You must have noticed blank pages in both paperback and hardcover books. But have wondered what is the purpose of these blank pages? On top of that, why don’t ebooks have blank pages like that?

The factory is making Penguin's Clothbound Classic of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice - a hardback ... blank plate into a specialist machine, which uses a laser to bake the words of the book ...

Despite seeming incongruous, a page in a book without words ... Pick up virtually any hardcover or paperback title and you’re bound to see at least one or two blank pages in the front, back ...