EPUB to plain text
Walk the EPUB spine in order, strip the XHTML tags, resolve entities and keep paragraph breaks, producing copy-ready plain text. Extraction runs in Rust-compiled WebAssembly and the file never leaves your browser.
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Plain text
Joined in spine order with a blank line between paragraphs.
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Paste the EPUB base64 to extract the text
Chapters: 0 · Characters: 0
What this tool does
- Turn a book body into plain text for notes.
- Check whether the spine order matches the table of contents.
- Feed text-only tools that cannot read EPUB.
Example
Input
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Output
Chapter One Begins He opened the door and saw the snow. Chapter Two Snow The wind grew stronger.
Paragraphs keep a blank line between them; script, style and head content is dropped.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to images and tables?
Images are ignored; table cells are treated as block elements and each gets its own line.
Are entities like resolved?
Yes. Common HTML entities and numeric character references are restored.
Why is a chapter empty?
A spine entry whose file is missing produces empty text and the path is listed in stats.missing.
Can I limit the chapter count?
Yes, maxChapters only reads the first N spine documents.
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