"The Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to 'blooks': books based on blogs or websites." So says the homepage. The Blooker Prize, sponsered by Lulu, a publisher of print-on-demand books and blooks, was started in 2005. Prizes are awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and comics.

So, seriously, what exactly is a blook? The website provides details:

A blook is a book with content that was developed in a significant way from material originally presented on a blog, web-comic or other website. This material includes the website's characters, themes, ideas or outline that ends up getting published as a printed book.

Or, of you prefer a "full dictionary" version:

blook n. blook. A printed and bound book, based on a blog (cf. web log) or website; a new stage in the life-cycle of content, if not a new category of content and a new dawn for the book itself. cf. The Lulu Blooker Prize, ("The Blooker"), a literary prize, founded 2005, for blooks. [der. Eng. book, a bound collection of sheets of paper; blog (abbrev. web log, an internet journal, diary or personal website)]

Veteran tech folk/bloggers are the judges and the winners will be announced in a couple weeks, on Arpril 3rd. One of the short listed non-fiction blooks is titled, "Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl." I can't wait to see who wins.