From post 20: "Giovanni, you think it’s strange that people would want to convert a digital book to PDF. Well, let me give you something to chew on. I do not want my eBooks to be dependant on specialized software that has to be installed, or on an expensive hand-held device, which I do not own or want."

@CJ Cotter:
Ah, so because you don't want specialized software to display your ebooks you convert it to PDF so you have larger files and need a specialized software to display it and another to convert it. Makes no sense! Let me give you in on a secret. To display any kind of data file you need specialized software! And a fast and small ebook reader works waaay better than any PDF reader.

Seriously people, if you're reading on a device and it doesn't really matter, just get calibre, if you have to just copy out the files for the ebook reader and you can read just about all ebooks, with plugins you'll be able to read all including cbz, mobi, lit, html, rtf, zip, and of course pdf. So no need for conversions and if you really need to convert then it's real simple.

Uhmmmmmmmmmm. A little confused, most of the "mainstream" e-readers....read epub. In fact, it's only format I currently use on my Kobo, a device specifically referenced in the blurb as being one of the devices you would have to convert an epub to pdf to be able to read......If the company's knowledge of the readers and formats is so far off, I wouldn't expect the conversion to be "e-readercetric"' but rather just another pdf conversion program. That makes it somewhat misleading IMHO.

glnz -- Kindle books are MOBI not epub, and most of them are DRM'd.

Glnz -- if your dad has a kindle device or pc/mac/idevice with kindle app (app is free)and you have it set up using your account, you can share your library with him that way.

#22 - Penny:

Go to

http://epubee.com/remove-drm-from-epub-on-adobe.html
and follow option 3

Zig

One alternative that hasn't been mentioned is to simply not convert at all. Just get CoolReader (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coolreader&hl=en or http://coolreader.org/e-index.htm), available for Android, Windows, Linux, and others. It is 100% free, open source, regularly updated, and reads a dozen or so formats, including epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml. It's got a great interface, and if you root your Kindle (it's simple) you can install it there, too. I've been using it for months now, and if you have a format that it doesn't read, just use the aforementioned, excellent Calibre to convert it (or remove DRM). Frankly, I'm an e-book addict, and I don't see much reason to need anything other than Calibre and CoolReader. ;-)

epub to PDF for Kindle does not make much sense as PDFs are useless on the Kindle. If the print is big enough to read then the page is too big for the kindle.
As advised earlier Calibre is a fantastic converter and can convert most formats to almost any other format and it is free except for voluntary donations

To read epub files on your computer just install an add-on called EPUBReader to your Firefox and forget about today's giveaway ;)

I have used Calibre for quite some time to convert CBR/CBZs to EPUB or MOBI. It works very well for these.

But, using it to convert PDFs to EPUBs has always presented a problem with line spacing, etc.

I hope to contact the creator and see if he can figure out what the problem is.

Does not work = adobe pdf reader cannot open the converted epub.

Lousy software....

And if my Kindle books are epub, where are they on my pc so I can convert to pdf?

Dumb question - are my Kindle book downloads epub or something else? Are they protected, and how? Would love to be able to make a pdf in order to share a book with my 92-year old dad.

I have calibre but where do I get the plug in mentioned above to remove DRM?

It can't do DRMed EPUB files exported from Apple's iTunes on a Mac Mini. :(

Giovanni, you think it's strange that people would want to convert a digital book to PDF. Well, let me give you something to chew on. I do not want my eBooks to be dependant on specialized software that has to be installed, or on an expensive hand-held device, which I do not own or want.

I rarely comment here, but wanted today to voice my appreciation for Giovanni's suggestions for free alternatives, especially on this subject. Little ticks me off more than companies who restrict my use of something I have paid for. Thumbs up for DRM removal!
Mike

to number5,6,& 7 caliber don't open the videos that came with my e-pub.

this program changed my e-pub to pdf format, but it couldn't open the videos that was supported with the file. also I checked Giovanni's download out and it did the same thing convert, but not display the videos. win8 has a program to read e-pub for free, however I'm using win7 bummer.

