Blook
Sign in to saveA blook (a portmanteau of blog and book) is a printed book that contains content first published on a blog, web fiction platform, or social media service. While the term originated in the early 2000s to describe the "blog-to-book" phenomenon, it has expanded to encompass the broader industry trend of "digital-to-print" transition, where traditional publishers acquire webnovels, webcomics, and serial fiction that have demonstrated market viability through online metrics.
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- History and terminology
- The digital-to-print pipeline
- Intellectual and speculative fiction
- Alternative and hybrid formats
- Short-form and micro-content
- Podcast-to-print
- Biography and memoir
- The digital-to-Screen pipeline
- See also
- References
A blook (a portmanteau of blog and book) is a printed book that contains content first published on a blog, web fiction platform, or social media service. While the term originated in the early 2000s to describe the "blog-to-book" phenomenon, it has expanded to encompass the broader industry trend of "digital-to-print" transition, where traditional publishers acquire webnovels, webcomics, and serial fiction that have demonstrated market viability through online metrics.
== History and terminology == The term "blook" was popularized in 2005 by Jeff Jarvis and gained mainstream attention with the establishment of the Lulu Blooker Prize in 2006, the first literary award dedicated to books that started as blogs.