Step 1: Supply your EPUB files using the button above or by haul and lay.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Get your converted MD files.
EPUB to MD Conversion FAQ
What does the EPUB to MD converter do?
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It converts a EPUB file into MD format.
Will the data inside my EPUB be preserved when converting to MD?
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Yes — the content is mapped to the MD equivalent. Format-specific extras that MD does not represent natively are omitted rather than corrupted.
Is the EPUB to MD conversion reversible?
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You can convert the MD back to EPUB on this site. If either format involved is lossy, the round-trip is not bit-perfect even though it is visually or audibly close.
What output quality should I expect from EPUB to MD?
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Default settings target broadcast / web quality — visually identical to the source for most viewers. For archival use, pick the highest quality option in the converter settings.
Will the MD be properly editable?
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Yes — that is the point of converting out of EPUB. The output opens as a real document with live paragraphs, styles and tables rather than a frozen page image, so you can edit it directly instead of retyping. Heavily designed source layouts convert less cleanly than plain prose, so expect to tidy spacing on anything built on a complex grid. Markdown is the lingua franca of documentation, README files, static site generators and note-taking apps, and it diffs cleanly in git.
Which Markdown dialect does this conversion use?
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CommonMark plus the GitHub Flavored Markdown extensions, which is the combination almost every current tool understands. That matters because Markdown was never standardised in one place: tables, footnotes, strikethrough and raw HTML behave differently between dialects, and those are exactly the constructs that silently change meaning when a document moves between renderers.
Will the converted book keep its cover, chapters and table of contents?
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Yes where both formats can express them. Cover art, chapter divisions and a navigable table of contents are structural metadata, so they carry across rather than being flattened into the text. Footnotes and index entries are the fragile parts — they degrade into inline text on targets with no anchor mechanism.
Will the MD open directly in a browser?
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Yes, and the EPUB would not have. Browsers ship a decoder for MD and none for EPUB, so an EPUB link forces a download while an MD renders inline. That is usually the deciding factor when the file is going onto a web page rather than into an application.
Why does my EPUB file refuse to convert?
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DRM, in almost every case. A protected EPUB is encrypted and tied to an account, and no converter can decrypt it — ours included. Files you created yourself, or bought from a DRM-free store, convert without any trouble at all. EPUB has no fixed pagination, so page numbers are meaningless, and complex layout — tables, equations, multi-column — degrades badly.
Is there a file-size limit when converting EPUB to MD?
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Anonymous uploads are capped at a generous default; signed-in free accounts get a higher cap, and Pro accounts have no per-file limit. Browser memory is usually the practical constraint long before our server-side limits kick in.
Can I batch-convert several EPUB files to MD at once?
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Yes. Drop or pick multiple EPUB files in one upload — the converter processes them in parallel and returns a ZIP of the MD results. There is no need to repeat the upload step per file.
What happens to my EPUB files after the conversion?
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Uploaded files and MD outputs are auto-deleted after a short retention window. We do not inspect, share, or train on user files. Direct download links are time-limited and tied to your session.
