Extract text from e-book and backup files (EBK)
To convert EBK e-books and backups to another format, you need Samsung Smart Switch or other E-Book software.
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted eBook Archive" file type, you need software like Samsung Smart Switch or a similar tool.
The .EBK file extension is highly fragmented, serving several distinct, completely incompatible purposes. Most commonly, it is an encrypted Maritime eBook published by Witherby Seamanship and designed to be read using the Wizpen EBK Reader. Alternatively, it is frequently used as a mobile device backup file created by Samsung Smart Switch to store contacts, messages, and settings. Other uses include ETABS structural model backups, Futu MooMoo stock watchlists (which are often basic UTF-8 text), and various regional electronic books like Nowa Era Multibook archives (which are actually ZIP files) or Japanese eBooks.
Users often want to convert these files because their proprietary nature makes them incredibly restrictive. For eBooks, you cannot simply transfer an .EBK file to an Amazon Kindle or Apple iPad. It requires specific software to decrypt and read. For backups, the files are useless outside their native ecosystem, effectively locking users into specific hardware.
The ideal target formats are EPUB or PDF for eBooks, and CSV or XML for extracted backup data. However, standard online converters usually fail because most .EBK files are either protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) or are heavily specialized binary data dumps locked to their original software. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data.
Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. We will inspect the file to determine its specific .EBK variant. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format like ZIP or UTF-8 text, viewing or extracting the contents may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your EBK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted EBK3, EBK2, $ET, EDB, MIS, PDF, TXT, ZIP, HTML, EPUB, DWG, PAK and PNG files.
If you want to convert EBK file to PDF, EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, KFX, PRC, LIT, OPF, CBZ, CBR or CB7, you can use Samsung Smart Switch or similar software from the "Proprietary eBook and System Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert FB2, MOBI, CBT, RTF, CB7, DOCX, DJVU, AZW, CBA, PDF, DOC or EPUB files to EBK, try Samsung Smart Switch or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary eBook and System Backup" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our EBK converter.