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If you need to read JW publications on a different e-reader, consider using the official JW Library app (available on Android, iOS, Windows, and some third-party desktop emulators) rather than attempting conversion. For personal offline reading, the app allows downloading publications for use within its secure environment.

In 2021, several third-party tools and scripts claimed to convert .jwpub files to .epub . These were not official tools but rather community-developed software, often requiring technical steps such as:

For those interested in why conversion is difficult, the file's architecture is complex: