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Book on Iraq war wins 2007 blogging book prize
NEW YORK, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A book on Iraq war written by an embedded U.S. reporter, Colby Buzzell, won this year's Lulu Booker Prize, according to results announced Monday.
The book, titled My War: Killing Time In Iraq, was published on the author's blog, www.cbftw.blogspot.com, and as the serialized story continued, the blog's popularity grew.
It was considered an unfiltered record of the war in Iraq and an unofficial expression free of government influence.
Lulu Blooker Prize is a literary award for "Blooks" (books based on blogs), inaugurated in 2006. The contest was set up for bloggers who have turned their episodic journals into books.
It is sponsored by Lulu.com, a print on demand publisher, and the name is a pun on the long-established Man Booker Prize.
Some 110 entries vied for this year's Blooker. Fifteen blooks, from a total of five different countries, have made this year's shortlist - six each in the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories and three in Comics.
They cover topics ranging from the Iraq war, life in the South of France, the intimate secrets of teenagers and the doorbells of Florence.
Fiction winner went to The Doorbells of Florence by Andrew Losowsky. This book contains 36 real Italian doorbells, including some never before seen, each one with a strange story about the people and things that may, or may not, live inside.
It was written by British blogger Andrew Losowsky who is a journalist and photographer based in Barcelona, Spain.
Comics winner was claimed by Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies.
It told the true tale of the author's mother's battle with metastatic lung cancer. The story describes how a serious illness affects patient and family, both practically and emotionally.
Mom's Cancer began as a serialized Internet comic, with new installments added throughout 2004. Readership grew by word-of-mouth.
In July 2005, Mom's Cancer won the comic industry's Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, a new category that year.
Brian Fies is a resident of Santa Rosa, California. In addition to being a cartoonist, he is a freelance writer and journalist.
The overall winner will receive a 10,000-dollar award. In each category, a winner will get 2,500 dollars.



