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Originally Posted by exaltedwombat
But be careful. Ebooks are not fascimilies of printed books, and shouldn't attempt to be. On an ereader, flipping to a blank page will be perceived as a glitch. Anything but restful!
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I think the hardest thing for a new author-publisher to get his head around is that e-books don't want to be
designed. The worst case is the poet who views typography as part of his or her art. Almost as bad is the author who has never actually been published in real life.
Just as there are no actual pages in an e-book, there are no verso and recto pages. Good grief, there isn't even (or shouldn't be) a half-title page! The copyright page needn't (and, I would argue, shouldn't) follow the title page, but can (and arguably should) go at the back of the book.
And there certainly should be no blank pages.
If any or all of these design features seem crucial, there is probably something lacking in the text.