk

Presenter George Hook, Clive Friary of ePublish and Gerard Tannam of Islandbridge Brand Development at the Newstalk studios in Digg’s Lane, Dublin 2 yesterday

Multi-touch textbook publisher ePublish were interviewed on The Right Hook programme on Newstalk yesterday evening.

The Dundalk business, headed up by Clive Friary, featured in a ‘Kickstart Your Business’ segment on the show with Clive explaining to presenter George Hook how the idea for ePublish came about and what the company was all about.

An accountant by background, Friary spent three years training teachers in the use of the iPad in the classroom. Appalled by the poor quality of content available to teachers, Clive decided to create and publish enhanced multi-touch textbooks for the educational sector.

You can listen back to the interview here.

Dundalk digital publisher calls on everyone to get involved in Giro eBook

A scene from the recent Giro in Dundalk, as captured by Fergal McCabe

Louth’s Giro d’Italia celebrations are to be recorded in an eBook, from new Dundalk digital publisher epublish.ie.

The free to download eBook will feature images and footage from the entire three day visit of Giro d’Italia from Belfast to Dublin, however there will be particular attention given to Dundalk, and Louth’s efforts, with the aim of increasing tourism awareness of County Louth throughout the 51 countries the book will be available in.

Thousands lined the streets and roads of the county to cheer on Giro d’Italia, it was a huge community effort and something epublish.ie wanted to get involved with, founder Clive Friary said.

He added: “We want to create an eBook that will suit keen cycling fans throughout the world as well as promote our area, cycling routes etc. Ideally it would be fantastic to see keen cyclists downloading the book, seeing the route, and arranging their cycling holidays here.

“We are making it a free to download publication to get it to as big an audience as possible.”

Clive is asking anyone with Giro images, footage etc to join in the project and have their photographs and recordings included.

“We’ve all seen some fantastic photos from the streets of Dundalk or along the road at Castlebellingham, or across the Bridge of Peace at Drogheda.  We want to let the eBook readers see how Giro grabbed the attention of the general public and the atmosphere it created.

“We want to harness that feeling for the good of Dundalk and Louth and create future potential for the region.  All work featured will be credited.”

To submit photographs, footage etc or for further information e-mail  giro@epublish.ie

Selection of Dundalk iBooks on special offer for St Patrick’s Day

The Dundalk Caught on Camera books is one of many that are available to download now at reduced rates

Those at home or abroad can celebrate  and remember days gone by or relish the final works of  late Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney as iCreate.ie have reduced a number of its Irish themed titles for St Patrick’s Day.

Readers can now pre-order the Tempest’s Memories Dundalk at Work collection at an inexpensive €8.99 per title.

The collection which includes ‘The Shoe Industry’, ‘The Tobacco Industry’ and ‘The Engineering Industry’ along with ‘Dundalk Caught on Camera’ can now be downloaded in 51 countries across the globe.

The Dundalk at Work collection which went on sale via iBooks in late 2013 marked a historic first for Dundalgan Press in embracing smart technologies.
Also available and adapted to iBooks by iCreate.ie is ‘The Gathering – Reflections on Ireland’, published in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation will also available via iBooks at the specially discounted rate of €4.99.

The book includes contributions from high profile Irish names be it in the world of sport, literature etc including Brian O’Driscoll, Katie Taylor, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Niall O’Dowd plus what is thought to be one of the final published works of the late Seamus Heaney.

Given that the Irish population across the Globe will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day, a pre-order facility is available for the titles so you don’t need to be sitting by your computer or iPad on March 17th.

Clive Friary of Dundalk based iCreate.ie said he hopes people take the chance to download the quality books which will bring them a bit closer to home on St Patrick’s Day.

“Today most Irish people living abroad have made their computer or iPad their main means of communicating with home, be it via Facebook, Twitter or Skype. But being able to download Tempest’s Dundalk At Work Collection brings them to times now long past while  reading  ‘The Gathering – Reflections on Ireland’ allows them to read about our current heroes such as Katie Taylor and Brian O’Driscoll as well as reading the words of Seamus Heaney was loved by Irish people across the world.

“We’ve made a provision for readers who will of course be out drowning the shamrock or marching in their parades because we want as many people as possible to have the opportunity to download these titles at the promotional price.”

iCreate.ie confirmed as only Apple certified training facility in North East

Dundalk’s iCreate.ie has been confirmed as the only Apple certified training facility in the North East.

The seal of approval from Apple for the courses offered by the Digital Media Academy is yet another milestone for the company founded in 2012 by Clive Friary and Brid Rocks, which specialises in tailored training for individuals and also school and business groups and which, more recently, has also expanded into iBook publishing.

Speaking on iCreate.ie’s latest success, Clive Friary said “There are only five authorised Apple Training Centres in Ireland and iCreate.ie is now the designated centre for the North East. It is a tremendous achievement for iCreate.ie to be recognised by Apple and we look forward to a very bright future.”

Apple certified courses on Mac Integration Basics 10.9, Mac Support Essentials 10.9 and Mac Support Essentials Upgrade 10.8 to 10.9 plus Apple examinations will commence in early February at the iCreate.ie offices in the Creative Spark Building, Clontygora Drive. The courses vary from 1 to 3 days in length.

Clive explained: “The courses are most suitable to those working consistently with Apple media, including those in IT administration, of which there are many in this region. We can now offer these courses locally saving people time and expense on travelling to training centres.

“Those who complete the courses will receive a personalised certificate with Certifications plus they will also be listed on the Apple Certified Professionals Registry.”

iCreate.ie also has a number of courses aimed at the everyday tablet user, particularly those who Santa may have brought an iPad to over Christmas. One and two day Level 1 Introduction to iPad courses will commence mid-January through to February with Level 2 courses in Getting More from your iPad also available.
The iCreate.ie course schedule is available at http://www.icreate.ie/course-schedule/