Convert a DRM-free EPUB e-book to an editable Word document: chapters in reading order, headings, pictures and tables
Drop the .epub on EPUB to Word, choose the page size and font, and click Convert to Word. The chapters are placed in the book's reading order, each on a new page, with headings, pictures and tables, and you download an editable .docx. It works for DRM-free books and runs in your browser.
Unpacking an EPUB e-book (a ZIP of XHTML chapters, pictures and a reading order) and writing its chapters as one editable Word document.
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Turn a DRM-free EPUB e-book into an editable Word document in your browser.
Add the e-book
Drop a DRM-free .epub file.
Choose the options
Page size, font, chapters on new pages, pictures and an optional title page.
Convert
Click Convert to Word; the chapters are read in order.
Download
Save the .docx and open it in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice.
Result: An editable Word (.docx) document
Books sold with DRM (Adobe, Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo) are encrypted and cannot be read; the tool says so when a book is protected. Free, public-domain and most self-published EPUBs are DRM-free and convert.
The order comes from the book's own reading order (the OPF spine), and each chapter can start on a new page.
Headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, lists, tables, block quotes, links and pictures come through. The book's CSS (fonts, spacing, drop caps) is not copied; Word uses the font you choose.
JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP and SVG pictures (including SVG cover pages) are placed in the document, sized to the page.
The EPUB is unzipped and the Word file written in your browser.
Turn on 'Add a title page' to start the document with the book's title and author, for books that lack their own.
JSZip opens the EPUB; container.xml leads to the OPF package, whose manifest and spine give the chapters in reading order. Each chapter's XHTML is converted to Word headings, paragraphs, lists, tables and pictures, with pictures read from inside the archive.
If META-INF/encryption.xml lists real encryption, the book is DRM-protected and cannot be read. Font obfuscation alone (used by many publishers to protect embedded fonts) is not DRM, and those books convert.
The book's CSS classes and stylesheets are not applied; inline styles, semantic tags (em, strong, h1–h6) and the font you choose determine the look.
The conversion runs in the browser; the book is not uploaded.
| In the EPUB | In Word |
|---|---|
| Chapters (spine order) | Sections, each on a new page |
| h1–h6 headings | Word headings |
| Emphasis, links, lists, tables | Kept |
| Pictures and SVG covers | Pictures sized to the page |
| CSS styling and fonts | Not copied |
| DRM-protected books | Cannot be read |
For a print-ready copy instead, use EPUB to PDF.
