EPUB to PDF
Convert EPUB ebooks to PDF. 100% in your browser — nothing uploaded.
Select an EPUB
or drop one .epub here
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Best for text-heavy ebooks (novels, articles). Images, embedded fonts, and fixed-layout EPUBs are not preserved in v0.1.
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Processed entirely in your browser — the file never left your device.
How to convert EPUB to PDF
Three steps. Everything happens locally.
Open the .epub
Pick or drop an EPUB file. It's a ZIP — jszip opens it in your browser.
Configure
Page size and base font size.
Download
pdf-lib builds the PDF in your tab — download instantly.
What is "EPUB to PDF"?
EPUB is the format ebooks come in — every reader except Kindle supports it natively, and you can download EPUB versions of public domain books from Project Gutenberg or Standard Ebooks. The format reflows text to fit any screen, which makes it ideal for reading but awkward when you need a fixed-page document you can print, annotate by hand, or attach to an email.
Converting EPUB to PDF means rendering each chapter onto fixed pages and bundling them into a single PDF. The result is the same words and basic styling, but as a paginated document anyone can open in any PDF reader.
How EPUB to PDF works in your browser
An EPUB is a ZIP archive of XHTML files: one per chapter, plus a manifest (the OPF file) that lists them in reading order. We unzip the archive with jszip, read the OPF to find the chapter order, parse each XHTML chapter with our existing HTML-to-PDF renderer, and stitch the result into one PDF with pdf-lib. All three libraries are pure JavaScript and run in your browser tab.
Nothing is uploaded. There is no server step, no account, no retention window. Run the tool offline (after the first load) and it still works for any EPUB on your device.
Common use cases
- Printing an ebook. Many home printers handle PDF much better than EPUB.
- Annotating with a stylus. Most tablet PDF apps support handwriting annotation; EPUB readers usually don't.
- Sharing a public-domain book. Send a PDF to people without dedicated ebook readers.
- Long-term archival. PDF is more portable across decades than EPUB.
- Quick reference exports. Convert a technical EPUB into a searchable PDF to grep through.
Privacy & security
Ebooks contain everything from a public-domain novel to a draft manuscript a friend asked you to review. Most online EPUB-to-PDF converters upload your file to their servers. imisspdf processes everything locally — no upload, no server-side temp file, no retention. See our iLovePDF privacy review for what the standard upload model actually looks like.
Frequently asked questions
EPUB (Electronic Publication) is the standard ebook format used by virtually every reader except Kindle. It's a ZIP archive of XHTML, CSS, and image files plus a manifest describing reading order. EPUB reflows text to fit any screen, which is great for reading on phones but less ideal when you need a fixed-page PDF for printing or archiving.
No. The .epub archive is unpacked in your browser by jszip, the XHTML chapters are parsed locally, and the PDF is built with pdf-lib — also in your browser. Nothing leaves your device. You can verify this in your browser's Network tab while you run the conversion.
Good for text-heavy ebooks (novels, articles, non-fiction). We preserve headings, paragraphs, bold/italic, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, and code blocks. We do NOT preserve EPUB-specific layout features: embedded fonts (we use standard Helvetica), inline images, complex CSS, footnotes, drop caps, or fixed-layout EPUBs (children's books, manga, technical PDFs in EPUB skin).
v0.1 of this tool strips images for performance and consistency. EPUBs often contain cover art and inline figures that vary wildly in resolution, format, and licensing. Including them would multiply the PDF size and slow conversion significantly. If you need images preserved, open the EPUB in Calibre and export to PDF instead.
We refuse DRM-protected EPUBs (Adobe ADEPT, Kobo DRM, Apple FairPlay). The tool is designed for ebooks you own or have freely available — the kind from Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, or your own EPUB exports. Stripping DRM is a separate concern and we deliberately don't do it.
Tips for best results
- Pick a font size that matches your printer/screen. 11pt is good for desktops; 12–14pt for printing or large-print needs.
- Use Letter for U.S. recipients, A4 otherwise. Same trade-off as any document.
- For image-heavy or fixed-layout EPUBs, use Calibre. The desktop ebook manager preserves layouts our v0.1 tool intentionally skips.
- DRM-protected EPUBs will be rejected. We don't strip DRM.
- Compress the result if needed. Long ebooks become large PDFs. Pipe the output through Compress PDF.
Related PDF tools
- HTML to PDF — convert a single HTML file directly (no EPUB wrapping).
- PDF to Text — extract plain text from the resulting PDF.
- Compress PDF — shrink a long-ebook PDF.
- Merge PDF — combine multiple ebooks into one PDF library.