Read a PDF on a Boox

Last updated 12 October 2026

A Boox opens PDFs in its own reader, NeoReader, which can reflow a PDF and has a mode for pages set in columns. For many PDFs that is enough. When it is not, convert the PDF to EPUB in Finepress and send the EPUB to the Boox with BOOXDrop. Your PDF is not uploaded to Finepress.

Can a Boox reflow a PDF?

Yes. Boox's help for PDF and similar files says you can choose different modes or reflow for a better reading experience. It lists these options:

• Article mode, for articles with more than one column on a page
• Comic mode, for comics and manga read from right to left
• A custom division of each page into parts, with your own reading order
• OCR for scanned pages, which works in the background as you read: online for English and Chinese, up to 300 pages a day, or offline for more than 30 languages with no page limit

Boox's blog describes NeoReader's navigation modes as reflowing files by adjusting text direction, spacing and alignment. Boox's help also says you may need to try different modes or adjust the settings to find what suits a document. Sources: Boox's help page Adjust PDF and Similar and its blog post Achieve Flow State: How BOOX NeoReader Unlocks Your Focus (22 July 2025), both checked on 12 October 2026. Menu names can differ between firmware versions.

When is the Boox's own reflow enough?

Try it first. If the text reads in the right order and at a size you like, you do not need to convert the PDF.

• A PDF that is mostly text often reads well in reflow.
• For a two-column paper, try Article mode before you convert.
• A PDF with tables, equations or diagrams may read better as pages, because Finepress flattens tables into text.

When does an EPUB help?

When you want running headers and page numbers gone from the text, the book in more than one reader app, or your marks in one place.

• Cleaner text: Finepress removes running headers, footers and page numbers, puts columns in reading order, joins words split across lines, and rebuilds chapters. That happens once, in the file, so every reader shows the same result.
• Your reading settings: for an EPUB, Boox's help lists text size, fonts, spacing, margins and more.
• Any reader app: a Boox can install other apps, and Boox's help explains how. An EPUB opens in NeoReader and in other EPUB reader apps.
• Marks that travel with Finepress: marks and notes you keep in Finepress stay in your Finepress library. With a free account they sync with your books between your devices, encrypted in your browser first.

Sources: Boox's help pages Adjust EPUB and Similar and Download and Install Apps, checked on 12 October 2026.

How do I convert the PDF to EPUB?

Add the PDF to Finepress, wait for it to convert, then download the EPUB from the book's details.

1. Open Finepress. You do not need an account or an install.
2. Press Add a book and choose the PDF, or drop the file anywhere on the page.
3. Wait while Finepress reads the pages. It removes running headers, footers and page numbers, puts columns in reading order, and rebuilds paragraphs, headings and chapters. A scanned PDF is read with OCR first.
4. Press Open and look through the book.
5. Open the book's details on the shelf and press Download EPUB.

If the PDF is a scan, Convert a scanned PDF to EPUB explains how Finepress reads it.

How do I send the EPUB to my Boox?

Use BOOXDrop, the transfer app on the Boox. Boox's help recommends it for sending files from a computer.

1. Connect the Boox and your computer to the same network.
2. On the Boox, open the BOOXDrop app. It shows an address.
3. Type that address into your computer's browser.
4. On that page, send the EPUB to the Boox.
5. On the Boox, find the file in the Receive tab of BOOXDrop, and open it.

Boox's help also describes its send2boox website, where you sign in to your Boox account and send files through Boox's server, and transfers from a phone or from cloud storage. These steps follow Boox's guide Transfer with Your Computer, checked on 12 October 2026.