Inserting a Blank Page

June 21, 2019 10:45 AM

I've finished a book. As I've gone through it for the millionth time checking for mistakes, I realize there is no frontispiece. So I'm thinking I need to submit a revision, which is easy to do.

The first page is a recto title page. Copyright information on its opposite (verso) side. The next recto page is the table of contents on page one (i). Since it doesn't need a page number, can I insert a frontispiece page (usually just a page with a logo on the verso, blank on the recto) before the title page without changing page order or position?

posted by CollectiveMind to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Who are you publishing it through, or getting it printed by? This is going to depend on them and how they do things.

(Or if the question is just "How do I do this in the application I wrote the book in?" we need to know what that application is.)
posted by nebulawindphone at 11:17 AM on June 21, 2019

It also matters if you're locked in to a particular page count. If there are already some blank pages at the end to account for whatever size signature of pages is being used by the printer, you can add pages up front and remove them from the end. But if your page count is already at a multiple of eight or sixteen (or whatever), then adding pages will requiring increasing the total page count to the next multiple, which will add cost.
posted by jonathanhughes at 11:30 AM on June 21, 2019

If your question is about Microsoft Word rather than more complex printer's logistics (talk to your printer/editor), the way to do this is by adding a section break before your page numbering starts.
posted by tapir-whorf at 12:06 PM on June 21, 2019