EPUBElectronic Publication
The standard ebook format. Text reflows to fit the screen, and it reads on most e-readers and reading apps.
Convert EPUB to PDF
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How to convert EPUB to PDF
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Add your EPUB files
Click “Choose EPUB files” or drop them on the page. You can add several at once.
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Check the PDF format
PDF is already selected. Choose the page size, A4 or Letter.
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Convert and download
Click “Convert”, then download your PDF file. With several files, grab everything at once as a ZIP.
EPUB to PDF: what to know
An EPUB turned into a PDF can be read on a computer or tablet without a reading app, and printed or annotated easily. Chapters follow the book’s reading order, the cover appears on the first page, whether it is one of the book’s pages or only named in its metadata, and the title stored in its metadata becomes the PDF title. The book’s design is not reproduced: the text is set in Helvetica, with bold headings and numbered pages. Its stylesheets, including those they import, are used to keep the emphasis they give the text (bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript), the list signs and numbers they set (I., a., →) and the text they add (chapter numbers, dialogue dashes), and to leave out what they hide, except notes that reading apps open in a pop-up: they are written where the book places them. Pictures that the stylesheets display (cover, ornaments) are kept.
The PDF has no bookmarks, so you move around by page number. Links to websites stay clickable, and so do the book’s internal links (from one chapter to another, footnote markers), which lead to their page. Fixed-layout EPUBs, such as comics or illustrated children’s books, lose their arrangement, and a message says so. A video or sound in the book can’t be carried over: its preview image and the fallback text the book provides take its place, and a message names them. A book in Greek, Russian or Polish keeps selectable text; only a book in another script, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai or an Indic script, is saved as pictures of its pages, which makes the file much heavier and rules out searching the text.
EPUB vs PDF: what’s the difference?
PDFPortable Document Format
A document format created by Adobe in 1993 and now an ISO standard. The layout looks the same on every device, which makes it the reference format for sharing, signing and printing.
EPUB to PDF: frequently asked questions
How can I tell if my EPUB book has DRM?
Books bought from the big online stores often do, and a download that gives you an .acsm file instead of an .epub signals Adobe protection. Such books can’t be converted. DRM-free EPUBs, like public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg or Wikisource, or books sold without DRM, convert without any trouble.
Can I convert a Kindle book (MOBI, AZW3) to PDF?
No, only EPUB is supported: a MOBI or AZW3 file is flagged as incompatible as soon as you add it. Books bought for Kindle are usually protected as well. If the publisher or shop offers a DRM-free EPUB edition, download that one and convert it.
Are my EPUB files uploaded to the internet?
No. The file is read and converted by your browser, on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, and nothing is kept after you close the page.
Does converting EPUB to PDF reduce quality?
Text, headings, lists, tables, images, headers and footers (section by section, first and even pages included) and notes are carried over, with a clean layout in standard fonts. Elaborate layouts (columns, the position of text boxes) are not reproduced: the text of a text box follows the paragraph it is anchored to. Letters the standard PDF fonts lack, in Polish, Czech, Greek or Cyrillic for example, stay as text thanks to an extra font embedded in the PDF; only text in another script, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai or an Indic script, is saved as pictures of pages. A check then compares the words and pictures carried over with those of the document, not their layout; for a long document it compares only the beginning, and the file’s row says so. If it finds a passage or a picture missing, a message says so.
How many EPUB files can I convert?
As many as you like, for free and without signing up. Add them all, then download the results one by one or in a single ZIP. The maximum size depends on your device and browser, with a few caps that protect its memory (for example 20,000 files per archive or 5 million filled cells per workbook: see the home page FAQ); a file over one of them is not converted, and a message says so.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Formatomat is designed for recent browsers on computers, iPhone and Android, with no app to install. A conversion the browser cannot do (a format it cannot read or write) is refused with a message that says so.