# Convert PDF to EPUB > To convert a PDF to EPUB, add the file and press Convert to EPUB. You get an e-book whose text reflows to fit the screen, with chapters taken from the PDF's bookmarks or headings, and your PDF stays on your device. Page: https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-epub Last updated: November 3, 2026 ## How to convert a PDF to EPUB in 3 steps 1. **Add your PDF.** Drop the file onto the tool, or choose it from your device. A PDF with a password needs to be unlocked first. 2. **Choose the options.** Tick the box to use page 1 as the cover and the box to keep pictures. Then press Convert to EPUB. 3. **Download and read it.** Save the .epub file and open it in an e-reader app, on a Kobo, or in Apple Books. Read through the first chapters once, since chapters and headings are worked out from the bookmarks, type and spacing. ## Key facts - Privacy: We don't sell your data. This tool runs in your browser, so your files stay on your device and are never uploaded. - Ads: none. No third-party ads and no ad cookies. - Limits: 2 free uses in total, no account needed, and no limit on uses with Pro. Files up to 50 MB free, 500 MB with Pro. Limits are checked before a use starts, never after. - Price: free to start. Pro is $2.99 a month or $24 a year. Lifetime is $50 for the first 500 founders. Pro cancels in one click. - Works on: Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android. Nothing to install. - Your PDF is read in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, so the text in it stays private. - Text-heavy PDFs convert best: novels, reports, manuals, articles and notes. The tool rebuilds headings, paragraphs, lists, bold, italic, links and simple tables as reflowable text. Columns, forms and layouts built from boxes come out as plain text in reading order. - Chapters follow the PDF's bookmarks, or its main headings when it has none. The title and author come from the PDF's properties. You can add page 1 as the cover and keep the pictures. A scanned page has no text to read and points you to OCR PDF. ## How do I convert PDF to EPUB for free? Add your file to [PDF to EPUB](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-epub) and press Convert to EPUB. You get 2 free uses in total with no account, and one finished conversion counts as one use. Free files can be up to 50 MB. Your PDF is read in your browser and is not uploaded. ## Is a PDF to EPUB conversion reflowable? Yes. The EPUB holds the text, headings and lists, not the page layout, so it re-wraps to fit any screen and lets you change the font size, which a PDF cannot do. The price is that the page design, columns, colours and fonts are not kept. ## Can I read the EPUB on a Kindle? Recent Kindle models and the Kindle app accept EPUB through Send to Kindle, though Amazon may change what it supports. Kobo readers, Apple Books, Google Play Books and most reader apps open EPUB directly. We make EPUB 3 files and do not make Kindle-only formats. ## Can I add a cover to the EPUB? Yes. Tick the box to use page 1 as the cover before you convert. The first page is drawn as a picture and saved as the book's cover, and also appears as the first screen when you open it. Without the box, the book has no cover picture. ## Does PDF to EPUB keep pictures and links? Links are kept: web and email links stay clickable. Pictures are left out unless you tick the box to include them, and then each is saved inside the book. Simple tables become tables. Merged cells and cells that wrap onto a second line may need tidying in an e-book editor. ## Can I convert a scanned PDF to EPUB? Not directly. A scan is a picture of a page, so there is no text for the tool to read. Run it through [OCR PDF](https://pdfinish.com/ocr-pdf) first to make the text selectable, then convert the result. Check the text afterwards, since reading a scan can misread letters and numbers. ## Is it safe to convert PDF to EPUB online? With PDF to EPUB your file never leaves your device. The pages are read and the EPUB is written inside your browser tab, so nothing is sent to our servers and there is nothing for us to delete. You can check the browser's network tab, which shows no upload. ## How do I turn an EPUB back into a PDF? Use [EPUB to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/epub-to-pdf). Add a book without DRM and it makes a PDF with bookmarks from the contents list, also in your browser. It opens every EPUB this tool writes. Store-bought books are often DRM-protected and cannot be converted. For a Kindle book saved as .mobi or .azw3, use [MOBI to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/mobi-to-pdf) or [AZW3 to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/azw3-to-pdf). ## What is the difference between PDF to EPUB and PDF to Markdown? Both rebuild the text structure of a PDF. [PDF to Markdown](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-markdown) gives one plain-text file to edit in a notes app or repository. PDF to EPUB packs the text into chapters with a contents list, so an e-reader can open it as a book. Pick Markdown to edit and EPUB to read. ## Does PDF to EPUB work on my phone? Yes. It runs in the browser on a phone or tablet, with no app to install. Add the PDF from your files, press Convert to EPUB, then save the file and open it in your reading app. Very long documents take longer on a phone, since the pages are read on the device. ## Handy for long PDFs you would rather read on a small screen If you freelance, turn a client's long PDF report into an EPUB to read on your phone between meetings. If you keep a rental handbook, make an EPUB so tenants can read the rules at a size that suits them. ## Common questions ### How do I convert a PDF to EPUB? Add the PDF to PDF to EPUB and press Convert to EPUB. The tool reads the text, works out headings, paragraphs, lists, links and tables, groups them into chapters and packs them into an EPUB 3 file. Then you download the .epub file. The conversion happens in your browser. ### Which PDFs convert best to EPUB? PDFs that are mostly running text: novels, reports, manuals, essays, articles and notes. An EPUB reflows its text to fit the screen, so a PDF made of one column of paragraphs maps well. Posters, slide decks, forms and pages built from boxes do not suit an e-book. ### What happens to columns, forms and scanned pages? Columns are read in order and come out as one flow of text. Form fields and boxes become plain text with the layout gone. A scanned page holds a picture of words, so there is no text to read; run it through OCR PDF first, then convert the result. ### How are the chapters chosen? If your PDF has bookmarks, each top-level bookmark starts a chapter, and its title becomes the chapter name in the contents list. Without bookmarks, the tool starts a chapter at each main heading. If there are neither, the whole book is one chapter. Add bookmarks first for control. ### Where do the title and author come from? From the PDF's own properties, the Title and Author that you see in a document-properties window. If the PDF has no title, the file name is used instead, and with no author the book simply has none. You can change either afterwards in an e-book manager such as Calibre. ### Is my file uploaded when I use PDF to EPUB? No. The pages are read and the EPUB is written in your browser. The file is not sent to our servers. ### Is PDF to EPUB free, and are there limits? You can use it free. You get 2 free uses in total, no account needed. Free files can be up to 50 MB. Pro has no limit on uses and allows files up to 500 MB. We check the limits before a use starts, so a finished file is never held back. ### Can I use PDF to EPUB on a Windows PC? Yes. Open this page in Chrome or Edge on your PC, add your file and download the result. Nothing to install, and your file stays on your device. ## Related tools - [EPUB to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/epub-to-pdf): Turn an EPUB book into a PDF, with its contents as bookmarks. - [MOBI to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/mobi-to-pdf): Turn a MOBI book without DRM into a PDF, with its contents as bookmarks, in your browser. - [AZW3 to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/azw3-to-pdf): Turn an AZW3 Kindle book without DRM into a PDF, with its contents as bookmarks, in your browser. - [PDF to Markdown](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-markdown): Turn a PDF into a Markdown (.md) file with headings, lists, links and tables, in your browser. - [PDF to Text](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-text): Pull the text out of a PDF in reading order, to copy or save as a .txt file. - [PDF to HTML](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-html): Turn a PDF into one clean HTML file with headings, lists, links and tables, in your browser. - [PDF to Word](https://pdfinish.com/pdf-to-word): Convert a PDF into an editable Word document, in your browser. - [OCR PDF](https://pdfinish.com/ocr-pdf): Make scanned pages searchable and selectable. - [Add Bookmarks to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/add-bookmarks-to-pdf): Add, rename, nest and reorder bookmarks that jump to pages, or suggest them from headings.