diff --git a/app/EpubParser.hs b/app/EpubParser.hs
index 903de7d..83b0acd 100644
--- a/app/EpubParser.hs
+++ b/app/EpubParser.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import Codec.Epub.Parse (getManifest, getMetadata, getSpine)
 import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
 import Control.Monad (guard)
 import Control.Monad.Except (runExceptT)
-import Control.Monad.Reader (MonadReader (ask), liftIO)
+import Control.Monad.Reader (MonadReader (ask), liftIO, runReaderT)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64 as B64
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
 import Data.List (find)
@@ -26,8 +26,35 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as TE
 import System.FilePath (normalise, takeDirectory, (</>))
 import Text.HTML.Scalpel (Scraper, ScraperT, anySelector, attr, chroot, chroots, html, innerHTML, scrapeStringLike, text)
-import Types (Chapter (..), EpubAction, EpubEnv (..), InternalPath(..), ChapterIndex(..))
+import Types (Chapter (..), EpubAction, EpubEnv (..), InternalPath(..), ChapterIndex(..), BookInfo(..), EpubType(..))
 import Navigation (navFinder, lndmkScraper)
+import Codec.Epub.Data.Metadata (metaTitles, titleText, titleType, Creator (creatorText), Metadata (metaCreators))
+
+instance BookInfo EpubEnv where
+  getTitle env =
+    let titles = metaTitles (eMetadata env)
+    in case find (\t -> titleType t == Just "main") titles of
+      Just t -> T.pack (titleText t)
+      Nothing -> if null titles then "Unknown" else T.pack (titleText (head titles))
+
+  getAuthors env =  map (T.pack . creatorText) (metaCreators (eMetadata env))
+
+  getLandmarks env =
+      let xmlStr = opfXml env
+          maybeNavPath = scrapeStringLike xmlStr navFinder
+      in case maybeNavPath of
+           Nothing -> []
+           Just path ->
+             let full = normalise (baseDir env </> path)
+             in case findEntryByPath full (archive env) of
+                  Nothing -> []
+                  Just entry ->
+                    let raw = TE.decodeUtf8 . B.toStrict $ fromEntry entry
+                    in fromMaybe [] (scrapeStringLike raw (lndmkScraper [EpubType "toc", EpubType "landmarks", EpubType "bodymatter"]))
+
+  getBookPath = bookPath
+  getSpine = runReaderT resolveSpine
+  loadChapter env path idx = runReaderT (getChapter path idx) env
 
 openEpub :: FilePath -> IO (Either String EpubEnv)
 openEpub path = do
@@ -79,7 +106,7 @@ resolveSpine = do
   env <- ask
   let xmlStr = opfXml env
 
-  spineResult <- liftIO $ runExceptT $ getSpine xmlStr
+  spineResult <- liftIO $ runExceptT $ Codec.Epub.Parse.getSpine xmlStr
   let (DMan.Manifest items) = eManifest env
 
   case spineResult of
diff --git a/app/Types.hs b/app/Types.hs
index 950db38..f9d7942 100644
--- a/app/Types.hs
+++ b/app/Types.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module Types
     ChapterIndex(..),
     InternalPath(..),
     EpubType(..),
+    BookInfo(..)
   )
 where
 
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ import Control.Concurrent.Async (Async)
 import Control.Monad.Reader (ReaderT)
 import Data.String (IsString)
 
+-- Unified interface for EPub 2 and EPub 3 formats, allows generic programming of both without having to repeat boilerplate
+class BookInfo a where
+  getTitle     :: a -> T.Text
+  getAuthors   :: a -> [T.Text]
+  getLandmarks :: a -> [NavItem]
+  getBookPath  :: a -> FilePath
+  getSpine     :: a -> IO [(InternalPath, T.Text)]
+  loadChapter  :: a -> (InternalPath, T.Text) -> ChapterIndex -> IO Chapter
+
 newtype ChapterIndex = ChapterIndex Int
   deriving (Show, Eq, Ord, Num)
 
diff --git a/app/UI.hs b/app/UI.hs
index e3b0512..17fbd25 100644
--- a/app/UI.hs
+++ b/app/UI.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import qualified GI.WebKit as WebKit
 import Persistence (loadLastRead, saveLastRead)
 import State (initialState, prepareView)
 import Text.HTML.Scalpel (Scraper, attr, chroots, text)
-import Types (AppState (..), ChapterView (..), UserAction (..), ChapterIndex(..))
+import Types (AppState (..), ChapterView (..), UserAction (..), ChapterIndex(..), BookInfo (..))
 
 updateUI :: Gtk.ApplicationWindow -> WebKit.WebView -> ChapterView -> ChapterIndex -> Int -> IO ()
 updateUI window webView view (ChapterIndex currentIdx) totalCount = do
@@ -62,23 +62,22 @@ updateZoom stateTVar webView level = do
   atomically $ modifyTVar stateTVar $ \s -> s {zoomlvl = level}
   WebKit.webViewSetZoomLevel webView level
 
-initAppServices :: EpubEnv -> TVar AppState -> (UserAction -> IO ()) -> IO ()
+initAppServices :: (BookInfo a) => a -> TVar AppState -> (UserAction -> IO ()) -> IO ()
 initAppServices env stateTVar actionHandler = do
   _ <- async $ do
-    ispine <- runReaderT resolveSpine env
-    allChapters <- runReaderT (zipWithM getChapter ispine (map ChapterIndex [0 ..])) env
+    ispine <- getSpine env
 
-    let titles = metaTitles (eMetadata env)
-    let bookTitle = case find (\t -> titleType t == Just "main") titles of
-          Just t -> titleText t
-          Nothing -> if null titles then "Unknown" else titleText (head titles)
+    allChapters <- zipWithM (loadChapter env) ispine (map ChapterIndex [0 ..])
 
-    atomically $ modifyTVar stateTVar $ \s -> s {cSpine = ispine, cAllChapters = allChapters, bTitle = T.pack bookTitle}
+    let bookTitle = getTitle env
+
+    atomically $ modifyTVar stateTVar $ \s ->
+      s {cSpine = ispine, cAllChapters = allChapters, bTitle = bookTitle}
 
     _ <- GLib.idleAdd GLibConst.PRIORITY_DEFAULT $ do
       maybeSaved <- loadLastRead
       case maybeSaved of
-        Just (path, idx) | path == bookPath env -> actionHandler (LoadSpecific idx)
+        Just (path, idx) | path == getBookPath env -> actionHandler (LoadSpecific idx)
         _ -> actionHandler (LoadSpecific 0)
       pure False
     pure ()