Free online TIF to FB2 converter

Source format

TIFF (.tif or .tiff) is a high-quality raster image format widely used in scanning, publishing, archiving, and professional photography. It can store one image or multiple pages in a single file, and it often preserves detail very well because it supports lossless compression or no compression at all. TIFF is commonly used for scanned books, documents, illustrations, and archival masters.

Target format

FB2 (FictionBook 2) is an XML-based e-book format designed mainly for literary texts. It is popular in e-book libraries and reading apps, especially in Russian-language ecosystems. FB2 is good for structured books with chapters, paragraphs, and metadata, and it is easy to reflow on different screen sizes. Compared with image files, FB2 is much better for searchable, selectable text and comfortable reading on e-readers.

How to perform the conversion

Converting TIFF to FB2 is only practical when the TIFF contains scanned pages of text. Because TIFF is an image format and FB2 is a text-based e-book format, the conversion usually requires OCR (optical character recognition) first.

1. Check the TIFF content. If the file is a scan of a book or document, OCR can extract the text. If it is a photo or illustration, the result will not become a meaningful FB2 book.
2. Run OCR on the TIFF. A strong desktop option is ABBYY FineReader. Open the TIFF file, recognize the text, and verify the OCR result carefully. If your TIFF is multipage, FineReader can process the whole document.
3. Export the recognized text. Save the OCR result as DOCX, RTF, or plain text first. This intermediate step makes it easier to clean up headings, paragraphs, and page breaks.
4. Convert the text to FB2. Use an e-book editor or converter that supports FB2 creation, such as Calibre or FB2 Editor. In Calibre, add the intermediate document and convert it to FB2 using Convert books. In many cases, you can also prepare the book structure manually before export.
5. Review the FB2 file. Open the result in an FB2 reader to check chapter breaks, paragraph formatting, and metadata such as title and author.

If you only need a quick conversion and the TIFF is a scanned text document, you can also convert it on 101convert.com for free without installing any software, provided the site supports the specific file pair and OCR workflow for your file.

Notes on quality and limitations

This conversion is not direct. TIFF does not contain editable book structure, so the quality of the FB2 output depends almost entirely on OCR accuracy and manual cleanup. Clear scans with straight pages, good contrast, and readable fonts produce the best results.

Important limitations include:

• Images and illustrations in the TIFF may not transfer well into FB2, since FB2 is primarily text-oriented.
• Handwritten text, skewed pages, low-resolution scans, and faded pages reduce OCR accuracy.
• Complex layouts such as columns, footnotes, tables, and mixed-language pages may need manual correction after OCR.
• Multipage TIFFs can be converted, but the resulting FB2 should be checked for correct chapter and page structure.

For best results, treat TIFF-to-FB2 as a scan-to-e-book workflow: OCR first, then clean and export to FB2.