Convert EPUB to TXT

Convert EPUB to TXT when all you want from a book is the words: chapters run one after another in a single file that opens in any editor and weighs a few kilobytes.

What happens when you convert EPUB to TXT

Inside, an EPUB is a set of web pages with styles, images and a table of contents. A TXT file stores none of that, so the text itself is pulled out and the styling is left behind.

• Chapter text survives in full and in its original order.
• Headings stay as lines of text but stop being headings.
• Lists get plain numbers, a table turns into columns padded with spaces.
• Illustrations do not carry over: only the caption stays where the picture was.
• Italics, bold and links disappear, and a link address is not kept in the text.
• The result is UTF-8, so non-Latin alphabets and typographic quotes come through intact.

If you need the text with its layout kept, use the EPUB to PDF converter instead.

How to convert EPUB to TXT

1. Upload your EPUB file.
2. Pick TXT in the format list.
3. Start the conversion.
4. Download the text file.

Frequently asked questions

Will the chapters still be separated?

Yes. A chapter title stays on its own line and blank lines remain between sections, so the structure of the book still reads without any markup.

Why does the file start with lines like "Cover" or "Table of Contents"?

Those are service pages of the book itself: the cover and the contents are made of text too, so they land in the file. Delete them from the top if you do not need them.