diff --git a/components/generic/Consumer.js b/components/generic/Consumer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2edc832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/generic/Consumer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { createParentsIterator } from './ParentsIterator.js'
+import { StateProvider } from './Provider.js'
+
+class StateConsumer extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    this.provider = null
+    this.appendChild(document.createElement('slot'))
+  }
+
+  get name() {
+    return this.getAttribute('name')
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the value of the corresponding provider */
+  get value() {
+    return this.provider ? this.provider.value : null
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.provider = this.findProvider()
+    if (this.provider) {
+      this.provider.addObserver(this)
+    }
+    this.update(this.provider)
+  }
+
+  disconnectedCallback() {
+    this.provider.removeObserver(this)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Traverses tree upwards until a Provider with the same name is found
+   * Returns the closest provider or null if none is existent
+   */
+  findProvider() {
+    for (let node of createParentsIterator(this)) {
+      if (node instanceof StateProvider && node.name === this.name) {
+        return node
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  update({ value }) {
+    if (typeof this.onChange === 'function') {
+      this.onChange(value)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+window.customElements.define('state-consumer', StateConsumer)
diff --git a/components/generic/ParentsIterator.js b/components/generic/ParentsIterator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e780a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/generic/ParentsIterator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Returns the parent of a node.
+ * Breaks through shadow roots.
+ * Returns null if node has no parent.
+ * @param {Node} node
+ */
+function getParent(node) {
+  let parent = node.parentNode
+  if (!parent) return null
+  return parent.host ? parent.host : parent
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns an Iterator that walks the DOM tree upwards.
+ * @param {Node} node
+ */
+export function createParentsIterator(node) {
+  let curNode = node
+  return {
+    next: function() {
+      curNode = getParent(curNode)
+      return curNode ? { value: curNode } : { done: true }
+    },
+    [Symbol.iterator]: function() {
+      return this
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/generic/Provider.js b/components/generic/Provider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cde22b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/generic/Provider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+export class StateProvider extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    this.appendChild(document.createElement('slot'))
+    this.observers = []
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.value = this.getAttribute('value')
+  }
+
+  get name() {
+    return this.getAttribute('name')
+  }
+
+  get value() {
+    return this._val
+  }
+
+  set value(newValue) {
+    // if (this.value !== newValue) {
+    this._val = newValue
+    this.notifyObservers()
+    // }
+  }
+
+  static get observedAttributes() {
+    return ['value']
+  }
+
+  attributeChangedCallback(name, oldValue, newValue) {
+    // console.log('attrChange', name, oldValue, newValue)
+    if (name === 'value') {
+      this.value = newValue
+    }
+  }
+
+  notifyObservers() {
+    for (let obs of this.observers) {
+      obs.update(this)
+    }
+  }
+
+  addObserver(obs) {
+    this.observers.push(obs)
+  }
+
+  removeObserver(obs) {
+    this.observers = this.observers.filter(el => el !== obs)
+  }
+}
+
+window.customElements.define('state-provider', StateProvider)
diff --git a/components/rsvp-component.js b/components/rsvp-component.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bffcd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/rsvp-component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { RSVPProvider } from './rsvp-provider.js'
+
+export class RSVPComponent extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    this._root = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+    const provider = this.findProvider()
+    provider.addObserver(this)
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {}
+
+  render() {}
+
+  update(state) {}
+
+  fireEvent(action, payload) {
+    let evt = new CustomEvent('rsvp-event', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      composed: true,
+      detail: { action, payload }
+    })
+    this.dispatchEvent(evt)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Traverses tree upwards until a RSVPProvider node is found
+   * Returns the closest provider or null if none is existent
+   */
+  findProvider() {
+    let curNode = this
+    while (curNode.parentNode) {
+      curNode = curNode.parentNode
+      if (curNode.host) {
+        curNode = curNode.host
+      }
+      if (curNode instanceof RSVPProvider) {
+        break
+      }
+    }
+    return curNode instanceof RSVPProvider ? curNode : null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/rsvp-controls.js b/components/rsvp-controls.js
index 2584ea1..cf4e1f7 100644
--- a/components/rsvp-controls.js
+++ b/components/rsvp-controls.js
@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
+import { RSVPComponent } from './rsvp-component.js'
+
+class RSVPButton extends RSVPComponent {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    const btn = document.createElement('button')
+    const slot = document.createElement('slot')
+
+    btn.addEventListener('click', this.handleClick.bind(this))
+    btn.appendChild(slot)
+    this._root.appendChild(btn)
+  }
+
+  handleClick(e) {
+    this.fireEvent(this.getAttribute('action'))
+  }
+}
+
+window.customElements.define('rsvp-button', RSVPButton)
+
 class RSVPControls extends HTMLElement {
   constructor() {
     super()
     const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
     // const shadow = document.createElement('div')
     shadow.innerHTML = `
-      <button action="prevSentence">&lt;&lt;</button>
-      <button action="prevWord">&lt;</button>
-      <button action="stop">stop</button>
-      <button action="playpause">start</button>
-      <button action="nextWord">&gt;</button>
-      <button action="nextSentence">&gt;&gt;</button>
+      <rsvp-button action="prevSentence">&lt;&lt;</rsvp-button>
+      <rsvp-button action="prevWord">&lt;</rsvp-button>
+      <rsvp-button action="stop">stop</rsvp-button>
+      <rsvp-button action="playpause">start</rsvp-button>
+      <rsvp-button action="nextWord">&gt;</rsvp-button>
+      <rsvp-button action="nextSentence">&gt;&gt;</rsvp-button>
     `
     this._root = shadow
     // this.appendChild(shadow)
@@ -19,18 +39,22 @@ class RSVPControls extends HTMLElement {
     for (let button of this._root.querySelectorAll('button')) {
       button.addEventListener('click', e => {
         let action = e.target.getAttribute('action')
-        let evt = new CustomEvent('control-event', { detail: { action } })
+        let evt = new CustomEvent('control-event', {
+          bubbles: true,
+          composed: true,
+          detail: { action }
+        })
         this.dispatchEvent(evt)
       })
     }
   }
 
