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EPUB PDF Swap

EPUB to PDF

Your file never leaves this device. Conversion runs in your browser. The document itself is not uploaded.

1 · Choose a EPUB file

…or drop a EPUB file here

.epub · stays in this tab

2 · Convert

3 · Download

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FAQ and format details
Why convert EPUB to PDF?

Accessibility of a different kind: PDF is what offices print. For actual reading on a phone, stay in EPUB. For a typeset paperback, use a real layout tool. This is the local snapshot path.

How this conversion runs

EPUB → HTML concatenation → pdf-lib US Letter. Chapter h1s become larger type. Images as data URLs are still mostly placeholders in the PDF writer. Long books take time and memory in the tab.

Keep in mind for EPUB → PDF

Reflowable EPUB plus a naive paginator means widows, no running headers, and no page numbers tied to a print edition. Do not cite page numbers from this PDF as if they were a publisher's. DRM EPUBs will not open.

After you have a PDF file

If print quality matters, open the EPUB in a reader and print, or convert EPUB→ODT and export PDF from Writer. If reading quality matters, you already had the right format.

Can I get one PDF per chapter?

Not automatically. Split the EPUB in Sigil and convert each piece, or print from a reader with chapter ranges.

Will the EPUB cover be page one?

Only if that image was in the spine as HTML content we inlined. Cover files listed only in OPF metadata may be skipped.

This pair at a glance
Accepts
.epub
Writes
.pdf · application/pdf
Read fidelity
high (EPUB → HTML)
Write fidelity
medium (HTML → PDF)
Source size
Plan for files under 38 MB

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About EPUB and PDF

Source file

EPUB

The open ebook format: a ZIP of XHTML chapters, CSS, and a package manifest. What Apple Books, Google Play Books, and most non-Kindle readers consume.

EPUB 3 is HTML in a spine. That makes the HTML hub almost native: we concatenate or split XHTML documents and rewrite the OPF package. Kindle’s AZW/MOBI family is a different type and is not in this matrix.

Extensions
.epub
MIME types
application/epub+zip
Kind
zip · binary
Category
ebook
Standard
Open format · since 2007
Comfortable size
Up to about 38 MB in this browser converter
Read into HTML
high fidelity · implemented — Spine XHTML documents are concatenated in reading order.

What this format can hold

  • headings
  • paragraphs
  • lists
  • links
  • images
  • inline formatting
  • chapters
  • table of contents

Usually dropped on the way in

  • per chapter css
  • fixed layout pages
  • media overlays
  • encryption

Apps that consume EPUB

  • Apple Books (Apple) — opens on macOS, iOS
  • Google Play Books (Google) — opens on Web, Android, iOS
  • Calibre — creates and opens on Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Thorium Reader — opens on Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Foliate — opens on Linux
  • Kindle (via conversion) (Amazon) — opens on e-ink, iOS, Android
  • Sigil — creates on Windows, macOS, Linux

Catalog notes

  • DRM-encumbered EPUBs are rejected.
  • Kindle AZW3/MOBI is a later type, not an alias of EPUB.

Destination file

PDF

A page-description format that paints glyphs and graphics onto fixed pages. Universal for print, archival, and sharing.

PDF (Portable Document Format) describes pages, not a flowing document tree. Incoming PDFs are reconstructed as HTML: designed pages keep positioned text, fonts, images, and vectors; simpler reading documents become flowing articles. Export to PDF paints HTML onto pages via pdf-lib. Pixel-perfect Word/InDesign layout is not the goal.

Extensions
.pdf
MIME types
application/pdf
Kind
binary · binary
Category
page description
Standard
Open format · since 1993
Spec
ISO 32000
Comfortable size
Up to about 38 MB in this browser converter
Written from HTML
medium fidelity · implemented — HTML is paginated onto US Letter pages via pdf-lib. Embedded PNG/JPEG data URLs are painted. Print-to-PDF from the preview remains the highest-fidelity path.

What this format can hold

  • page layout
  • paragraphs
  • images
  • links
  • embedded fonts

Usually dropped on the way out

  • css absolute layout
  • webfonts unless embedded
  • interactive forms

Apps that consume PDF

  • Adobe Acrobat / Reader (Adobe) — creates and opens on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
  • Chrome (Google) — opens on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
  • Edge (Microsoft) — opens on Windows, macOS
  • Preview (Apple) — opens on macOS, iOS
  • Foxit — creates and opens on Windows, macOS
  • Okular (KDE) — opens on Linux

Catalog notes

  • Encrypted PDFs cannot be opened in-browser without the password (not collected).
  • OCR for image-only scans is out of scope for v1.
Other conversions

Other conversions from EPUB: HTMLMarkdownWordRTFOpenDocument

Other ways to get PDF: HTMLMarkdownWordRTFOpenDocument