Want to read Cory Doctorow's new book, Someone comes to Town, Someone leaves Town, via RSS?
This chicklet will let you do just that...doesn't matter when you first subscribe, this feed will deliver the book to your feed reader in the right order, a couple of chapters a day, over the next month. You could even subscribe via WINKsite and get it all on your mobile phone...
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I am not convinced that novels are the ideal use for this sort of scheduled RSS delivery mechanism (who's to say how fast or slowly you'd like to read the novel), but I am sure there are useful applications for this approach, perhaps delivering training materials and the like.
Anyway, do let me know what you think or if you have any issues with it.
UPDATE: I've had a few questions about what's behind this feed...so if you're interested, it is hosted by FeedHoster.
And I'll wait a few days before giving out actual numbers, but at this time the feed is pushing 400 600 subscribers. Nice.
UPDATE 2: I should also mention that this individualized RSS concept is not new. Russell Beattie was thinking about it ages ago and had a brilliant implementation in Mobdex. It is a crime that Mobdex didn't take off.
UPDATE: You can also subscribe to Cory's older novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, via serial RSS feed over here.
Tell us what you think...