Blooker Buzz Gets Louder

The news about the Blooker shortlist announced earlier this week has started to trickle out, most notably (surprise, surprise) in the UK, where the only thing they love more than a new literary prize is a good pun:

TechShout!Lulu Blooker Awards honour the best ‘Blook’, a Book based on a Blog
TechShout!, India - 4 hours ago
One such award is the “Blooker” prize, which is an award that is aimed at honoring the best books based on blogs. In fact, last year’s winning ‘blook’ was ...
Blooker Prize 2007 shortlist announced Blog Herald
Blooker prize honours best blogs BBC News
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But as the week ends the news has also seeped across the blogosphere:

2007 Lulu Blooker Shortlist

7 hours ago by Fadereu  I'm judging the Lulu Blooker 2007 prize, with a very distinguished cast whose company I probably do not deserve: Arianna Huffington, Julie Powell, Nick Cohen and Chair of Judges — Paul Jones. Now I'm not going to write about what my ... AlgoMantra 2007 - http://algomantra.blogspot.com/index.html

Lulu Blooker Awards honour the best ‘Blook’, a Book based on a Blog

4 hours ago by Administrator  Blogs may have started out as a casual way of expressing one’s opinions and even to reach out to the rest of the world. But now, Blogs have taken a turn for the better and the status of blogs in... [[ This is a content summary only. ... Tech Shout! - http://www.techshout.com

The 2007 Short-List

11 Mar 2007 by BlookerPrize  Crashing The Gate by Jerome Armstrong - www.MyDD.com and Markos Moulitsas - www.dailykos.com $12.95 (Chelsea Green) Buy it "This book lays bare, with passion and precision, how ineffective, incompetent, and antiquated the Democratic ... Lulu Blooker Blog - http://lulublookerprize.typepad.com/lulu_blooker_blog/ - References

Bloggers line up for the Blooker Prize

13 Mar 2007 Turning your popular blog into a book is happening more and more - and they've even got awards to prove it. Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog - http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/ - References

Blooker Prize 2007 shortlist announced

15 Mar 2007 by Andy Merrett  The shortlist for the Blooker Prize 2007 - the award that honours published books based on blogs - has been announced. The 15 nominees have all found real-world publishing deals thanks to their passion for blogging. ... The Blog Herald - http://www.blogherald.com - References

Lulu Blooker 2007 Short List Announced

13 Mar 2007 by Paul  The shortlist is out on the Blooker Blog (see there for details). And check out this brief list:. Non-Fiction. “My Secret: A PostSecret Book” by Frank Warren “My War: Killing Time In Iraq” by Colby Buzzell ... The Real Paul Jones - http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress - References

Interview With... Zach Miller (again)

11 hours ago by Mike  It's been a while since we actually interviewed anyone, but now the Lulu Blooker Prize is upon us and the short list has appeared, the same name as last year has graced its pages. So we quickly grabbed Zach Miller and got the low-down ... Webcomics in Print - http://webcomics-in-print.blogspot.com/index.html

Lulu Blooker Prize Finalist!

13 Mar 2007 by Rosemary  Congrats to Dean and John Eddy, Methuselah's Daughter is a finalist in the fiction category for the coveted Blooker Prize. One of the judges is Arianna Huffington. Cool beans,... The Queen of All Evil - http://www.qoae.net/ - References

IT Sector - Blooker prize honours best blogs

14 Mar 2007 Blooker prize honours best blogs. IEE News Feed - Information Professional - http://www.iee.org/oncomms/sector/informationpro/

The 2007 Blooker Prize Short-List12 Mar 2007 by CBFTW 
by Tertia Albertyn Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language From the South of France by Kristin Espinasse The Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to "blooks"-books based on blogs or other websites, ...
MY WAR - http://cbftw.blogspot.com/index.html