When publishing my Python textbook for the first time, figuring out how to convert a simple PDF file to epub3 cost me hours. Especially if you’ve got a lot of graphics (or code) in your PDF, it’s not so simple. Fortunately, I ran into the great program PDF Mate (which is free in the basic version).
Want to convert your PDF to epub3? Here’s how to do this in four simple steps:
- Download PDF Mate for free: https://www.pdfmate.com
- Install and open the free version of PDF Mate.
- Select the PDF to be converted and choose “epub3” as output format
- Click the “convert” button.
Here’s a quick video that shows this procedure:

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