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Given that my writing is relatively large in volume, I would like to make more efficient use of space. I therefore set \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}, but I suppose that there is a way to use a bit more of margins. What would be the way to it? Could I manually set the parameter, relative to default.

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Take a look at the geometry package. – Ian Thompson Aug 15 '12 at 12:23
Instead of manually changing the margins, I recommend the typearea package, see my answers tex.stackexchange.com/a/61847/4012 and tex.stackexchange.com/a/42169/4012. – doncherry Aug 15 '12 at 13:27

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You can use the geometry class to specify the dimensions for the margins, for example

\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}

set all margins to 1cm. See the documentation for the various options, you can set all margins independently.

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Thanks. What is the default value of a margin (such that I do not deviate much)? – boy Aug 15 '12 at 12:34
if you use the oneside option the left and right margin are about 4cm. – Guido Aug 15 '12 at 12:55

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