   updateUI(chapter, player) {
-    this.getButton('prevSentence').disabled = !chapter.hasPrevSentence()
-    this.getButton('prevWord').disabled = !chapter.hasPrevWord()
-    this.getButton('nextWord').disabled = !chapter.hasNextWord()
-    this.getButton('nextSentence').disabled = !chapter.hasNextSentence()
-    this.getButton('playpause').innerText = player.playing ? 'pause' : 'start'
+    // this.getButton('prevSentence').disabled = !chapter.hasPrevSentence()
+    // this.getButton('prevWord').disabled = !chapter.hasPrevWord()
+    // this.getButton('nextWord').disabled = !chapter.hasNextWord()
+    // this.getButton('nextSentence').disabled = !chapter.hasNextSentence()
+    // this.getButton('playpause').innerText = player.playing ? 'pause' : 'start'
   }
 
   getButton(name) {
diff --git a/components/rsvp-provider.js b/components/rsvp-provider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7479d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/rsvp-provider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { RSVPController } from '../src/RSVPController.js'
+
+export class RSVPProvider extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+    const provider = document.createElement('state-provider')
+    const slot = document.createElement('slot')
+    provider.setAttribute('name', 'rsvp-controller')
+    provider.appendChild(slot)
+    shadow.appendChild(provider)
+
+    const controller = new RSVPController()
+    controller.onChange = this.provider.notifyObservers()
+
+    this.addEventListener('rsvp-event', function(e) {
+      let { action, payload } = e.detail
+      controller.handleAction(action, payload)
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+window.customElements.define('rsvp-provider', RSVPProvider)
diff --git a/components/rsvp-reader.js b/components/rsvp-reader.js
index 4c49c75..198be35 100644
--- a/components/rsvp-reader.js
+++ b/components/rsvp-reader.js
@@ -1,78 +1,19 @@
 import './rsvp-word.js'
 import './rsvp-controls.js'
 import './rsvp-word-markers.js'
-
-import { Chapter } from '../src/Chapter.js'
-import { Player } from '../src/Player.js'
+import './rsvp-provider.js'
 
 class RSVPReader extends HTMLElement {
   constructor() {
     super()
     const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
-    const marker = document.createElement('rsvp-border-marker')
-    const word = document.createElement('rsvp-word')
-    const controls = document.createElement('rsvp-controls')
 
