Quick Reads
Stories like 'The Seeder' (4,040 words, 18 minutes) fit neatly into a lunch break. Many others are similar in length.
Reading Tracker
Choose a book, record where you are, and set a daily goal. Your progress is stored in localStorage in this browser; it is not uploaded to a user account.
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If the EPUB has no fixed print pagination, the tool starts with an estimated page count and lets you replace it with the page total shown by your own reader.
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How the progress estimate works
Reading time estimates are based on a median reading speed of about 228 words per minute, derived from the catalog's median word count and reading minutes. Actual time may vary with your pace.
Most stories in the archive are quick reads: 94 are under 10,000 words, and the median reading time is 37 minutes. A few longer tales offer a more immersive experience.
Medium Length
A handful of stories run longer. 'Cultural Exchange' (10,990 words) takes about 48 minutes to read.
Longer Works
Only a few exceed 15,000 words. 'Angel's Egg' is one, at 17,108 words and 75 minutes. Plan for a longer sitting.
Turning a Story into a Plan You Can Keep
Reading Tracker in the UDXIA archive records progress in pages, not in minutes or sections. It asks for a current page, a total page count, and a daily page goal, then estimates how many days the rest of the story will take. The tracker is deliberately simple, and that simplicity works well for a collection of mostly short stories where a single sitting is often enough.
How the page estimate works
When the catalog does not provide a fixed page count, the tracker estimates one by dividing the story's word count by 250 words per page. That is a reasonable default for a plain-text edition, but it is only an estimate. A story with dense paragraphs or long sentences may have fewer pages than the estimate suggests, while a story with short paragraphs may have more. The tracker lets you replace the estimated total with the page count from your own reading app or physical edition, which is the more accurate number if you have it.
For example, "Round-and-Round Trip — Themes and Context" has 10,169 words, which gives an estimated total of about 41 pages (10,169 / 250). If your reading app shows 45 pages, you can enter 45 and the tracker will use that. The estimated remaining time is then proportional: the story's estimated reading minutes (45) are multiplied by the fraction of pages left. If you have read 10 of 45 pages, the remaining time is about 45 × (35 / 45) = 35 minutes.
Setting a daily page goal
The default daily goal is 20 pages, which would finish most of the archive's stories in one or two days. But the goal is adjustable, and it should reflect your actual reading habits. If you usually read for 15 minutes before bed, a goal of 10 pages may be more realistic than 20. The tracker uses the goal to estimate finish days: it divides the remaining pages by the daily goal and rounds up. For "Round-and-Round Trip," with 41 estimated pages and a 20-page goal, you would finish in about 3 days. With a 10-page goal, it would take about 5 days.
The tracker does not record sections or minutes as progress — only pages. That means you do not need to remember where you stopped in a story; you just need to know which page you are on. For a story with multiple text sections, like "Round-and-Round Trip" (which has 2 sections), the page count still works, but you may want to check whether the page numbers are continuous across sections.
Why pages, not minutes
Minutes are a useful measure of length, but they are not a useful measure of progress. You cannot mark a story as half-read by time alone, because reading speed varies. Pages are a concrete, visible unit of progress. The tracker's page-based approach makes it easy to see how much of the story is behind you and how much remains, without having to estimate time spent.
Using the tracker with a longer story
For a story like "Round-and-Round Trip," which is longer than the median, the tracker shines. Instead of trying to finish it in one sitting, you can set a daily goal of 15 pages and plan to finish in about 3 days. The tracker stores your history in the current browser, so you can close the tab and come back later without losing your place. No account is required, and the data stays on your device.