Should I leave a blank page after a "Part One" heading?

[Aquilonian]

I am preparing my trilogy for publishing on Amazon- three volumes of about 200,000 words each. Each book is divided into five parts and 70 or so chapters. I know that each page which says "Part One: The Awakening" or whatever and nothing else should be on an odd-numbered page (i.e. right-hand page in an open book). My question is: Should the first chapter in that Part begin on the even-numbered page immediately following, or should it be on the next odd-numbered page with a blank page left immediately before it?

I've noticed that printed books published in the 70s (e.g. Tanith Lee) had the former arrangement, but Amazon POD books have the latter arrangement so I'm wondering if it's mandatory on Amazon for some reason.

 

[HareBrain]

I would definitely have the chapter begin on the recto (right) side and keep the verso (left) side blank after a "part" title page.

Probably the Amazon POD titles have the chapter starting on the next page because they used the same file as the ebook for setup. But it's not mandatory (I've set one up with blanks).

(I would also suppress page numbers on the part title page and the blank one following.)

 

[tinkerdan]

The Amazon POD will be set up the way you set things when you send them the final copy.

I would put the Part One and any other description for it on the right hand page and leave the next or other side blank.

All my books start on the odd number page on the right side and the numbers start with the first page as page one with all the material in front without numbers.

I use the same file formatted for the paper book as I do for the e-book.

For the e-books the amazon interface seems to remove the extra blank pages.

What you need to watch for, if you have scene breaks, is that often the interface removes the extra spaces you might put in between scenes.
I think that that is why some people put in special characters or images in the scene break.

In the chapter heading area--if you have more than one space around the chapter it might cull the extra spaces.

 

[Aquilonian]

Thanks to all, looks like a consensus here. I already use asterisks for scene breaks.

 

[Laura R Hepworth]

I already use asterisks for scene breaks.

Dingbat fonts are another good option for scene breaks, just (as with any font) be sure it allows for commercial use.