We’ll use an online example and software running on your system.

They are typically best for small files you don’t need to do often.

In our example, we’ll use FreeConvert.

FreeConvert’s page showing the Choose Files button.

On theFreeConvertsite, clickChoose Filesto pick the files from your gear to upload so they can be converted.

Once your files are uploaded, clickSelectto choose the throw in of file you want to convert to.

ClickEbookon the left and thenEPUB.

The Select button highlighted on FreeConvert’s site.

With your parameters chosen, clickConvert.

Once you see the green Done label, clickDownloadto download the file to your machine.

It’s much better for longer, more complex PDFs.

The Select, Ebook and EPUB buttons highlighted after uploading a file to convert.

Calibre is free to download and use.

Once you’ve installed it, go through this to convert a PDF to ePub.

SelectAdd booksand choose the PDF file you wish to convert.

The Convert button highlighted on the FreeConvert site.

grab the PDF file, then selectConvert books.

Select theOutput formatdrop-down menu and chooseEPUB.

Edit the title, author, tags, and other metadata fields as needed, then selectOK.

The Download button highlighted after a file is converted to your chose format.

SelectLook & feelon the left side to change the font size and paragraph spacing.

Select thearrownext toFormatsin the left pane,then selectEPUBto find the ePub file.

Review the ePub file output, then terminate the viewer to return to the Calibre library.

Add books in Calibre

It is also possible toconvert an ePub to a PDF.

Almost any document can be converted to PDF format.

Most PDF files are created in aword processorsuch as Microsoft Word.

Convert books in Calibre

FAQ

No.

There’s much more tofile extensionsthan just the extension itself.

EPUB in Calibre

OK in Calibre

Down arrow and EPub in Calibre

View with calibre E-book viewer in Calibre

Open containing folder in Calibre