FB2 to PDF Pro

How to Convert FB2 to PDF

1. Drop your FB2 files onto the tool, or click Select FB2 Files. You can add several books at once; .fb2 and .xml files are accepted. Remove any file you added by mistake with the cross on its card. Use Add More to include extra books.
2. Choose the PDF Settings. Pick a Page Size, A4 or Letter (the default follows your region), and a Background, White or Sepia.
3. Click Convert to PDF. Each book is read and drawn inside your browser tab, one page at a time. A long book takes a little while.
4. Click Download. One book downloads as a PDF. Several books download together as a ZIP with one PDF per book.

Why Use This FB2 to PDF Converter

• Your file stays on your device. The FB2 is read and the PDF is built by your browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
• Pictures come along. The cover and the images stored inside the FB2 are placed in the PDF, in PNG, JPEG or GIF form.
• Book styling is recognised. Titles, subtitles, bold, italics, strikethrough, poems and empty lines are drawn in a book-style serif layout.
• Several books in one go. Add as many files as you like and download the PDFs together.
• Room for real documents. Your file size limit is shown on this page, and a free account raises it.

Good to know: the PDF pages are pictures of the book, not live text, so you cannot select, search or copy the words, and every page adds a few hundred KB to the file. Books are laid out page by page, and blocks of text are kept whole where they fit, so long books convert too. A very tall single picture is cut across pages. The cover and the images stored in the file are included; footnote sections are skipped, and compressed .fb2.zip files must be unzipped first. The encoding written in the FB2 header, such as UTF-8 or Windows-1251, is read automatically. There is no font size setting, and the page is always portrait.

FAQ

How do I convert an FB2 file to PDF?

Drop the FB2 file onto the tool, choose a page size and background, then click Convert to PDF and Download. A single book downloads as a PDF; several books download as a ZIP.

Are the images and cover kept?

Yes. The cover and the pictures stored in the FB2 are drawn into the PDF. Image types other than PNG, JPEG and GIF are treated as JPEG, so an unusual format may not display.

Can I select the text in the PDF?

No. Each page is a picture of the book, so the words cannot be selected, searched or copied. If you need real text, convert the book to another format first.

Does it work on long books?

Yes. Pages are drawn one at a time, so a long novel does not hit the browser size limit. The PDF gets large because every page is stored as an image, so expect a few hundred KB per page.

Why do I see odd letters in an old FB2 file?

The tool reads the encoding declared in the file header, including UTF-8 and Windows-1251. If a file declares one encoding but was saved in another, the letters can still come out wrong. Re-save the book as UTF-8 in your FB2 editor and try again.

Is my FB2 file uploaded to a server?

No. Your file stays on your device. Your browser reads the book, draws the pages and builds the PDF.

Is there a file size limit?

Your file size limit is shown on this page, and a free account raises it.