How to convert EPUB to RTF
- Add your .EPUB file - drop it in the box above or click to browse.
- Convert it to .RTF in a few seconds.
- Download your new .RTF file.
What to expect
- Body text and basic formatting (bold, italic, simple tables, images) transfer to the editable RTF document.
- The e-book's chapter structure and table of contents flatten into one continuous document.
- Advanced CSS styling, embedded fonts and EPUB 3 scripting are not preserved.
Frequently asked questions
Why convert an EPUB e-book to RTF?
RTF is a portable rich-text document that nearly every word processor can open and edit, so the conversion is useful when you want to edit the book's text rather than read it in an e-reader. It turns a reading container into an editable document.
How much of the book's formatting survives?
RTF supports basic formatting such as bold, italic, fonts, colors, simple tables and images, so paragraph text and light styling carry over. Advanced CSS layout from the EPUB is reduced to what RTF can represent.
What can open the resulting RTF file?
Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer and Google Docs all open RTF. On Windows 11 there is no built-in WordPad, so a full word processor such as LibreOffice or Word is the practical choice.
What is lost when converting EPUB to RTF?
The EPUB's chapter file structure and navigation table of contents become a single continuous document, and precise CSS styling and embedded fonts may not survive. Any EPUB 3 interactive content is dropped.
Programs that convert EPUB: iWork Pages