-    shadow.appendChild(marker)
-    marker.appendChild(word)
-    shadow.appendChild(controls)
-
-    this._root = shadow
-    this._rsvpWord = word
-    this._rsvpControls = controls
-
-    this.player = new Player()
-    this.player.subscribe('main', this.tick.bind(this))
-    this.setText('Sample Text. Easy there.')
-
-    this._rsvpControls.addEventListener(
-      'control-event',
-      this.handleControlEvent.bind(this)
-    )
-  }
-
-  setText(text) {
-    this.chapter = new Chapter(text, 10)
-    this.updateChildrenUI()
-  }
-
-  tick() {
-    if (!this.chapter.hasNext()) {
-      this.player.stop()
-    } else {
-      this.chapter.next()
-    }
-    this.updateChildrenUI()
-  }
-
-  updateChildrenUI() {
-    this._rsvpWord.setAttribute('word', this.chapter.currentSegment)
-    this._rsvpControls.updateUI(this.chapter, this.player)
-  }
-
-  handleControlEvent(e) {
-    switch (e.detail.action) {
-      case 'prevSentence':
-        this.chapter.prevSentence()
-        break
-      case 'nextSentence':
-        this.chapter.nextSentence()
-        break
-      case 'prevWord':
-        this.chapter.prevWord()
-        break
-      case 'nextWord':
-        this.chapter.nextWord()
-        break
-      case 'playpause':
-        this.player.toggle()
-        break
-      case 'stop':
-        this.player.stop()
-        this.chapter.reset()
-        break
-    }
-    this.updateChildrenUI()
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <rsvp-provider>
+        <rsvp-word></rsvp-word>
+        <rsvp-controls></rsvp-controls>
+      </rsvp-provider>
+    `
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/rsvp-word.js b/components/rsvp-word.js
index 9667479..82d0557 100644
--- a/components/rsvp-word.js
+++ b/components/rsvp-word.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { pivotize } from '../src/textProcessing/pivotize.js'
+import { RSVPComponent } from './rsvp-component.js'
 
-class RSVPWord extends HTMLElement {
+class RSVPWord extends RSVPComponent {
   constructor() {
     super()
-    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
     const style = document.createElement('style')
     const word = document.createElement('div')
     const prefix = document.createElement('span')
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ class RSVPWord extends HTMLElement {
     word.appendChild(prefix)
     word.appendChild(pivot)
     word.appendChild(suffix)
-    shadow.appendChild(style)
-    shadow.appendChild(word)
+    this._root.appendChild(style)
+    this._root.appendChild(word)
 
-    this._root = shadow
     this.wordParts = { prefix, pivot, suffix }
   }
 
-  connectedCallback() {
-    this.updateDisplay()
+  update({ chapter }) {
+    const [prefix, pivot, suffix] = pivotize(chapter.currentSegment)
+    this.wordParts.prefix.innerText = prefix
+    this.wordParts.pivot.innerText = pivot
+    this.wordParts.suffix.innerText = suffix
   }
 
   static get observedAttributes() {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b513f75..0772b66 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ function loadText() {
 }
 
 loadBtn.addEventListener('click', loadText)
-loadText()
+// loadText()
diff --git a/src/Book.js b/src/Book.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8e73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Book.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Chapter } from './Chapter.js'
+import { Player } from './Player.js'
+
+export class Book {
+  constructor() {
+    this.chapters = [new Chapter('')]
+    this.curIdx = 0
+    this.player = new Player()
+  }
+
+  get currentChapter() {
+    return this.chapters(curIdx)
+  }
+
+  addChapter(chapter) {
+    this.chapters.push(chapter)
+  }
+
+  removeChapter(chapter) {
+    this.chapters.filter(el => el !== chapter)
+    if (this.curIdx > 0) {
+      this.curIdx--
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Chapter.js b/src/Chapter.js
index a6abd41..8adcbfb 100644
--- a/src/Chapter.js
+++ b/src/Chapter.js
@@ -2,17 +2,33 @@ import { parseText } from './textProcessing/parseText.js'
 
 export class Chapter {
   constructor(text, maxLength = -1) {
-    let { segments, words, sentences } = parseText(text, maxLength)
+    this._originalText = text
+    this._maxLength = maxLength
+    this.initSegments()
+  }
+
+  initSegments() {
+    let { segments, words, sentences } = parseText(this._text, this._maxLength)
     this.segments = segments
     this.words = words
     this.sentences = sentences
-    this.reset()
+    this.resetIndex()
   }
 
