LaTeX forum ⇒ Text Formatting ⇒ Remove blank page

[mike1264]

Hi,
For a book layout I am trying to publish a 'copyright page' on a left page and a 'table of contents' on a right page. At the moment my code prints a title page (right) [correct] then adds an empty interleaf page (left) [wrong] then the copyright page (right) [wrong] and a table of contents (left) [wrong]. Can anyone suggest a way of getting rid of the interleaf page?

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\documentclass[10pt,english,british,twoside,openany]{scrbook}
	\usepackage{blindtext}
	\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline=.25pt]{scrlayer-scrpage}
	\usepackage{microtype}
	\usepackage{ragged2e}
	\usepackage{graphicx}
	\usepackage[british]{babel}
	\pagestyle{scrheadings}
	\addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\slshape}
	\addtokomafont{pagehead}{\tiny}
	\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\small}
	\addtokomafont{disposition}{\rmfamily}% rm for chapter headings
	\ohead{\leftmark}
	\ihead{Ben Francis}
	\ofoot{\mytitle}
	\cfoot{\pagemark}
	\renewcommand\thepart{\Alph{part}}
	\usepackage{fontspec}
	\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}%JB: Just as an example
	\renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
	\usepackage{geometry}
		\geometry{paperwidth=5.06in,paperheight=7.81in,
		verbose,
		tmargin=0.5in,
		bmargin=1in,
		inner=0.75in,
		outer=0.5in,
		headheight=0.1in,
		headsep=0.15in,
		footskip=0.45in,
		twoside}
	\newcommand{\mytitle}{Tears in the Rain} 
 
\begin{document}
	\title{\mytitle}
\frontmatter
	\date{}
	\maketitle
	\begin{titlepage}
		\begin{flushright}
         {\huge \mytitle}%JB: Those are switches active
         \par\end{flushright}{\huge \par}
	\end{titlepage}
 
 
	\begin{titlepage}
		\noindent\includegraphics[width=4in,height=2in]{../images/bensig}
		\vspace*{0.5in}
		\begin{flushright}
         {\Huge{}Tears in the Rain}
         \par\end{flushright}{\Huge \par}
	\end{titlepage}
 
	\begin{titlepage}
		\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}
	\end{titlepage}
 
	\tableofcontents
 
	\addchap{Preface}
 
		\emph{Tears in the Rain}, set in the emerging hippie Age of Aquarius in the early nineteen sixties... % input pref.file here
 
\mainmatter
	\part{Genesis}
	\addchap{One}
		\input{./one_one.tex} %need path to files
		\input{./one_two.tex}
		\input{./one_three.tex}
		\input{./one_four.tex}
		\addchap{Two}
		\input{./two_one.tex}
		\input{./one_two.tex}
		\input{./one_three.tex}
		\input{./one_four.tex}
	\part{How it all ended}
	% input rest of book
\end{document}

Many thanks,
Mike

[esdd]

Use only one titlepage environment for the titlepage and the copyright page and insert \clearpage and \thispagestyle{empty} between them:

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\documentclass[10pt,
         %english, % removed because of british
         british,twoside,openany]{scrbook}
         \usepackage{blindtext}
         \usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline=.25pt]{scrlayer-scrpage}
         \usepackage{microtype}
         \usepackage{ragged2e}
         \usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
         \usepackage[british]{babel}
         \pagestyle{scrheadings}
         \addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\slshape}
         \addtokomafont{pagehead}{\tiny}
         \addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\small}
         \addtokomafont{disposition}{\rmfamily}% rm for chapter headings
         \ohead{\leftmark}
         \ihead{Ben Francis}
         \ofoot{\mytitle}
         \cfoot{\pagemark}
         \renewcommand\thepart{\Alph{part}}
         \usepackage{fontspec}
         \setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
         \renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
         \usepackage{geometry}
                 \geometry{paperwidth=5.06in,paperheight=7.81in,
                 verbose,
                 tmargin=0.5in,
                 bmargin=1in,
                 inner=0.75in,
                 outer=0.5in,
                 headheight=12pt,% enlarged as suggested by scrlayer-scrpage
                 headsep=0.15in,
                 footskip=0.45in,
                 twoside}
         \newcommand{\mytitle}{Tears in the Rain} 
 
\begin{document}
         \title{\mytitle}
         \author{}% avoid the missing author warning
         \date{}
\frontmatter
         \maketitle
         \begin{titlepage}
                 \begin{flushright}
         {\huge \mytitle}
         \par\end{flushright}{\huge \par}
         \end{titlepage}
 
 
         \begin{titlepage}
                 \noindent\includegraphics[width=4in,height=2in]{../images/bensig}
                 \vspace*{0.5in}
                 \begin{flushright}
         {\Huge{}Tears in the Rain}
         \par\end{flushright}{\Huge \par}
         %\end{titlepage}
%
         %\begin{titlepage}
         \clearpage % added code
         \thispagestyle{empty} % added code
                 \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}
         \end{titlepage}
 
         \tableofcontents
 
         \addchap{Preface}
 
                 \emph{Tears in the Rain}, set in the emerging hippie Age of Aquarius in the early nineteen sixties... % input pref.file here
 
\mainmatter
         \part{Genesis}
         \addchap{One}
 
\end{document}

Best regards
Elke

[mike1264]

Hi Elke,

Thank you very much indeed. Your suggestion works brilliantly!

Much appreciated,
Mike

[mike1264]

Elke,
One small question - how do I insert a blank page before a 'part' page in the same document?

Thanks,
Mike

[esdd]

If the part page should be a right hand page:

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...
\cleardoubleoddpage
\part{Part title}
%\cleardoubleoddpage 
...

Best regards
Elke