DOC to EPUB
Turn your Word document or manuscript into an EPUB ebook. Convert books, novels, guides
and other DOC files into a reflowable ebook format for reading and publishing.
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Why convert DOC to EPUB?
Turn Word documents into reflowable ebooks that are easier to read, distribute and publish. Keep useful book structure such as chapters, headings, images and links, with options to customise your ebook before converting.
Convert manuscripts to EPUB
Turn a manuscript written in Microsoft Word into an EPUB ebook. EPUB's reflowable layout allows your book to adapt to different screen sizes, font sizes and reader settings.
Keep chapters and create navigation
Use the headings in your Word document to organise chapters and sections and create navigation that helps readers move around your ebook.
Convert illustrated books and guides
Convert Word documents containing images and illustrations into EPUB while adapting the content for different screen sizes and ebook readers. Choose whether to keep or optimise images when converting.
Customise your ebook
Add ebook details such as the book title and author, choose a cover image and control how chapters, navigation and images are handled before converting.
Frequently asked questions
If you've got any questions about converting or compressing files with Zamzar, we're happy to help! We've answered a few commonly-asked questions below, to get you started, and you can find out more information about file conversion and compression with Zamzar, in our Help centre.
Yes. Converting DOC to EPUB turns your Word document into a reflowable ebook that adapts to different screen sizes and reader settings. You can also customise ebook information such as the title, author and cover before converting.
Yes. DOC to EPUB is particularly useful for novels, non-fiction books, guides and other manuscripts created in Microsoft Word. For the best results, use consistent Word heading styles for chapter titles and sections.
Yes. Word heading styles can be used to identify the structure of your document during conversion. For example, you can use Heading 1 for chapter titles and lower-level headings for sections within each chapter.
Zamzar can use headings in a structured Word document to create navigation for the resulting EPUB. Using consistent heading styles throughout your DOC will normally produce the best results.
Yes. You can enter the book title and author before conversion so the information is stored as part of the EPUB's ebook metadata.
Yes, supported images can be included in the converted EPUB. You can keep the images from your document or optimise them to help reduce the size of the ebook.
No. Word documents use pages and can contain fixed positioning, while EPUB is usually a reflowable format. Text, images and other content can therefore move depending on screen size, font size and the reader being used. This flexibility is one of the main advantages of EPUB for ebook reading.
Usually not. EPUB pages aren't fixed in the same way as Word document pages, because readers can change font sizes, margins and screen dimensions.
Yes. Word documents containing images and illustrations can be converted into EPUB, making the format useful for illustrated books, guides and other visual content. For particularly complex fixed-layout books, the resulting EPUB may differ from the original Word page layout.
Yes. Converting a Word manuscript to EPUB can be a useful step when preparing an ebook for publishing. Requirements vary between ebook stores and publishing platforms, so you should always review the finished EPUB and check it against the requirements of the service you plan to use.