Rust based eBook library for Python, with MIT license

In plain words

This is a Rust-based eBook library designed for Python developers. It provides tools for working with eBook files within Python applications while leveraging Rust's performance capabilities. The library is released under the MIT license, making it freely available for both open source and commercial use. It's aimed at developers who need efficient eBook processing functionality integrated into their Python projects.

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From the sources

Rust-powered EPUB2/EPUB3 library for Python. Fast reading, writing, validation, and markdown conversion — MIT-licensed. Converting War and Peace (1.8 MB EPUB) to a single markdown document: from fast_ebook import epub book = epub . read_epub ( 'war_and_peace.epub' ) markdown = book . to_markdown () Other operations on the same book — read+extract every chapter is 3x faster, get_item_with_id is 78x faster. Full numbers and methodology: docs/benchmarks.md . import fast_ebook . compat as ebooklib from fast_ebook . compat import epub Read from fast_ebook import epub import fast_ebook book = epub . read_epub ( 'book.epub' ) print ( book . get_metadata ( 'DC' , 'title' )) for img in book .…from github.com

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