Caucus for Corruption

While it is sometimes true that blogs have been turned into blooks, it is, perhaps, more often the case that blogs provide the genesis, the impetus, rather than specific content. In September of 2006 Publishers Marketplace announced the following book deal:

5 September, 2006
"Blogs for Bush" founder Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan's CAUCUS FOR CORRUPTION, detailing corruption in the Democratic Party, to Eric Jackson at World Ahead, for publication in spring 2007.

Margolis blogs at Blogs for Victory, Noonan at GOP Bloggers. The hype for the book gives us this - "When Democrats made "ethics" the centerpiece of their 2006 campaign, [the authors] knew the public wasn't getting the whole story." The story of how they got together to tell "the whole story" is told in part in the About the Authors at Amazon:

"When Matt Margolis launched Blogs For Bush (www.blogsforbush.com) in 2003, Mark Noonan became a regular contributor. It became one of the top blogs of the 2004 presidential campaign season. Margolis was among the first bloggers to receive media credentials to cover the Republican National Convention. As popular bloggers, Margolis and Noonan have appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and BBC Radio."

How they managed the actual collaboration comes from an interview at Psycmeister's Ice Palace.

LEO: To borrow a term from the liberal lexicon, the two of you come from geographically-diverse locations. What were some of the logistical difficulties encountered in your collaboration efforts?

MARK: Well, we're pretty much on different sides of the country, Matt lives in Massachusetts, and I live in Nevada. So, not only was there an issue with geography, but also a 3-hour time difference. Much of the research was done individually, and we shared it via email and such, but, Matt also came out to Las Vegas twice last year (a week in March, and a week in November), and spent that time working together, adding more material, writing and rewriting...

Note that I'm not calling this a blook, although I'm pretty sure a case could be made for it. [I've got an email in to the authors to see what they have to say.] Caucus for Corruption is the first in a three-book deal according to Margolis's blog.