TXT to EPUB: give your text a home.
TXT keeps things simple. EPUB adds book details, a cover, and a navigable table of contents in one file. Use EpuBloom for your own writing, notes, or text you have permission to use. It won’t proofread or repair mistakes in the source.
- Choose or drop a .txt file in the converter. The extension determines the conversion direction.
- Expand “Book details” and check the title and author. The first 20 lines are checked for Title: and Author: headers, as well as Chinese title and author markers. You can edit the fields yourself.
- Set the book’s language code, such as en or zh. Website language and book language are separate. Other optional fields include description, publisher, identifier, date, rights, and subjects.
- Add a cover if you’d like. JPEG and PNG are good choices for reader compatibility. Without an image, a simple SVG cover is generated from the title and author.
- Convert to EPUB and download. Open it in your reader and check the chapters, text, cover, and book details. Keep the original TXT.
Make chapter headings easy to spot.
Put each heading on its own line. Lines beginning with “Chapter ”, “CHAPTER ”, or “# ” are recognized, along with numbered Chinese chapter headings such as 第一章. For example:
Title: The Little Journey Author: EpuBloom Chapter 1 — A quiet morning The notebook was still empty. There was a whole day to fill it. Chapter 2 — Along the river A little wandering brought a fresh perspective.
If the table of contents doesn’t look right, check that headings are on separate lines and match one of these patterns. Text with no recognized heading uses a default chapter. Introductory text may become part of the first chapter, so check the result.
Download a sample TXT and try the whole process before converting a long manuscript.
When text looks garbled.
The converter checks BOM markers for UTF-8, UTF-16LE, and UTF-16BE. Without a BOM, it tries valid UTF-8 first, then GBK. This can’t cover every legacy encoding. If text looks wrong, check the original in a text editor, save a copy as UTF-8, and select it again. Conversion can’t restore characters already lost through an incorrect save.
EPUB to TXT: back to the words.
Choose an EPUB, convert to TXT, and download its readable title, author, headings, and text. Plain text doesn’t preserve images, fonts, links, tables, or page layouts. Use it for editing and organizing words, rather than as a faithful ebook backup.
EPUB structures vary. Books from different tools may have missing text, unusual entity characters, or unexpected chapter ordering. Image-only pages aren’t recognized as text. There’s no OCR or DRM removal. Compare with the original chapter by chapter when completeness matters.
A few common questions.
Are files uploaded?
No. The converter runs locally in your browser using WebAssembly. Ordinary website requests are still handled by the server; see the privacy notice.
Why does a large file slow the page down?
Reading, parsing, and creating a file use your device’s memory. The page may pause during conversion. Start small and close unneeded tabs before working on a long text. There’s no guaranteed file-size limit; capacity depends on your browser, device, and content.
What if the converter doesn’t load?
Use a modern browser with WebAssembly support, check your connection, and refresh. The first visit needs to download the converter. If resources are blocked or the network is unavailable, it can’t start. If the problem continues, send a report with the browser version and error message.
How do I check the download?
Open TXT in a text editor to check characters, paragraph breaks, and chapter order. Open EPUB in the reader you actually use to check its cover, contents links, and text. Keep the original and the converted file separately.