With a KOMA class the package scrlayer-scrpage is recommended. It's in the same bundle and so works well together with scrbook.
Also, please use the code-button for proper markup.
EDIT: As i see it, novel.sty loads fancyhdr per default. You could prevent it from doing so, or use something different. Let me take a closer look on this tomorrow.
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
Thank you very much indeed for your fully informative replies. You've probably guessed, I am a newcomer to Latex and, I'm stumbling along, in the dark, hands outstretched and feeling my way . I'll amend the scripts tonight, then hopefully I've got a workable .tex file. The .sty file I put together myself and, I can see from your suggestions I've made a bit of a hash of it. But, I'm learning - painfully slow - but getting there step by step.
Again, thank you for your time and patience! It is much appreciated I assure you.
Hi Johannes_B and Elke,
I am continuing to have a problem with the following code. I have followed your advice and now receive a series of warnings. However, the resulting .pdf file seems to be OK. Have I done something wrong in the code? I have added contents of the .sty file I was using to the main file.
Thanks for your help!
Mike
\documentclass[10pt,english,british,twoside,openany]{scrbook}
%\usepackage{scrpage2}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline=.25pt]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\slshape}
\addtokomafont{pagehead}{\tiny}
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\small}
\ohead{\MakeUppercase{\leftmark}}
\ihead{Ben Francis}
\ofoot{Tears in the Rain}
\cfoot{\pagemark}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{concrete}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{type1cm}
%\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\renewcommand\thepart{\Alph{part}}
\newcommand{\apostrophe}{\XeTeXglyph\XeTeXcharglyph"0027\relax}
\KOMAoptions{open=any}
\setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}
%\pagestyle{fancy}
\widowpenalty=300
\clubpenalty=300
\renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
\begin{document}
\title{Tears in the Rain}
\date{}
\maketitle
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{empty} %Empty page left
\noindent \begin{flushright}
{\huge{}Tears in the Rain}
\par\end{flushright}{\huge \par}
\cleardoubleoddemptypage
\thispagestyle {empty}
\includegraphics{./images/bensig.jpg}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{flushright}
{\Huge{}Tears in the Rain}
\par\end{flushright}{\Huge \par}
\clearpage
\begin{center}
\emph{Copyright}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\textcopyright{ 2014 Ben Francis All rights reserved.}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\paperwidth}
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means;
mechanical, electrical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise,
without prior written consent from the publishers. Every effort has
been made to contact all copyright holders. The author and publisher
will gladly rectify any omissions.
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
ISBN:
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.2in}
\begin{center}
A CIP Record for this book is available from the British
Library.
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.1in}
\begin{center}
Typeset in \LaTeXe
\end{center}
\cleardoubleoddemptypage
\thispagestyle {empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\tableofcontents
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Preface}}{}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
\chapter*{Preface}
\input{./chapters/a_front/pref.tex}
\mainmatter
\noindent
%The Chapters
\input{./child_docs/child_docs.tex}
\end{document}
%TITR Main Document 5.06in x 7.81in, facing pages
%Preamble
\documentclass[10pt,english,british,twoside,openany]{scrbook}
%\usepackage{scrpage2}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline=.25pt]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\slshape}
\addtokomafont{pagehead}{\tiny}
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\small}
\ohead{\MakeUppercase{\leftmark}}
\ihead{Ben Francis}
\ofoot{Tears in the Rain}
\cfoot{\pagemark}
%\usepackage{novel}
%\usepackage{lipsum}
%\usepackage{novel}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{concrete}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{type1cm}
%\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\renewcommand\thepart{\Alph{part}}
\newcommand{\apostrophe}{\XeTeXglyph\XeTeXcharglyph"0027\relax}
\KOMAoptions{open=any}
\setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}
%\pagestyle{fancy}
\widowpenalty=300
\clubpenalty=300
\renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
\usepackage[paperwidth=5.06in,paperheight=7.81in]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.5in,bmargin=1in,inner=0.75in,outer=0.5in,headheight=0.1in,headsep=0.15in,footskip=0.45in,twoside}
%Frontmatter
\begin{document}
\title{Tears in the Rain}
\date{}
\maketitle
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{empty} %Empty page left
\noindent \begin{flushright}
\huge{Tears in the Rain}
\vspace{0.5in}
\huge{\raisebox{\depth}{\scalebox{1}[-1]{Tears in the Rain}}} \par\bigskip
\par\end{flushright}{\huge \par}
\cleardoubleoddemptypage
\thispagestyle {empty}
%\includegraphics{./images/bensig.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=4in,height=2in]{./images/bensig}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{flushright}
{\Huge{}Tears in the Rain}
\par\end{flushright}{\Huge \par}
\clearpage
\begin{center}
\emph{Copyright}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\textcopyright{ 2014 Ben Francis All rights reserved.}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\paperwidth}
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means;
mechanical, electrical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise,
without prior written consent from the publishers. Every effort has
been made to contact all copyright holders. The author and publisher
will gladly rectify any omissions.
