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Originally Posted by andrew73249
Thanks for clarifying this. If the pdfs at Smashwords are just conversions from epub or some other format that isn't intended to retain information about page layout, then you're right, this is not what I was looking for.
So I guess it looks like the only options for purchase of fixed layout, "print replica" ebooks as of January, 2019 are - the original publishers (who rarely make them available)
- Google Play "original pages" (which frequently have issues)
- Amazon "print replicas" (which are rarely available)
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You might also want to consider that many pdf ebooks are for books that do not have a print edition so there is no page layout information to retain. As in the case of Smashwords where including page numbers in the TOC is "a sure sign you ignored the Smashwords Style Guide".
As for the preferred input format, Smashword's preference is for .doc files with well-formed epubs being the second choice.