The Blooker, and blooks in general, got a nice mention in the New York Times this week - Blogs Into 'Blooks': The Cranky and the Chaste. The article (from the Fashion & Style section) focuses on two recently published blooks, one of which has just been submitted to the Blooker.
My Secret: A PostSecret Book
by Frank Warren - www.postsecret.com
$19.95 (Regan/HarperCollins) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"The sensational PostSecret project returns with a never-before-seen collection of postcards created by teens and college students from around the world. Compiled by Frank Warren, postsecret.com founder and author of the national bestseller PostSecret, the handmade cards bear compelling and personal messages that have remained secret--until now. Raw and revealing, My Secret expresses the hopes, fears, and wildest confessions of young people everywhere." Also, it comes with stickers!
For the record, he other blook mentioned in the article, one that has not been entered for the Blooker yet, is The Thrill of the Chaste ($13.99, W Publishing Company) by Dawn Eden--based on her blog The Dawn Patrol.
This Times piece follows another recent article on the blook phenomenon--this time from the Wall Street Journal: How Demon Wife Became a Media Star And Other Tales of the 'Blook' in Japan. The WSJ piece focuses on the smash success in Japan of Demon Wife Diaries, by a blogger known by the pen name "Kazuma," and the spreading popularity of blooks in the Japanese market.
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