Book Splitter for Speed Reading

A simple and powerful tool to split e-books into daily reading portions based on your personal reading speed.
Perfect for speed reading practice, building a consistent reading habit, and planning long-term progress.

Fully available in English and Russian.

Features

• Supports popular formats: .fb2, .fb2.zip, .epub, .txt
• Automatic word counting
• Smart text splitting that respects sentence and paragraph boundaries
• Customizable reading speed (words per minute) and daily reading time
• Option to start from any specific phrase in the book
• Custom start date for generated files (great for scheduling)
• Optional cleanup of footnotes, references, figure/table mentions
• Progress bar for processing large books
• Persistent settings (speed, time, language) saved between runs
• Full interface localization (English / Russian)
• Detailed logging of operations and errors in splitter.log

Screenshots

Console interface in action

Installation

1. Make sure you have Python 3.6 or higher installed
2. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Download or clone the repository
2. Run the script:

python main.py

3. On first launch, you will be prompted to choose the interface language (en or ru) — the choice is saved permanently
4. Select a book file via the file dialog
5. Enter (or confirm) your parameters:
   • Reading speed (words per minute)
   • Daily reading time (minutes)
   • Starting phrase (optional)
   • Start date for files (optional)
6. The program will create a folder next to the book containing one text file per day

Example Output

For the book "Atomic Habits" with settings:

• 500 words/min
• 5 minutes per day

→ Creates folder Atomic Habits 500wpm
→ Each file contains ~2500 words
→ File names: Atomic Habits_2025-12-30_2487-words_500wpm.txt

Configuration

Settings are automatically saved to config.ini in the same directory as the script.
A nicely commented file is created on first run with helpful recommendations.

Example config.ini:

# Settings for speed reading

[reading]
# Recommended daily training time (minutes)
# 5-10 minutes is enough to start without overexertion
minutes_per_day = 10

# Target reading speed (words per minute)
# Average speed: 200-300 words/min
# 350-500 is a good goal to start speed reading
words_per_minute = 400

# Interface language. Available: 'en' (English), 'ru' (Russian)
language = en

You can edit this file manually — changes will be loaded on the next launch.

Localization

The program fully supports two languages:

• English (en) — default
• Russian (ru) — complete translation

Implementation Details

• Word counting treats hyphenated compounds as single words (e.g., "self-development")
• Splitting algorithm prioritizes natural breaks (paragraphs → sentences)
• File names and console messages adapt to the selected language
• All operations, errors, and statistics are logged to splitter.log for easy debugging

Troubleshooting

If something goes wrong, check splitter.log in the script's directory. It contains:

• File reading/writing errors
• Book statistics
• Completion reports

License

MIT License — feel free to use, modify, and distribute.

Author

Created for anyone who wants to read more consistently and effectively.
If this tool helped you build a better reading habit — consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub!