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I am writing my thesis using 

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{book}

At the end of chapters, I get a blank page. This is because chapters start from right side (Odd page number, [RO] and that at the end of each chapter book.cls has a \clearpage by default. I do not want Openany as a solution.

How do I adjust my TeX document then to remove these blank pages?

thanks

lockstep
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abhishek
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2 Answers2

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It's really questionable to have all chapters start on a right hand page, but not the bibliography.

However, this can be accomplished in a really easy way:

\begingroup
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\bibliography{<bibfile>}
\endgroup

If you use directly the thebibliography environment it's just the same:

\begingroup
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\bibitem ...

...

\end{thebibliography}
\endgroup
egreg
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From book.cls we have

\newcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}

If you only want to start a new page remove the if line inserting in your preamble

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\chapter{\clearpage
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\makeatother
Sigur
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  • But now, my citations look weird. I have apalike style. I see citations like (t,a) instead of (Rick et al..etc..) – abhishek Jan 08 '14 at 18:01
  • There is no relation between the code above and the citations. Are you using bibtex? – Sigur Jan 08 '14 at 18:04
  • I know...but, why would it change then..yes, I am using bibtex. – abhishek Jan 08 '14 at 18:07
  • Hum, I have no experience with it. Let's wait the expert ones. – Sigur Jan 08 '14 at 18:14
  • hmm...I thought you were one :-P I just inactivated newclude and it changed all my aux and toc files - so, I will clean it up and re-run to see if it works. – abhishek Jan 08 '14 at 18:15
  • ok..now, I know...I tried \newclude and it sucked badly. I deleted all toc and aux files. and deactivated newclude package, use \input, copied your code in book class, and Life is good again! – abhishek Jan 08 '14 at 18:18
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    Sorry, but this is the same as saying openany. – egreg Jan 08 '14 at 18:20
  • @egreg, I agree, but the OP said without using openany. lol – Sigur Jan 08 '14 at 18:25
  • @abhishek, see the @egreg's comment. You should use openany. Your problem with references is not related with this. – Sigur Jan 08 '14 at 18:27
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    ok...I thought openany does not restrict the chapters on [RO]. but, seems like I am wrong. anyways, your solution works fine. Openany works fine too. thanks all. – abhishek Jan 08 '14 at 18:29