libepub

libepub is a simple Python utility to work with epub files.

Dependencies

• lxml

Python version

Developed and tested against Python 2.6

Basic Examples

from libepub.book import Book

path = 'sample.epub' # or any valid path to an .epub file
book = Book(path)

# Info about author, title, language, publisher, etc.
print "Metadata: ", book.metadata

# Chapters of the book
print "Chapters: ", book.chapters

# Content of chapter 1
first_chapter = book.chapters[1]
print first_chapter.content