diff --git a/internal/epub/epub.go b/internal/epub/epub.go
index 23d7690..c8d87fa 100644
--- a/internal/epub/epub.go
+++ b/internal/epub/epub.go
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ func (e *ePub) Write() error {
 				"PageWidth":  e.Image.View.Width,
 				"PageHeight": e.Image.View.Height,
 			})},
+			{"OEBPS/Text/space_title.xhtml", e.render(epubtemplates.Blank, map[string]any{
+				"Title":    "Blank Page Title",
+				"ViewPort": fmt.Sprintf("width=%d,height=%d", e.Image.View.Width, e.Image.View.Height),
+			})},
 			{"OEBPS/Text/title.xhtml", e.render(epubtemplates.Text, map[string]any{
 				"Title":      title,
 				"ViewPort":   fmt.Sprintf("width=%d,height=%d", e.Image.View.Width, e.Image.View.Height),
diff --git a/internal/epub/templates/epub_templates_content.go b/internal/epub/templates/epub_templates_content.go
index 63f6bc1..330eb35 100644
--- a/internal/epub/templates/epub_templates_content.go
+++ b/internal/epub/templates/epub_templates_content.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func getManifest(o *ContentOptions) []tag {
 	items := []tag{
 		{"item", tagAttrs{"id": "toc", "href": "toc.xhtml", "properties": "nav", "media-type": "application/xhtml+xml"}, ""},
 		{"item", tagAttrs{"id": "css", "href": "Text/style.css", "media-type": "text/css"}, ""},
+		{"item", tagAttrs{"id": "space_title", "href": "Text/space_title.xhtml", "media-type": "application/xhtml+xml"}, ""},
 		{"item", tagAttrs{"id": "page_title", "href": "Text/title.xhtml", "media-type": "application/xhtml+xml"}, ""},
 		{"item", tagAttrs{"id": "img_title", "href": "Images/title.jpg", "media-type": "image/jpeg"}, ""},
 	}
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ func getSpine(o *ContentOptions) []tag {
 	}
 
 	spine := []tag{
-		{"itemref", tagAttrs{"idref": "page_title", "properties": getSpread(true)}, ""},
+		{"itemref", tagAttrs{"idref": "space_title", "properties": getSpread(false) + " layout-blank"}, ""},
+		{"itemref", tagAttrs{"idref": "page_title", "properties": getSpread(false)}, ""},
 	}
 	for _, img := range o.Images {
 		if img.DoublePage && isOnTheRight {