What is the preferred way to suppress blank pages following \chapter*{}
in the frontmatter of a book. My book is two sided, and I'd only like to escape the (I guess) openright
in the front matter, not in the entire book by a global [openany]
as suggested elsewhere on this forum.
In this minimal example, I expect "Notations" to appear on p. ii, and "Summary in Chinese" on p. iii, while main-matter chapters (like now) should appear on odd-numbered pages.
\PassOptionsToPackage{swedish,english}{babel}
\documentclass[12pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
paperheight=238mm,
paperwidth=165mm,
left=18mm,
right=18mm,
top=25mm,
bottom=25mm,
bindingoffset=9mm}
\begin{document}
% Front page
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{0.5cm}
\Huge
A Book
\end{center}
\frontmatter
\tableofcontents
\chapter*{Notations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Notations}
A table of notations go here
\chapter*{Summary in Chinese}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Summary in Chinese}
Some Chinese text goes here, but there should be no blank page between this summary and the notation-page above.
\clearpage
\mainmatter
\chapter{First chapter}
\blindtext[2]
\section{A section}
\blindtext[2]
\section{Another section}
\blindtext[2]
\chapter{Correctly appearing chapter}
\blindtext[5]
\end{document}