Just look at examples like this: https://www.google.de/books/edition/Exploration_Map_by_Map/s...
You will realize that saying "PDFs should be only for printing" is a vast oversimplifcation for the requirements people have for different kinds of documents.
I get "Keine Leseprobe verfügbar" which is "no sample available" according to DDG.
I'm downloading a 101 MB EPUB from Anna’s Archive. I'm not sure if it's an official EPUB or someone converted it from something else. There's no PDF available there. In a few hours I'll try to report how several readers handled it.
It's also on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Exploration-Map-Migrations-Encounters...
There is a kindle version (which would be closer to epub than pdf) but it just is even worse than a pdf and the authors also include the reason for that:
> Due to the complex integration of images and text, this DK eBook has been formatted to retain the design of the print edition. As a result, all elements are fixed in place, but can easily be enlarged by using the pinch-to-zoom function.
EPUB is simply not ready for complex layouts.