Markdown to
EPUB.

Markdown to EPUB, explained

Package your Markdown as an EPUB 3 e-book for Apple Books, Kobo and Calibre, or for Kindle through Send to Kindle, which accepts EPUB files.

What is converted, and how

Chapters

Each top-level # heading starts a new chapter.

Table of contents

Generated from your headings, so readers can jump between chapters.

Front matter

YAML title, author, date and lang become book metadata and a title page. Without a title, the file name is used.

Footnotes

Become linked notes.

Code, tables and lists

Kept, with a simple stylesheet the reading app can adapt.

Limitations

• No cover image, and images are only included when embedded as data: URIs.
• Reading apps decide fonts and page size; wide tables and long code lines may scroll or wrap.

Tips

• Start with front matter like title: My Book, author: Jane Doe and lang: en between two --- lines.
• Run the file through EPUBCheck before you submit it to a store.
• Not sure about the syntax? See the Markdown cheat sheet.

Other formats

• Markdown to PDFA4, clean typography, syntax-highlighted code.
• Markdown to WordHeadings map to Word heading styles, so the navigation pane works.
• Markdown to ExcelEach table becomes a sheet named after the heading above it. Numbers stay numbers. No tables? One paragraph per row.
• Markdown to PowerPointEvery heading starts a new slide.
• Markdown to ODTOpenDocument Text for LibreOffice Writer, with real heading styles.
• Markdown to RTFOpens almost everywhere, including WordPad and TextEdit.
• Markdown to HTMLSingle standalone page with styles inlined.
• Markdown to LaTeXStandalone .tex, ready for pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or Overleaf.
• Markdown to Plain textMarkdown syntax removed, structure kept readable.