The best books based on blogs are to be recognised in their own literary prize. Dubbed the Blooker Prize, the annual award will reward the best writers of literary works that started life as online ...

When is a book not a book? When it's a blook, of course. OK, it might seem a bit of silly word but it does describe an increasingly common process - turning popular blogs into books. Not only does ...

An amateur chef's account of her attempt to cook celebrated U.S. chef Julia Child's recipes on Monday took home the first literary garland devoted to books based on blogs. HT Image Julie Powell, a ...

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LONDON – A former U.S. machine gunner’s irreverent memoir about his year fighting in Iraq has won the second annual prize for the best book based on a blog. My War: Killing Time in Iraq, by Colby ...

has picked three books based on blogs, or "blooks", as the first winner of its "Blooker Awards". Other WRAL Top Stories "Julie and Julia", a book about "extreme cooking" won in the non-fiction ...

A book written by a US soldier about his experiences in post-war Iraq has won the Blooker prize for books based on blogs. My War: Killing Time in Iraq, by Colby Buzzell, walked off with the $10,000 ...

Online self-publishing house announces what it calls the first-ever literary award for "blooks," books based on blogs or Web sites. Ed is a many-year veteran of the writing and editing world who ...