PDF to EPUB

Create a basic EPUB export from a PDF upload right in the browser.

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Quick Tip

Select the PDF you want to read as an ebook.

About This Tool

Why use PDF to EPUB?

Turn a PDF into a proper EPUB ebook. Each page's text is extracted and written as its own XHTML chapter, a navigation document is generated so the table of contents works, and the whole thing is packaged as a valid EPUB 3 archive — with the mimetype file stored uncompressed first, as the specification requires.

That structural detail is what separates a real ebook from a renamed ZIP: readers reject a package that does not follow it. The point of converting is reflow. A PDF's pages are a fixed size, so reading one on a phone or an e-reader means pinching and scrolling sideways. An EPUB reflows to the screen, so text size, margins and line spacing become the reader's choice rather than the document's.

Key Benefits

Valid EPUB 3

The package includes the correctly stored mimetype, a container file, a content manifest and a navigation document, so readers accept it.

Working table of contents

A nav document is generated listing every section, so you can jump around the book rather than scrolling through it.

Text that reflows

Font size, margins and line spacing become the reader's choice, which is the whole reason to leave a fixed-page PDF behind.

How to use PDF to EPUB

1
Select the PDF you want to read as an ebook.
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Convert; each page's text becomes a chapter and a navigation document is built.
3
Download the .epub file.
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Open it in Apple Books, Calibre, Google Play Books or send it to an e-reader.

Best use cases

Read a long PDF comfortably on a phone or an e-reader.

Send a document to a Kobo, a Nook or Apple Books.

Get adjustable text size for a document that is hard to read at fixed scale.

Convert a report into an ebook for offline reading.

PDF to EPUB FAQs

Will images from the PDF be included?

No. The conversion extracts text and builds chapters from it. Illustrated PDFs lose their images, so text-heavy documents are the better candidates.

Why is the EPUB split by page?

A PDF's only reliable structural boundary is the page break, so each page becomes a section. Once it is in a reader the text reflows freely regardless of how it was split.