Convert PDF to EPUB, MOBI to EPUB, documents like Word to EPUB, and even Amazon Kindle AZW to EPUB. Turn your documents into ebook files.
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A PDF keeps the page size it was made for, so on a phone or a six-inch reader you end up pinching and scrolling. EPUB reflows: the reader picks the font size and the text rearranges to suit it.
Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Tolino, PocketBook, Google Play Books and Calibre all read EPUB natively. It is the shortest route to a book that simply opens, whatever you read on.
Title, author, language and cover are part of an EPUB, not an afterthought. Set them here and the book appears in your library under the right name rather than as a filename.
This is the conversion people ask about most, and it is worth being straight about it. A PDF fixes every line to a page. An EPUB has no pages at all. So the converter is not copying a layout across, it is rebuilding one, and how well that goes depends entirely on what is inside the PDF.
A text-based PDF, the kind produced by exporting from Word, LaTeX or a publishing tool, converts cleanly. Headings, paragraphs, emphasis, lists, tables and images all carry over, and the result reads like a proper ebook. Straightforward prose does best of all.
A scanned PDF does not, because it holds pictures of pages rather than text, and there is nothing for the converter to reflow. Heavily designed documents lose the most: multi-column layouts get flowed into a single column, and headers, footers and page numbers are dropped, because an EPUB has nowhere to put them. That is the format working as intended rather than a fault.
The Kindle formats go the other way too. Upload a MOBI, an AZW or an AZW3 and it converts to EPUB, which is what you want when you move to a Kobo, a PocketBook or Apple Books and find your library will not open.
AZW3 is the format current Kindles use, MOBI the older one, and both convert here. Files still carrying Amazon DRM cannot be converted by any tool, including this one, so this works on books you already hold without that protection.
The older formats are handled as well. FB2 from Russian-language libraries, LIT from Microsoft Reader, LRF from the Sony Reader, PDB and TCR from Palm-era devices: all of them convert to EPUB, which is the most reliable way to keep a book readable when the device it was made for no longer exists.
Not all ebook readers support all ebook file formats. If your ebook reader cannot open MOBI, AZW, LRF, or FB2 files, convert them to a widely supported, common, and popular format.
Converting your documents to EPUB can be helpful as well. This way, you can read articles, research papers, and more on the go. Just convert from PDF to EPUB. Want to publish your writing or share it with fellow authors and avid readers? Convert your Word document to EPUB. Of course, ODT to EPUB is also possible.
File extension: .epub, MIME type: application/epub+zip
EPUB on WikipediaDocuments become reflowing ebooks; other ebook formats become ones your reader will open.
| Source | Formats | How well it converts |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, HTML | Very well when the file holds real text |
| Kindle formats | MOBI, AZW, AZW3 | Cleanly, unless the file carries DRM |
| Older readers | FB2, LIT, LRF, PDB, TCR | Cleanly. The usual reason to convert at all |
| Scanned pages | PDF made from a scan | Poorly: there is no text to reflow |
32 target reader profiles, 27 input encodings, and title, author, font and border settings are all optional. The defaults handle an ordinary file.
Upload your document or ebook file.
Use the optional settings for more customization, such as changing the ebook author or adding a border (optional).
The conversion to EPUB starts after you click "Start".
Yes. Everyday conversions are free and need no account: upload the file, press Start and download the EPUB. A subscription only matters for very large files, longer batches and priority processing.
Start from the original text-based PDF rather than a scan or a printout, and let the defaults do the work. Set the title and author so the book files correctly, and only reach for the reader profile or font settings if the result needs tuning for a particular device.
Headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, lists, tables and images carry over. Fixed page furniture does not, because EPUB has no fixed pages: headers, footers and page numbers are dropped and multi-column layouts are flowed into a single column.
Not well. A scanned PDF holds pictures of pages rather than text, so there is nothing to reflow into an ebook. Convert the original document if you have it. If you only have the scan and need a fixed-layout result, the EPUB to PDF app can run OCR instead.
Yes. MOBI, AZW and AZW3 all convert to EPUB, which is what you need when you move from a Kindle to a Kobo, a PocketBook or Apple Books. Books still carrying Amazon DRM cannot be converted by any tool.
Yes. The optional settings cover title, author and language, and the expert settings expose margins, base font size, embedded font and text alignment.
Yes. Add as many as you need and they are converted in one go, each returned as its own EPUB with the same settings applied.
Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Tolino, PocketBook, Google Play Books and Calibre all read EPUB directly. Kindle is the exception: for a Kindle, convert for Kindle instead and you will get an AZW3 file.
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