Three Free Methods to Convert eBooks to ePub

Posted by lee l.
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May 16, 2012
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ePub is an open format defined by the Open eBook Forum of the International Digital Publishing Forum (). It is based on XHTML and XML along with optional CSS style sheets. Based on Web Standards, ePub is reflowable to fit the screen of e-book reader no matter how big or smll size of the display. Nowadays, most portable and e-book reader devices support ePub format including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony, Kobo, and other companies.
So, do you want to read your downloaded ebooks from other sources in ePub format? Here, I will introduce three free ways to convert different formats of ebooks to ePub.
Method 1. Convert ebooks to ePub with Calibre.
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.
Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Output Formats: AZW3, EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ More information about Cablire is here.

Method 2. Convert ebooks to ePub online with 2epub
2epub is a free online ePub converter which enables you to convert a large number of ebook format files to the standard ePub format. The ebook converted into ePub can be compatible on many ebook readers including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook, Kono (for Kindle use mobi). It is also one of the most popular tool for converting kindle to ePub free.
Input formats: doc, docx, epub, fb2, html, lit, lrf, mobi, odt, pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, txt.
Output formats: epub, fb2, lit, lrf, mobi

Method 3. Convert ebooks to ePub with iStonsoft ePub Converter.
This converter is a new ePub converter software so you might never heard before. But don’t be doubtful, it is indeed one of the best ePub converters.
With iStonsoft ePub Converter, you can build an eBook by converting multiple formats to ePub: Word to ePub, PDF to ePub, Text to ePub, HTML to ePub, MOBI to ePub, etc. After finishing your own ePub eBook, you can check it on your PC with Adobe Digital Editions immediately, and then publish, share it, or read it on your favorite e-Readers.

What’s more, it is in instantly development. Now it has been updated to version: 2.7.27, fixing some bugs. Choose your favorite ePub converter depending on your need. The above three methods are the most useful and simple way to convert ebooks to ePub formats and I do hope this article can help you.

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