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
ISBN:
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.2in}
\begin{center}
A CIP Record for this book is available from the British
Library.
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.1in}
\begin{center}
Typeset in \LaTeXe
\end{center}
\cleardoubleoddemptypage
\thispagestyle {empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\tableofcontents
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Preface}}{}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
%\addchap{Preface}
%\input{./chapters/a_front/pref.tex} Pasted below
%Mainmatter
\mainmatter
\noindent
\end{document}
%pref.tex
\textit {Tears in the Rain}, set in the emerging hippie Age of Aquarius in the early nineteen sixties...
%TITR Main Document 5.06in x 7.81in, facing pages
%Preamble
\documentclass[
10pt,
%english,% either english or british
british,% either english or british
twoside,
open=any
]{scrbook}
%\usepackage{scrpage2}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline=.25pt]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\slshape}
\addtokomafont{pagehead}{\tiny}
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\small}
\ohead{\MakeUppercase{\leftmark}}
\ihead{Ben Francis}
\ofoot{Tears in the Rain}
\cfoot{\pagemark}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{concrete}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{babel}
%\usepackage{type1cm}% do you need this package?
\renewcommand\thepart{\Alph{part}}
%\newcommand{\apostrophe}{\XeTeXglyph\XeTeXcharglyph"0027\relax}%using this command inside the document gives me an error even if I run xelatex
%\KOMAoptions{open=any}% already set in the class options
%\setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}% useless, later changed by geometry
%\pagestyle{fancy}
\widowpenalty=300
\clubpenalty=300
\renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
\usepackage[paperwidth=5.06in,paperheight=7.81in]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.5in,bmargin=1in,inner=0.75in,outer=0.5in,
%headheight=0.1in,% useless, to small
headsep=0.15in,footskip=0.45in,twoside}
\setlength\headheight{12pt}% suggested by scrlayer-scrpage
%Frontmatter
\begin{document}
\title{Tears in the Rain}
\date{}
\author{}% avoid the missing author warning
\maketitle
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{empty} %Empty page left
\noindent \begin{flushright}
\huge{Tears in the Rain}
\vspace{0.5in}
\huge{\raisebox{\depth}{\scalebox{1}[-1]{Tears in the Rain}}} \par\bigskip
\par\end{flushright}{\huge \par}
\cleardoubleoddemptypage
\thispagestyle {empty}
%\includegraphics{./images/bensig.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=4in,height=2in]{./images/bensig}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{flushright}
{\Huge{}Tears in the Rain}
\par\end{flushright}{\Huge \par}
\clearpage
\begin{center}
\emph{Copyright}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\textcopyright{ 2014 Ben Francis All rights reserved.}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\paperwidth}
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means;
mechanical, electrical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise,
without prior written consent from the publishers. Every effort has
been made to contact all copyright holders. The author and publisher
will gladly rectify any omissions.
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.5in}
\begin{center}
ISBN:
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.2in}
\begin{center}
A CIP Record for this book is available from the British
Library.
\end{center}
\vspace*{0.1in}
\begin{center}
Typeset in \LaTeXe
\end{center}
\cleardoubleevenemptypage % if the table of contents should start on an even page
%\thispagestyle {empty}
%\vspace*{\fill}
\tableofcontents
%\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Preface}}{}
%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
\addchap{Preface}% use this instead of the two lines above and instead of \chapter*{Preface}
%\input{./chapters/a_front/pref.tex} Pasted below
%Mainmatter
\mainmatter
\noindent
\chapter{First chapter}
\end{document}
In addition there is a warning that marignal notes overrun the paper. That is not a problem if you have no margin notes. Otherwise you have to change the pagelayout defined by the package geometry.
All of the \rm warnings come from the usage of the fancychap package. But I think you don't want to remove this package from your document.