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Word to EPUB Converter

Publish a Word manuscript as an EPUB with a cover, chapters from your headings and a contents list you can tap.

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About Word to EPUB

Word to EPUB is for authors, teachers and small publishers who write in Word but want a real e-book: a novel for beta readers, a course handbook, a family history, a short story collection. Upload the .docx and you get a book that looks finished on a reader: a cover on the shelf, chapters cut at the headings your document uses, sections under their chapters in a contents list you can tap, and footnotes you tap to read and tap again to get back. The document's own contents page is left out, since the e-book has a real one. To revise a finished e-book later, EPUB to Word turns it back into an editable document.

Chapters start at picks where chapters begin: The document's main headings by default, Heading 1, or Heading 1 and Heading 2 for chapters with sections. A tall picture opening the document becomes the cover; otherwise Cover makes a clean one from the title and author at 1600 × 2560 px, the size Kindle and Apple Books ask for, or uses a picture of your own. Title and Author come from what you type, else from the file's properties, and default names like Administrator aren't credited as the author. Bold and italic text, lists, tables and pictures come across, big pictures sized for a reader and each stored once, while Word's fonts and page layout stay behind on purpose. The book's language is read from its text, and Paragraphs sets it indented like a printed book or spaced apart. Several documents become one book, a part per file. A book for each file is a VIP choice. DOC, ODT and RTF files work too.

How to use Word to EPUB

  1. 1
    Style your chapter titles

    In Word, give each chapter title a heading style such as Heading 1 or Heading 2; text that's only big and bold won't start a chapter.

  2. 2
    Upload the document

    Choose or drop your .docx, or the files of several chapters at once; .doc, .odt and .rtf work as well.

  3. 3
    Check the book's details

    Leave Title and Author empty to use the file's own, pick a Cover and where Chapters start at, then click Word to EPUB.

  4. 4
    Download the EPUB

    Open it in Apple Books or on a Kobo, or send it to your Kindle, and tap through the contents.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • Chapters from your headings

    Main headings, Heading 1, or Headings 1 and 2 mark the chapters, with sections listed under them.

  • A cover on the shelf

    A picture opening the document, a clean cover made from the title and author, or a picture of your own.

  • Footnotes you can tap

    Footnotes and endnotes become a Notes chapter, linked both ways, even across chapters.

  • Your title and author

    Typed, or taken from the file's properties, without crediting Administrator as the author.

FAQ

Word to EPUB: questions and answers

Why doesn't my Word to EPUB file have chapters?
Chapters start at paragraphs styled with Word's headings. If your chapter titles are just big bold Normal text, apply Heading 1 or Heading 2 to them in Word and convert again. If the document uses its headings differently, try Heading 1, or Heading 1 and Heading 2, under Chapters start at.
Will Word to EPUB keep my fonts and page layout?
No, and that's intentional. An EPUB reflows to the reader's screen and font choice, so fixed fonts, colours, headers and page breaks from Word are left out. Headings, bold and italics, lists, tables and pictures are kept, and drawings in formats e-readers can't show (EMF/WMF) are left out and counted in the result.
Can I read the EPUB on a Kindle?
Yes. Amazon's Send to Kindle service accepts EPUB files and converts them for your device, by email or through the Send to Kindle app. For an older Kindle, EPUB to MOBI makes a copy in the format it reads.
Is Word to EPUB free, and how many documents can I convert at once?
Yes. 2 conversions without an account and 2 a day with a free one, with files up to 50 MB and 20 documents per task. VIP removes the daily limit, accepts files up to 1 GB and 50 documents per task, and can make a book for each file.
Is my manuscript kept private?
Yes. It's uploaded over HTTPS, converted in an isolated process and deleted automatically after an hour. We never read it, share it or use it to train AI.
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