-  reset() {
+  resetIndex() {
     this.currentIdx = 0
   }
 
+  setText(text) {
+    this._originalText = text
+    this.initSegments()
+  }
+
+  setMaxLength(maxLength) {
+    this._maxLength = maxLength
+    this.initSegments()
+  }
+
   get currentSegment() {
     return this.segments[this.currentIdx]
   }
diff --git a/src/RSVPController.js b/src/RSVPController.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..189935c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RSVPController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { RSVPPlayer } from './RSVPPlayer.js'
+
+const initialOptions = {
+  maxLength: 10,
+  autoPlayNextChapter: false,
+  wordsPerMinute: 200,
+  pivotMethod: 'default',
+  pauseOnPunctuation: true
+}
+
+export class RSVPController {
+  constructor(options = {}) {
+    this.options = initialOptions
+    this.setOptions(options)
+
+    this.rsvpPlayer = new RSVPPlayer()
+    this.rsvpPlayer.onTick = this.onChange
+
+    this.applyOptions()
+  }
+
+  setOptions(options) {
+    this.options = { ...this.options, ...options }
+  }
+
+  applyOptions() {
+    let { options } = this
+    let { chapter, player } = this.rsvpPlayer
+    chapter.setMaxLength = options.maxLength
+    player.updateInterval(1000 / options.wordsPerMinute)
+  }
+
+  updateOptions(options) {
+    this.setOptions(options)
+    this.applyOptions()
+    this.onChange()
+  }
+
+  processAction(action, payload) {
+    let { chapter, player } = this.rsvpPlayer
+    switch (action) {
+      case 'prevSentence':
+        chapter.prevSentence()
+        break
+      case 'nextSentence':
+        chapter.nextSentence()
+        break
+      case 'prevWord':
+        chapter.prevWord()
+        break
+      case 'nextWord':
+        chapter.nextWord()
+        break
+      case 'playpause':
+        player.toggle()
+        break
+      case 'stop':
+        player.stop()
+        chapter.reset()
+        break
+      case 'load':
+        chapter = new Chapter(payload, 10)
+    }
+    this.onChange()
+  }
+
+  onChange() {
+    console.warn('RSVPController: onChange not set')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/RSVPPlayer.js b/src/RSVPPlayer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caa8fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RSVPPlayer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Player } from './Player.js'
+import { Book } from './Book.js'
+import { Chapter } from './Chapter.js'
+
+export class RSVPPlayer {
+  constructor(maxLength) {
+    this.chapter = new Chapter(maxLength)
+    this.player = new Player()
+
+    this.player.subscribe('main', this.tick.bind(this))
+  }
+
+  tick() {
+    if (!this.chapter.hasNext()) {
+      this.player.stop()
+    } else {
+      this.chapter.next()
+    }
+    this.onTick()
+  }
+
+  onTick() {
+    console.warn('RSVPPlayer: onTick not set')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-provider.html b/test-provider.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f689e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-provider.html
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
+    <title>Document</title>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <state-provider value="1" id="prov1" name="state1">
+      <b>lalal</b>
+      <div id="1">
+        Hello World
+        <state-provider value="2" id="prov2" name="state2">
+          <span id="2">
+            <state-consumer id="cons1" name="state1"></state-consumer>
+          </span>
+        </state-provider>
+      </div>
+    </state-provider>
+    <div id="root"></div>
+    <script type="module">
+      import './components/generic/Provider.js'
+      import './components/generic/Consumer.js'
+
+      const prov1 = document.getElementById('prov1')
+      const cons1 = document.getElementById('cons1')
+
+      cons1.onChange = console.log
+
+      prov1.setAttribute('value', 'change1')
+      prov1.value = 'change2'
+      prov1.value = { val: 'change3', test: 'testing objects' }
+
+      console.log(prov1.observers.length, 'should be 1')
+      cons1.remove()
+      console.log(prov1.observers.length, 'should be 0')
+    </script>
+
+    <script>
+      const root = document.getElementById('root')
+
+      root.innerHTML = `
+        <state-provider id="prov3" value="initial">
+          <state-consumer id="cons3" onChange=${console.log}></state-consumer>
+        </state-provider>
+      `
+
+      const prov3 = document.getElementById('prov3')
+      const cons3 = document.getElementById('cons3')
+
+      console.log(prov3)
+      console.log(typeof cons3.getAttribute('onChange'))
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>