' tags with double line breaks. This method keeps the readability intact for EPUB conversions later.

) become #, lists (

) turn into dashes, and links keep their structure but lose the angle brackets. The real challenge is nested elements, like tables or complex divs. They often break in translation unless you manually adjust the output. I’ve found that preprocessing the HTML—stripping unnecessary classes or inline styles—helps clean up the Markdown result. For code blocks or images, Markdown’s backticks and alt-text syntax are straightforward, but spacing matters. Extra line breaks in HTML can collapse in Markdown, messing up paragraphs. Tools like Turndown or Python’s html2text library handle basics well, but for precision, I sometimes regex-search-and-replace leftovers. It’s a puzzle, but when it clicks, seeing a clean .md file with bold, italics, and links perfectly mirrored is worth the effort.