Denne kryptiske overskriften er mitt forsøk på oversette det nye fenomenet på internett, kalt "blook." En blok er en bok hvis innhold i betydelig grad er utviklet fra materiale som opprinnelig ble presentert i en blogg, web-tegneserie eller annen type nettsted og utgitt av et selskap som trykker bøker i begrenset opplag via nettet også kalt "print-on-demand".
What, exactly, is a blook?
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.
Scores of blooks have already been published, both by traditional publishers and self-publishers. Indeed, traditional publishing houses, ever in search of the next big name author, have begun to mine blogs and websites for new talent. In the world of self-publishing, more and more content is being developed first online. It is becoming ever easier for bloggers and other independent web publishers to make the transition into print by using web-based publishing services such as Lulu (www.lulu.com).
The full dictionary definition of a blook is as follows:
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)]
The launch of The Lulu Blooker Prize coincides with the 450th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of moveable type, and it offers fresh evidence that the oft-touted rumor of the death of books is greatly exaggerated.
Så får vi bare vente å se om dette fenomenet kommer til Norge.