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Originally Posted by jhowell
I am also curious. It is relatively easy to pick up feature names from the Kindle apps. It is much harder to tell what a name actually refers to. It is not worth it for me to put in the effort needed to find out when it will likely become obvious once PDF Backed Fixed Layout is actually rolled out.
My best guess is that it is an improved version of print replica, perhaps with more features. Or perhaps a replacement for the fixed layout books produced by Kindle Kids Book Creator. That is long overdue for replacement.
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I have a follow-up to this discussion from last year. I have started to see some examples of PDF Backed Fixed Layout in the Kindle for Android app. It is a new variant of KFX format produced for Kindle books published using a fixed-layout EPUB, such as those created by Apple Pages or Adobe InDesign. Currently those books are converted to fixed-layout KF8 format with varying results. One common problem is words running together or overlapping.
For PDF Backed Fixed Layout the fixed-layout EPUB is converted to PDF and then that is used to produce Print Replica KFX format. I assume that this is intended to make those fixed-layout books function more consistently across devices and may also be part of a long term plan to replace the older Kindle formats with KFX.