{"id":921,"date":"2005-10-10T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2005-10-10T18:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/the_writerpubli_2"},"modified":"2005-10-10T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2005-10-10T18:54:50","slug":"the_writerpubli_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"The writer-publisher &#8211; part 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your blog-based book could earn a &quot;Blook&quot; prize<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s first literary prize for books based on blogs, or \u201cblooks,\u201d is being launched today by its sponsor, Lulu (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\">www.lulu.com<\/a>). According to Lulu, \u201cblooks\u201d are the fastest growing new kind of book \u2013 and the hottest new publishing and online trend.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already entered <a href=\"http:\/\/bentcrowpress.com\">Danger Quicksand &#8211; Have A Nice Day<\/a> in the non-fiction competition for \u201cThe Blooker Prize.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The competition runs for several months and offers cash prizes for the winners. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulublookerprize.com\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Cory Doctorow &#8212; noted author, speaker, and activist who co-edits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\">BoingBoing<\/a>, the world\u2019s most linked-to blog.&#8211;will chair a team of three prominent Internet figures who will judge the inaugural prize.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t already have a book based on your blogging, then get busy and write one! This should be the beginning of some very interesting activity.<\/p>\n<p>Tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/self+publishing\" rel=\"tag\">self publishing<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/self-publishing\">self-publishing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/blooker+prize\" rel=\"tag\">blooker prize<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/blook\" rel=\"tag\">blook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your blog-based book could earn a &quot;Blook&quot; prize The world\u2019s first literary prize for books based on blogs, or \u201cblooks,\u201d is being launched today by its sponsor, Lulu (www.lulu.com). According to Lulu, \u201cblooks\u201d are the fastest growing new kind of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=921\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1823,1831],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-eR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}