I wrote a little book called Self-publishing with LyX that will help you set up the title page as well as some of your other problems. This is not a sales pitch -- it's free :-).Hi Steven,You want to learn more about LaTeX, but it's not too much.
Self-publishing with LyX
ISBN: 978-0-9803-3242-1
http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870Cheers,Alan