Online self-publishing house Lulu has announced the Blooker Prize - first-ever literary award for “blooks,” books based on blogs or Web sites.在线自助出版社露露已经宣布blooker奖-第一次文学奖“ b looks， ”书籍的基础上博客或网站。


The Lulu Blooker Prize (www.lulublookerprize.com) is the first contest to honor blooks, a hybrid literary form that has evolved in recent years from web sites, particularly the web sites known as blogs.该露露blooker奖（ www.lulublookerprize.com ）是第一个竞赛荣誉blooks ，混合的文学形式，已演变在近年来从网站，尤其是网站称为博客。 “Blooks are the hottest new publishing trend,” says Bob Young, CEO of Lulu. “ blooks是最热门的新出版的趋势，说： ”鲍勃年轻，总裁兼首席执行官露露。 “So, the newest thing in publishing is… the oldest thing: the printed book, reinvented as the blook.” “因此，最新出版的事，是…最古老的一件事：印刷书籍，改造作为blook ” 。

The prize will reward the best blooks in three categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction and Comic-Blooks (based on web-comics), but with one overall winner.该奖将奖励最佳blooks在三大类：小说，非小说及漫画- blooks （基于Web -漫画） ，但与一个总冠军。 It is open to blooks published anywhere by anyone, provided they are in English.这是开放给blooks发表的任何地方任何人，只要他们都是英文的。 The prize money totals $4,000 - $1,000 for each of the category winners and $2,000 for the overall winner.奖金总额为4000 -1 000元为每个类别的优胜者元和2 000年为总冠军。

“But the winner of the first prize also receives a little piece of literary immortality,” points out Doctorow. “但比赛首奖，也收到一个小一块文学不死” ，指出克托罗。

“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 Web site. “ blook是一本书，内容是发达国家在一个重要的方式从物质原先提出的关于博客， Web的漫画或其他网站。 This material includes the Web site’s characters, themes, ideas or outline that ends up getting published as a printed book” according to FAQ on the Blooker Prize site.这种材料包括网站的字，主题，构思或大纲，结束了越来越出版作为一个印刷书籍“根据常见问题解答关于blooker奖的网站。

The panel of judges is made up of Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing; Slashdot contributor Robin Miller and Ibiblio director Paul Jones.评判团是成立的Cory克托罗，合作，编辑boing boing ; Slashdot的贡献者罗宾米勒和ibiblio主任保罗琼斯。

The core differentiators of a blook from a book, as defined by the核心微分一个blook从一本书，作为界定，由 press release新闻发布 , are: ，分别为：

  • More collaborative更多合作
  • Faster更快
  • More likely to take a serial form更有可能采取一个串行的形式

I think a blook is often an afterthought, an alternative revenue stream and distribution means for bloggers, not to mention the ego gratification part.我认为，一个blook往往是一种事后的，替代的收入来源和分配的手段，博客，更遑论自我满足的一部分。