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BMCarbaugh · 12-28-2014, 06:45 PM

Hi all. I've formatted ebooks before, and my workflow looks something like this: Open office (.odt) -> Sigil (.epub) -> Kindle Previewer (.mobi). I'm very finnicky about my formatting, so I like a lot of fine-grained control.

That said, I do have one problem which has vexed me for as long as I can remember, and I'm sick of just ignoring it:

How the hell do I get Sigil and/or Kindlegen to stop obliterating my blank pages?

I like to use blank pages between sections of the book, or after particularly impactful chapters, because it gives a nice little bit of breathing room. But somewhere in the .epub -> .mobi conversion, blank pages are always stripped out.

Is there any way to force these programs to keep my blank pages? (I've already tried inserting non-breaking spaces, etc).

12-28-2014, 06:45 PM	#1
BMCarbaugh Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Kindle	Sigil to Kindlegen: Maintain Blank Pages? Hi all. I've formatted ebooks before, and my workflow looks something like this: Open office (.odt) -> Sigil (.epub) -> Kindle Previewer (.mobi). I'm very finnicky about my formatting, so I like a lot of fine-grained control. That said, I do have one problem which has vexed me for as long as I can remember, and I'm sick of just ignoring it: How the hell do I get Sigil and/or Kindlegen to stop obliterating my blank pages? I like to use blank pages between sections of the book, or after particularly impactful chapters, because it gives a nice little bit of breathing room. But somewhere in the .epub -> .mobi conversion, blank pages are always stripped out. Is there any way to force these programs to keep my blank pages? (I've already tried inserting non-breaking spaces, etc).