iPad & Blog Fiction

I have long been skeptical that ebook readers would do anything for Blog Fiction or any online serial fiction writing.  The eReaders that come out that become popular do nothing but provide an additional distribution channel for the existing novel format.  For instance, if you wanted to publish to the Nook or Sony Reader, you had to first turn your fiction serial into a static eBook.  This meant that your "online serial" would no longer be online or serial.  If you truly wanted people to experience your writing as a serial on their eReader, the best you could do is sign up for Amazon Kindle's Blog Publishing service that takes 70% of all sales and has minimum pricing requirements.  Of course, none of these allowed viewing or leaving comments.

Well, here comes the iPad.  The iPad has a limited Browser - something like a smart phone might use.  The difference is that it's on a bigger screen; however, it's much closer to a hand held device than any netbook.  This seems like the first mobile device that presents a practical, handheld way to read online serials without having to change the nature of online serials.

Of course, the iPad isn't perfect.  It apparently has a glare problem and I don't think it's the perfect eBook reader either.  However, it is a device that should excite Blog Fiction and other online fiction writers.  Here's to hoping.