Although they were included in our press release, very few places have reported on the runners-up. Monday's print version of the USA Today article listed them, but, sadly, they were left out of the online article.
Here's what some of the judges had to say about the runners-up:
Non-fiction: Biodiesel Power by Lyle Estill
"Biodiesel Power tells the true story of a blog-enabled community that is a real force for good in the world, using the Internet to coordinate their efforts to generate viable, plausible alternatives to petrochemicals." - Cory Doctorow
"This blook is about obsession and drive and community. It is printed and bound in the most environmentally friendly manner true to the last drop of ink to the higher goals for the writer. This attention to detail, to harmony, inform the writing and the story telling while the self-reflective humor in the stories keep the blook from becoming preachy and sour." - Paul Jones
"Biodiesel preserved its essential "blogness" and was cleverly edited into book form without hiding its online roots."
- Robin Miller
Fiction: hackoff.com by Tom Evslin
"Vividly captures the spirit of online chatter and was well suited to serialization on a blog -- the form combined with the geeky subject matter and a cracking whodunnit make this book an excellent read for blook-fans." - Cory Doctorow
Comics: Dinosaur Comics: Huge Teeth, Beaks, Intelligence, and Ambition
by Ryan North
"A single set of illustrations manipulated into dozens of different stories by the words alone. The art, and by that I mean the skill and imagination, dazzles me at every page turn. Everyone I hand this blook to is delighted and laughing." - Paul Jones
"Funny as hell and thrifty in its use of recycled paste-up imagery from strip to strip. There are genius comic moments in this little book of big lizards." - Cory Doctorow
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