Blook
A blook is a book based on content that was first published on a blog . As a neologism , the word is composed of the English words book and weblog . Since January 2004, more than 300 such books have been published in Japan, in English-speaking countries around 100 (as of October 2006).
Definitions
The term goes back to the American journalist Jeff Jarvis , who suggested the word in a competition that the American Tony Pierce announced to find a term for his blog entries summarized in a book, which he then published in 2002. Pierce then published two more blooks, How to blog and Stiff .
The term is also used for
- Books on blogs and for
- Serialized novels published on blogs. The respective chapters will be posted here as individual blog entries so that the reader the blog with an RSS - web feed subscribe tag or can also comment. This type of blook became popular in September 2005 when Tom Evslin started a detective story on hackoff.com.
According to a report in the English newspaper The Guardian , the word Blook was on a list of the Oxford English Dictionary's 2006 Word of the Year award .
Japan
The most famous Japanese blook is Train Man ( Densha Otoko ). Since its publication in 2004, over a million copies of the book have been sold in Japan, raising approximately $ 11 million. The book has been published in various languages (Chinese, Korean) and is being translated into more (Thai, Italian, English). A film, a soundtrack, a TV series, a game and other offshoots emerged from the blog.
With his blog about his domineering wife, 32-year-old Kazuma (Japanese 馬) from Fukuoka became one of the most successful bloggers in Japan. In addition to his blook oni-yome nikki (鬼 嫁 日記, “Demon Wife Diaries”, “The true story about my devil woman”), his blog served as a template for a TV sitcom (Oniyome Diary), a manga series, and a video game (Jitsuroku Oniyome Nikki, Sony PSP) and a film. Kazuma received $ 300,000 for the book rights alone.
Awards
In 2006, the US $ 10,000 Lulu Blooker Prize was the first award for blooks. The price is advertised by the book-on-demand provider Lulu.com . The main prize in 2006 went to Julie Powell (non fiction) for the cookbook Julie & Julia , further prizes went to Cherie Priest (fiction) and Zack Miller (webcomic).
In 2007, the Lulu Blooker Prize went to US soldier Colby Buzzell for the book My War: Killing Time in Iraq , which is based on his blog My War .
Web links
- MacMillan English Dictionary word of the week , March 20, 2006
- Oni Yome - Demon Wife
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- ↑ How Demon Wife Became a Media Star And Other Tales of the 'Blook' in Japan , The Wallstreet Journal online, October 5, 2006
- ↑ the history of blooks by tony pierce
- ↑ Tony Pierce: How To Blog
- ↑ Tony Pierce: Stiff
- ↑ hackoff.com
- ↑ 'Bovvered' wins Word of the Year award ( Memento from July 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ The 'Densha Otoko' Translation Project ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://yugure.ameblo.jp/
- ↑ amebabooks.co.jp: Vol. 1, 2005, ISBN 4-344-99003-X ; Vol. 2, 2006, ISBN 4-344-99020-X ; Chin: booklife.com.tw: ISBN 986-133-138-7
- ↑ Oniyome Diary From jp.wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia, Oniyome Nikki in DramaWiki
- ↑ Shūeisha , Vol. 1 ISBN 4-08-859563-7 , Vol. 2 ISBN 4-08-859608-0
- ↑ The Lulu Blooker Prize ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ US cook wins blogging book prize , BBC, April 3, 2006
- ^ The Blooker awards, for books arising from blogs , USATODAY, 4/2/2006
- ↑ Julie & Julia ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- ^ Totally Boned: A Joe and Monkey Collection
- ↑ Blooker Prize 2007 awarded to outstanding blooks ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Medien Mittweida, May 14, 2007
