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When it launched 6 years ago, the only app that supported it was Kindle 4 PC. It's never worked on Kindles, so far as I know.
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I know that. If there was a way to force them to work on e-ink devices, the results would be terrible. I've been using kindles since 2009. My comments here were because these books aren't some "new" thing, or a format "mistake". For many books, they are a necessary format choice.
But...for cookbooks, imo, they are not necessary. I've got many cookbooks on my account, and the vast majority are not in a fixed format. This makes them readable on smaller screens, because the text can be adjusted.
I don't know anything about the behind the scenes of setting up a Kindle book. I suspect using this Print Replica format is "easier" which is why some publishers use it. Also, imo, I think that is short sighted on their part. (Unless the book actually should be formatted that way, like graphic novels) It's right up there with "scan and ocr" without proofreading.