title: Python: Splitting txt file by tab
body: <p>first off new to python and not good at it... I am trying to open a txt file called bestsellers.txt. In the text file it is split by a tab character for example, </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>1st to Die    James Patterson    Little, Brown    3/25/2001    Fiction 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, after Die it is tab spaced same with after patterson and brown and 2001
  All I have right now is </p>
  
  <pre><code>openBook = open('bestsellers.txt', 'r')
  booklist = openBook.split('\t')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, it doesn't seem to work, suggestions on what to do? I have to keep it simple. 
  I know this is probably a dumb question as well, so I apologize...</p>