How to convert an EPUB ebook to PDF
EPUB is the standard ebook format: text reflows to fit the screen and the reader picks the font. That is ideal on an e-reader, less so when you want to print a chapter, open the book in a program that only reads PDF, or cite specific pages.
This converter turns your EPUB into a PDF with fixed pages that looks the same on any computer, tablet or printer.
Step by step
- Click Select file and choose the .epub (up to 50 MB).
- Check that Convert to shows PDF.
- Click Convert EPUB to PDF; a long book may take a bit longer.
- Download the PDF and check the cover, chapters and images.
How the book looks as a PDF
The EPUB's content is read and laid out again as a document: text, chapter headings, lists and tables move into the PDF with a consistent document style. The book's own design, such as its typefaces and stylesheets, is not reproduced exactly.
Pagination is new: the PDF's page numbers will not match those of the printed edition.
The best results come from text-heavy books such as novels, essays, reports and manuals, where the content matters more than the exact layout. Check the PDF's images and tables before printing.
Books that do not convert well
DRM-protected EPUBs, like many bought from ebook stores, cannot be converted. Only unprotected books work, such as public-domain titles or books you created yourself.
Fixed-layout EPUBs, common for comics, children's books and heavily illustrated cookbooks, rely on placing every element at an exact position. When they are rebuilt as a document, that design is lost.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the book's original design kept?
- Not exactly. The content is laid out again in a document style; text and structure are kept, the original typography is not.
- Can I convert books I bought with DRM?
- No. Protected EPUBs cannot be opened.
- Why don't the page numbers match the print edition?
- An EPUB has no fixed pages; the PDF creates its own pagination.
- Does it work for comic EPUBs?
- Not well: fixed-layout EPUBs lose their design when converted.
