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A question for Mastodon: Would you read a book via RSS?

I've tried to work syndication into my site. You may read my blog via syndication, and I have feeds for the various authors on my site. I support RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed.

I've generally thought a feed reader might not be the best for a whole book, but maybe I'm underestimating #RSS.

I could imagine it working for a serialized novel, perhaps, or a short story collection.

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craignicol Mar 7

@nantucketlit definitely think it would work for a serialised novel. A modern version of Charles Dickens would fit perfectly, so long as each post had a link to the previous for the RSS readers that can't figure it out.

I've listened to audiobooks via podcasts, and that worked great.

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Calum Andrew Morrell

@craignicol @nantucketlit I second this but add that it would depend on the rss client I was using at the time. Some are suited only to previewing posts while others are good for reading the full posts. I've yet to find one that's good for both!