PDF is a page layout format. You layout your book for a phone, and it will be wrong for a tablet. You layout your book for your desktop, and it will be wrong for your phone.

Makes no sense (unless you are Adobe and trying to sell more Acrobat software).

If your device doesn't have a decent reader for ePUB, get a new device. End of problem.

No, I have tried it for many times, this exellent PDF tool can really and swiftly remove Adobe EPUB DRM. I promise !

@ #5 ivansword. You are correct. Calibre does it all including DRM removal with the plugin. I've been using it for a long time now and it does a great job. A one trick pony like this giveaway is a bit of a step backwards.

Giovanni must have been in a hurry today. How else can we explain his oversite of the best conversion tool available for free? Get CALIBRE!
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Lovely program.. needs an output device called HOME PC
not all of us have the need to read a book on a small hand held device when we have our big screen PC's at home

PS professional e-book publishers use calibre. There is nothing better for free or for pay.

Calibre does that for free. Not only that but converts from pdf to epub. And even more it converts to and from all popular e-book formats.
If these guys' programming is as bad as their English,they're in trouble.

@ Giovanni, I'm sure the project team would love to offer new and exciting software, but they have to take whatever publishers are willing to give them to offer. That means we aren't going to see the professional version of Photoshop, or the latest games from Playstation on here. I'm just glad that we get anything useful, and have people like you here to steer us to alternatives when the offering isn't exactly what we need.

If this doesn't remove drm, it's worthless.
And Ive tried the DRM removal plug-in and it doesn't work for me. Removed it, installed it again and again, still doesn't remove.

Does ok, for the most part. Some conversions I had to do twice. First came up with an error box(that was empty except an OK button?) I agree with #'s 5 & 6. Calibre can do the same thing with a lot more options.

Not a very good app, always crashes!

Better to use calibre!

Calibre. That alone can do/handle so much more, e.g., device selection, conversions, manages libraries, grabs covers, meta-data, etc. and its freeware.

This does a pretty good job of converting ePUB to PDF. It allows you to pick the output device that you're intending to view the PDF on, but it's hidden behind the button with PDF on it under the caption 'Select an output device for PDF;' Perhaps a dropdown list with the devices listed might be more clear.
The problem with the program is, it only converts ePUB to PDF, nothing else. You can download the free calibre ePUB reader and it can convert between many different formats and gives you more control over the output. Saying that there might be too many options for some people and they might prefer the simplicity of selecing the file they want to convert and clicking on the big button saying 'Convert'.
But I think that $19.99 is too much to ask for ePUB to PDF Converter. If it could convert PDF to ePUB and between other formats it might be worth it as a simple one-click converter for someone who wants to convert from one format to anothe with the minimum of fuss.

Looks a nice tool to me...but why to pay 20 bucks to convert an ePUB book to PDF if you can read both formats using a FREE & PORTABLE tool like SUMATRA (PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ and CBR reader) ?

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

Nevertheless, I believe that it would have been much more useful having a tool designed to perform the opposite convertion (PDF ==> ePUB, Mobi etc...), so as to read a PDF file on several portable devices like iPad, Kindle, Sony eReader, Kobo, Nexus etc...what do you make of it dudes?

What if you could do that for FREE?

http://www.epubee.com/ebook-converter.html

But, if for some odd reasons, you are really eager to convert an ePUB book to PDF format, you could do that for FREE as well, if only you were aware of freeware alternatives, of course...LOL!!

But hey...don't worry & be happy...Giovanni is here to help you:

http://www.weenysoft.com/free-epub-to-pdf-converter.html (just pay attention while installing it since it's an ad-supported app)
http://www.convertfiles.com

And to remove DRM protections from an ePUB book:

http://epubee.com/remove-drm-from-epub-on-adobe.html

Enjoy!

My 2 cents for today's giveaway... (hey, how about focusing on different and more useful apps, not easily replacable with FREE alternatives???)

Very helpful program to convert my ePUB collection to pdf :) Works great!