PDF to EPUB
Turn a PDF into an EPUB eBook that reflows to fit any e-reader or phone. A text PDF becomes a proper reflowable book with chapters and a table of contents; a scanned PDF becomes a fixed-layout EPUB of page images. It all runs in your browser — your file never leaves your device.
- 🔒 100% private — no uploads
- 🆓 Free, no watermark
- 📱 Works on any device
How to convert
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Add your PDF
Drop a PDF onto the tool, or click to browse. It’s read locally and never uploaded.
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Set the title and layout
The title and author are pre-filled from the PDF — edit them, pick a language, and choose reflowable text or fixed-layout for a scan. A live preview shows what you’ll get.
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Download your EPUB
Click Download to save a standards-compliant .epub. Free, private and never watermarked.
Why use PDF to EPUB?
100% private
Your PDFs are processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored or seen by anyone — even large or confidential documents stay on your device.
No limits, no watermark
No page caps, no daily limits, no sign-up, and never a watermark — unlike most online PDF tools.
Visual page editing
See every page as a thumbnail. Drag to reorder, rotate with one click, or delete the pages you don’t want — then download.
Works on any device
No install and no account. It runs in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android or iPhone.
Reflowable text, the way an eBook should be
For a text-based PDF, this rebuilds the content as a reflowable EPUB: it reads the text with pdf.js, groups it into paragraphs, detects headings by their size to build a table of contents, and splits the book into chapters. The result flows to fit any screen and font size — unlike a fixed PDF page.
Scanned PDF? Use fixed-layout mode
If your PDF is a scan with no real text layer there’s nothing to reflow, so the tool detects that and switches to fixed-layout mode — turning each page into an image inside a pre-paginated EPUB that looks exactly like the original, page for page. (For reflowable text from a scan you’d need OCR first.)
Works with Kindle, Kobo and Apple Books
EPUB is the universal eBook format: Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play Books read it natively, and Amazon’s “Send to Kindle” accepts EPUB directly, so you don’t need MOBI anymore. Each file is built to the EPUB 3 spec with a cover, metadata and navigation.
Guides & explanations
A 40 MB PDF is almost never 40 MB of text. Where the size really comes from, which compression tricks work, and what you give up with each one.
Read the guide →You don’t need a scanner — you need decent light, a steady phone and the right way to turn the photos into a small, ordered, shareable PDF. Here’s the whole workflow.
Read the guide →PDF objects, streams, xref tables, image vs text bloat, incremental saves, and the real difference between “compress images” and “restructure the whole document”. What you can safely shrink and what you cannot.
Read the guide →Frequently asked questions
Are my PDFs uploaded to a server?
No. Every page is read, rearranged and written entirely in your browser. Your PDF never leaves your device, so it works even offline once the page has loaded — ideal for confidential documents.
Can I read the EPUB on a Kindle?
Yes — but not over USB. Kindles ignore EPUB files copied across a USB cable, so the book never appears. Use Amazon’s free “Send to Kindle” instead: email the EPUB to your @kindle.com address, or use the Send to Kindle app or web page. Amazon converts it to Kindle format for you, so you don’t need a separate MOBI file.
Will the layout look exactly like the PDF?
In reflowable mode, no — and that’s the point: the text reflows to fit your screen and chosen font, so it won’t match the PDF’s fixed page layout, and complex multi-column pages or tables may not convert perfectly. Choose fixed-layout (scanned) mode if you need the pages to look identical.
My PDF is a scan — can I still convert it?
Yes. The tool detects a scanned PDF and builds a fixed-layout EPUB from page images, so it looks just like the original. Reflowable text isn’t possible from a scan without OCR.
Is there a page limit or watermark?
No. There’s no page cap, no sign-up and never a watermark — and because it all runs in your browser, even large books convert privately.