EPUB to Markdown uses our document engine's EPUB reader and defaults to GitHub-flavored Markdown output in this service.
From real runs
| Element | Result | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | Kept | Chapter One and Chapter Two came out as Markdown heading lines with surrounding div anchors. |
| Tables | Kept | The rich fixture's two-row table became a pipe table with Feature and Kept columns. |
| Footnotes | Kept | The note marker became a Markdown footnote reference and definition rather than a plain endnote. |
| Images | Changed | Our document engine wrote Markdown image syntax pointing to media/file0.png, so extracted assets must be handled separately. |
| EPUB landmarks | Changed | The Markdown output included spans, divs, and a landmarks nav block from the source package. |
| Metadata package | Lost | content.opf, toc.ncx, and nav.xhtml disappeared as files because Markdown is a single text document here. |
Chapter One and Chapter Two came out as Markdown heading lines with surrounding div anchors.
The rich fixture's two-row table became a pipe table with Feature and Kept columns.
The note marker became a Markdown footnote reference and definition rather than a plain endnote.
Our document engine wrote Markdown image syntax pointing to media/file0.png, so extracted assets must be handled separately.
The Markdown output included spans, divs, and a landmarks nav block from the source package.
content.opf, toc.ncx, and nav.xhtml disappeared as files because Markdown is a single text document here.
We converted our EPUB sample (5 KB) with Document engine on 2026-09-11. It took 14 ms and produced a 813 B Markdown file, 85% smaller than the input. The engine raised no warnings.
Input · sample.epub · 5 KB
EPUB 3.0: 3 content documents, 0 images, EPUB 3 nav, no cover
Output · sample.md · 813 B
3 headings, 1 table, 4 list items, 0 code blocks, 0 image references
First lines of the output
<span id="ch001.xhtml"></span>
<div id="ch001.xhtml_feedback-atlas-q3-activity-trail"
class="section level1">
# Feedback Atlas — Q3 activity trail
**Prepared for:** Board of Directors · *12 Sep 2026*
<div id="ch001.xhtml_headline-numbers" class="section level2">
## Headline numbers
| Metric | Q2 | Q3 |
|-----------------------|--------|--------|
| ARR | \$4.1M | \$4.9M |
| Net revenue retention | 108% | 113% |
…Pandoc
pandoc in.epub -t gfm -o out.mdCopy any extracted media files alongside the Markdown if image references matter.
The HTTP API and the MCP server run the exact engine this page uses (Document engine); the response carries the same warnings the web converter shows. Check support first with GET /api/v1/pairs?from=epub&to=md.
curl -X POST https://filetypeconverters.com/api/v1/convert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FTC_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@input.epub" -F "from=epub" -F "to=md" \
--output output.mdOur document engine preserves EPUB anchors and section ids when converting to Markdown. They can be useful for traceability, but you may remove them before publishing clean prose.
The Markdown references media paths, and the converted response is a single Markdown file. If images matter, use an EPUB unpacking workflow or collect the assets separately.
Yes in the rich sample. The note appeared as a footnote reference in the paragraph and a definition later in the Markdown file.