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March 19, 2007

Read Any Good "Blooks" Lately?

In case you’re not yet in the know, a “blook” is the newest publishing phenomenon: a book based on original content previously published in a blog, website or web comic. The self-publishing website Lulu.com has even launched the Lulu Blooker Prize, “the world’s first literary prize devoted to blooks.” This year’s Blooker Prize shortlist has been announced; the diverse nominees include Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots and the Rise of People-Powered Politics by Jerome Armstrong, My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell, Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France by Kristin Espinasse, Mom’s Cancer by Brian Fies, and My Secret: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren. Last year's Blooker Prize winner was Julie Powell’s popular “food memoir,” Julie and Julia.

Posted by hplreadingcorner at March 19, 2007 4:13 PM