EPUB to Word (DOCX) Converter

An EPUB to Word (DOCX) converter gives you the book as a document you can edit: add a paragraph, mark up the text with tracked changes, cut the chapters down to a handout.

What happens when you convert EPUB to DOCX

An EPUB is closed for editing — a reader app shows the text and nothing more. A DOCX opens in Word, LibreOffice Writer or Google Docs, and the book becomes an ordinary working document.

• Chapter titles come over as headings, so the navigation pane works and Word can build a table of contents.
• Links from the book's own table of contents keep working: a click jumps to the chapter inside the document.
• Lists stay lists instead of lines starting with a dash.
• Chapter illustrations are placed inside the file: move them, resize them, delete them.
• Book typography gives way to document styles — the typeface, size and margins are now yours to set.
• Page breaks appear only at this point: the book had none, so the numbering will not match anyone else's.
• A copy-protected book will not open.

If nothing needs editing and the book has to be printed or attached to an application, use the EPUB to PDF converter. When you only need the bare text, use the EPUB to TXT converter; to publish the book on the web, use the EPUB to HTML converter.

How to convert EPUB to DOCX

1. Upload the EPUB file.
2. Pick DOCX in the format list.
3. Start the conversion.
4. Download the document and open it in Word.

Who needs a book in DOCX

• Build a handout for a class, keeping only the chapters you teach.
• Proofread a manuscript with tracked changes and send it back with comments.
• Pull a passage into a report or an article without retyping it.
• Re-lay a study guide to your own template: different margins, typeface, headers and footers.
• Cut the book down to study notes — the headings are already marked up, whole sections delete in one go.

Frequently asked questions

Do the pictures stay in the document?

Chapter illustrations come across into the DOCX and behave like any other Word picture: they move, scale and delete. The cover does not always make it — in some books it is pasted in as a separate wrapper page, and a cover like that is lost.

Why does the document look different from the book in my reader?

A reader app picks the typeface and line width for your screen, while Word lays the document out by its own styles and margins. What the book contains does not change: chapters, lists and pictures keep their order.

Can I open the result somewhere other than Word?

Yes. DOCX opens in LibreOffice Writer, Google Docs and other office suites, and edits are saved there the same way.