EPUB to TXT
A book out of its wrapper
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- 1
Drop the EPUB in
It is read from disk and goes nowhere. A book you bought is yours to read how you like, and that should not require handing it to a website.
- 2
It comes apart
An EPUB is a zip of web pages with a running order. Everything is unpacked and put back in that order, so the chapters arrive in the order the author put them and the markup falls away.
- 3
Take the text
Copy it, or download a .txt file.
FAQ
- Is my book uploaded?
- No. The whole thing happens on this page, on your own machine. Open the network panel and drop a file in if you would like to see for yourself.
- Will it open a book from a shop?
- Only if the file is not locked. A plain EPUB opens; one wrapped in DRM does not, here or in any other tool that has not broken the lock, and breaking it is not something this site does.
- What happens to the pictures?
- They are left out. This produces text, so covers, diagrams and illustrations do not survive the trip, and a book that is mostly pictures will come back mostly empty.
- Does it keep the chapters?
- The order, yes, because that is what the spine of an EPUB records. Headings survive as lines of text rather than as headings, since plain text has no way to mark them. Word to Markdown is the tool if you want the structure kept.