Online publisher Lulu has announced the Lulu Blooker prize, awarded in three categories, to the person who submits the best “blook,” a book based on the contents of a weblog. The contest, which offers a $2,000 brand prize, will be judged by big-time blogger Cory Doctrow, Slashdot’s Robin Miller and ibiblio’s Paul Jones. Unfortunately, while latching on to the term “blook” as if they owned it, Lulu neglected to mention either Jeff Jarvis, who coined the term, or Tony Pierce, who wrote the first blook which is just typical of entities cashing in on culturati, trends and memes.
