'Blooks' . . . 'Blogosphere' . . . Blimey. It's not pretty witnessing the birth of a new term. But I wouldn't have expected snarkiness from a site called "Blogebrity." Oh yes, snarkiness is the coin of the realm among blogs. And I love it.
Edward Moyer of CNet wrote a very nice column noting the creation of The Blooker Prize--"Blooker Prize Rewards Books Based on Blogs"-- and he even took the time to peruse a few books on Lulu, as well as to note the controversy that has arisen over the term blook. If you missed it in the post, Tom Evslin of the blog Fractals of Change commented on the controversy, which is really not so much of a controversy as it is a confluence of notions about of a new kind of book. Evslin himself is posting a novel in serialized form on the blog Hackoff.com (I hope he finishes it in time to enter) and so is Pete Townshend, of all people (yes, that Pete Townshend)--see "The Boy Who Heard Music." I'd love to see his book entered in the Blooker Prize contest, too.
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