How to force only one chapter to start on even page

Question

I have quite a long book in which chapters SHOULD start on odd pages. But there is final, About author, chapter which I want to be printed on reverse side of previous chapter page. In other words, I want that last chapter, and only this one, to break rule about starting only on odd page and instead I want this one chapter to start on even page. I can't use openany option of book class, because that will cause all chapters to start on any page and that is not what I want.

Example:

\documentclass[final]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Regular chapter}
\lipsum[1-10]
\chapter{Next regular chapter}
\lipsum[5-10]
\chapter{Another regular chapter}
\lipsum[1-2]
\chapter{About author (it should start on first free page - which is even one, not odd one)}
\lipsum[3-4]
\end{document}

In this example, chapter 2 starts on page 5 (odd page) and chapter 3 starts on page 7, which is all good. But, chapter 4 also opens on odd page (page 9). I want chapter 4 to start on page 8 instead, so when book is printed, chapter 4 is on reverse page of chapter 3 page.

So, how can I tell LaTeX to start that one chapter on even page?

you could use openany and add ad \cleardoublepage before every normal chapter — MaxNoe, Oct 23 '14 at 21:39
@MaxNoe Thanks. That was my initial idea, but then I thought: I want to change behaviour of only one chapter, so it doesn't makes sense to add anything to all other chapters to solve this problem. — Rafal, Oct 23 '14 at 21:40
It would be nice idea, though, if someone faces reverse situation. And it could be used if you use custom macro to generate chapter headings, because you wouldn't care about how much code you type to achieve your goal. — Rafal, Oct 23 '14 at 21:45
similar question: Start a specific chapter on the left page? — barbara beeton, Oct 24 '14 at 14:45

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '14 at 21:40

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\documentclass[final]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Regular chapter}
\lipsum[1-10]
\chapter{Next regular chapter}
\lipsum[5-10]
\chapter{Another regular chapter}
\lipsum[1-2]
\csname @openrightfalse\endcsname
\chapter{About author (it should start on first free page - which is even one, not odd one)}
\lipsum[3-4]
\end{document}

answered Oct 23 '14 at 21:40

David Carlisle

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Will this syntax still work if these non-standard chapters appear between other regular chapters? Or, would you have to use another \csname command? – elika kohen Feb 11 '19 at 23:18
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@elikakohen that has set the boolean flag to false so will affect all following chapters, you could use \csname @openrighttrue\endcsname to set the flag back true again – David Carlisle Feb 11 '19 at 23:20
Okay, I was beating my brain over this - and it seems like the issue I am having is with the Memoir class. I am even trying Memoir one sided, and no dice. Do you have any ideas why this wouldn't work? Thank you again! – elika kohen Feb 12 '19 at 05:07
its best to ask a new question as a new question not as a comment on a 5 year old answer, that way a regular memoir user may see it and give a memoir answer, rather than just pinging me @elikakohen – David Carlisle Feb 12 '19 at 08:02

How to force only one chapter to start on even page

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