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Originally Posted by Hitch
So, wait. Are we saying that this is the process through KC, (using a PDF-->>KC-->.kpf) or do you think that KDP is making a PDF, from the ePUB that was uploaded, and then creating an FXL Kindle-PUB, for lack of a better term? That would be a whole 'other thang.
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KC is not involved. As far as I can tell Amazon are themselves producing a PDF from the fixed-layout EPUB uploaded by the publisher. This PDF-based format is only delivered if you read the book using the latest version of the Kindle for Android app (8.75). All other apps/devices receive fixed-layout KF8 instead.
Here is an example of one such book, available through Kindle Unlimited.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1G74JM2 The internal metadata of the fixed-layout book shows that it was produced using Apple Pages. (Also, the Look Inside preview of the book appears to be broken. Perhaps a side effect of the new format being used.)
One common problem I have found is that publishers who upload fixed-layout EPUB often do so with obfuscated fonts included. Those are ignored when producing the PDF, leading to the PDF often having the same run-together content as you see in KF8.