The term “blook” can refer to things that look like books but aren’t, or to books created from online or blog-based content. Lulu.com offers an annual prize for printed and bound books based on previous blogs, and some bloggers hope to find a way for offline publishing through successful blogs. Blooks can also be fiction released by chapters, similar to how Charles Dickens published his works.
The term book can have different definitions and is a combination of the words book and blog or the terms “looks like a book” and “book”. In the 1990s, librarian Mindell Dubansky is said to have coined the term for those things that look like books but aren’t. This could include used fake books on shelves or even other items made into the shape of books. There’s actually a long history of things made to look like books that aren’t actually books. Today, you can even find instructions online and in cake decorating books for making a blook cake for both first communions and graduation ceremonies.
The other use of blook is more recent and first occurred in the 2000s. This second definition refers to books that can be created from online or blog-based blogs. Alternatively, some people write books that stay online but have chapters or are serialized stories. These blogs have become increasingly popular and some bloggers are hoping to find a way for offline publishing through successful blogs.
In 2006, Lulu.com announced an annual Lulu Blooker Prize for people who have printed and bound books based on previous blogs, and offers prizes in the fiction, comic, and non-fiction categories. it was Julie Powell whose book Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen was based on her very popular blog on French cuisine.
Some variants of the blook are not much different from books written by people who are columnists. Columnists can combine columns written over a period of time into an anthology or book. The blogger, who can be called a volunteer columnist (since many of them write for free), can do the same, combining blogs into an overall themed look.
Another interesting type of blook is fiction released by chapters. This is similar to the many writers who have written installments or sections of novels in the past, who were eagerly awaited by fans. Charles Dickens published many of his works in this way and new installments were eagerly awaited, just as today we might be eager to see the next installment in a favorite TV series. Episodic fiction blog posted online may be available to people who have become fans and are on a mailing list, and daily digests or weekly installments are usually sent out to keep fans engaged as the novel unfolds. These too can become published books or, more accurately, books.
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