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Right after the cover page [TEMP IMAGE A], I'd like to get a blank page (which would be unnumbered and unaccounted for in the overall page count), then the book's title page [TEMP IMAGE B] (which should be numbered "i"), followed immediately by the TOC (ii), the LOT (iii), and so forth.

Keep in the mind that I've made this book one-sided. I've played around with localizing a double-sided argument to get that blank page after the cover page but failed.

Thank you for your help.

% PREAMBLE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

documentclass[oneside,centered,twocolumn]book
%usepackage[T1]fontenc
specialpapersize=215.9mm,279.4mm
usepackage[english]babel

usepackage[sc]mathpazo
linespread1.05 % Palladio needs more leading (space between lines)

usepackagetocloft % Customization of TOC LOF LOT

makeatletter@addtoresetchapterpartmakeatother%

usepackageeso-pic
usepackageblindtext

%usepackageepigraph
%usepackagecaption % To change the way captions are labelled
usepackagepdfpages
usepackageltablex
usepackagenicefrac % to write fractions
usepackageattrib % For source of quotations
usepackagelettrine % For NewThought formatting
usepackagearray % To define width of columns in long table
usepackagebooktabs % Nicer spacing in columns
usepackagesiunitx % To write Celsius, etc.
usepackageenumitem % To create item lists
usepackage[rightmargin=0pt]quoting
usepackagethreeparttablex
apptoTPTnoteSettingsfootnotesize
usepackagetextcomp % For Numero symbol
usepackagetitlesec

usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc
usepackagetitling
usepackagefancyhdr
usepackagefontspec
setmainfontTeX Gyre Pagella % Palatino clone

usepackage[
colorlinks,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
linkcolor=teal,
urlcolor=teal
]hyperref % Hyperlinks

newlengthdrop

begindocument

 onecolumn
 includepdfexample-image-a

 begintitlepage
 drop=0.1textheight
 centering
 includegraphics[width=0.7linewidth]example-image-b\[8ex]
 LARGETITLE PAGE OF THE BOOK
 endtitlepage
 twocolumn

 cleardoublepage

 frontmatter
 
 hypersetuplinkcolor=tealtextbf
 renewcommandcftdot % Removes dots for Sections and under
 tableofcontents
 
 clearpage

 addcontentslinetocsectionlisttablename
 listoftables
 clearpage

onecolumn
thispagestyleplain % To not have "List of Tables appear" at the top of the "Preface" page
sectionPreface
Blindtext
clearpage

thispagestyleplain % To not have "List of Tables appear" at the top of the "Preface" page
sectionIntroduction
Blindtext
twocolumn

clearpage

begintable[h!]
 begincenter
 captionTable.
 labeltab:table1
 begintabularc % <-- Alignments: 1st column left, 2nd middle and 3rd right, with vertical lines in between
 textbfValue 1 & textbfValue 3\
 A & B \
 hline
 1 & 2 \
 endtabular
 endcenter
endtable

Blinddocument

enddocument

Well, you have some issues in your code, for example do you load fonspec but use also usepackage[sc]mathpazo. Why do you use specialpapersize=215.9mm,279.4mm and not package geometry? Do you really need all that called packages? Do only use those of them you exactly know what they are doing ...

For your issue simply add the following code snipet:

clearpage
~
thispagestyleempty
clearpage

clearpage starts a new page and thispagestyleempty makes sure that there are no header and footer printed.

To get rid of the blank page after the title page comment out the two commands twocolumn and clearpage after endtitlepage ....

Please the following shortend tex code:

documentclass[oneside,centered,twocolumn]book

%usepackage[T1]fontenc
specialpapersize=215.9mm,279.4mm
usepackage[english]babel

%usepackage[sc]mathpazo
linespread1.05 % Palladio needs more leading (space between lines)

usepackagetocloft % Customization of TOC LOF LOT

makeatletter@addtoresetchapterpartmakeatother%

usepackageblindtext

usepackagepdfpages
usepackagetitlesec
usepackagetitling
usepackagefancyhdr
usepackagefontspec
setmainfontTeX Gyre Pagella % Palatino clone

usepackage[
colorlinks,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
linkcolor=teal,
urlcolor=teal
]hyperref % Hyperlinks

newlengthdrop

begindocument

onecolumn
includepdfexample-image-a
clearpage % <==========================================================
~
thispagestyleempty
clearpage % <==========================================================
 begintitlepage
 drop=0.1textheight
 centering
 includegraphics[width=0.7linewidth]example-image-b\[8ex]
 LARGETITLE PAGE OF THE BOOK
 endtitlepage
 %twocolumn % <===============================================

 %cleardoublepage % <=========================================

 frontmatter
 
 hypersetuplinkcolor=tealtextbf
 renewcommandcftdot % Removes dots for Sections and under
 tableofcontents
 
 clearpage

 addcontentslinetocsectionlisttablename
 listoftables
 clearpage

onecolumn
thispagestyleplain % To not have "List of Tables appear" at the top of the "Preface" page
sectionPreface
Blindtext
clearpage

thispagestyleplain % To not have "List of Tables appear" at the top of the "Preface" page
sectionIntroduction
Blindtext
twocolumn

clearpage

begintable[h!]
 begincenter
 captionTable.
 labeltab:table1
 begintabularc % <-- Alignments: 1st column left, 2nd middle and 3rd right, with vertical lines in between
 textbfValue 1 & textbfValue 3\
 A & B \
 hline
 1 & 2 \
 endtabular
 endcenter
endtable

Blinddocument

enddocument

and see its result:

and page 3 and 4: