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Is there a (relatively) easy way to change the paper size in the tufte-book class? The manual for Tufte 3.50 by Kevin Godby (http://kevin.godby.org/2009/12/11/tufte-latex-350-released/) says,

"To specify a different paper size (and/or margins) use the \geometrysetup command in the preamble of your document (or one of the file hooks). The full documentation of the \geometrysetup command can be found in the geometry package documentation."

The 2008 version of the documentation, by Hideo Umeki, is referenced. This version has been superseded by the 2010 geometry package documentation, which contains no mention of the \geometrysetup command (at least, "find \geometrysetup" and "find setup" turned up nothing, while searches for other commands yielded results).

So how can the page size be changed using the tufte book class?

To add a MWE, the papersize remains the default 8.5x11.5 despite the addition of the geometry package and the \geometry command. 

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{geometry}

 \geometry{height=9in,width=6in}

\newenvironment{loggentry}[2]% date, heading
{\noindent\textbf{#2}\marginnote{#1}\\}{\vspace{0.5cm}}

\begin{document}


\begin{loggentry}{2009-Oct-31}{Snow}
\lipsum[1]
\end{loggentry}

\begin{loggentry}{2010-Dez-31}{Water of Life}
\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

The answer was provided in the comments but I don't know how to mark it as correct. Thank you everyone.

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  • I think what you need is the \geometry command. I still have the TeXLive DVD from 2008 and there is no \geometrysetup command in that version of geometry. Perhaps the instructions meant to use two words: "the \geometry setup command"
    – Dan
    Sep 18, 2014 at 17:57
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    Dan is correct. It should be \geometry instead of \geometrysetup. I apologize for the typo. The Tufte-LaTeX document classes use the geometry package for adjusting the margins and page layout. You can use any of the facilities provided by that package to make the modifications you desire.
    – godbyk
    Sep 18, 2014 at 18:26
  • Check the MWE: the output is still 8.5x11.5, though geometry specifies 6x9. Because...??
    – user26732
    Sep 18, 2014 at 18:33
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    @user26732 You have only set \textwidth and \textheigh by options width and height. Therefore you need to set options paperwidth and paperheight.
    – Heiko Oberdiek
    Sep 18, 2014 at 20:25
  • @TeXnician I have now written an answer.
    – Heiko Oberdiek
    Jul 14, 2017 at 17:43

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Options width and height of \geometry set the width and height of the text body (\textwidth and \textheight). Options paperwidth and paperheight sets the paper or media size, e.g.:

Most of the following settings are scaled values according to the settings for B5 in tufte-common.def. The margin par area is made smaller to follow the width of the dates.

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{geometry}

\makeatletter
% Patch to ignore warnings
\Gm@hbodyfalse
\Gm@vbodyfalse
\makeatother

\geometry{
  % showframe,
  paperwidth=6in,
  paperheight=9in,
  left=0.55in,
  right=0.45in,
  top=.5in,
  bottom=.5in,
  marginparsep=0.25in,
  marginparwidth=0.65in,
  includemp,
  includehead,
  % The text width and height are calculated automatically.
}

\newenvironment{loggentry}[2]% date, heading
{\noindent\textbf{#2}\marginnote{#1}\\}{\vspace{0.5cm}}

\begin{document}
\begin{loggentry}{2009-Oct-31}{Snow}
\lipsum[1]
\end{loggentry}

\begin{loggentry}{2010-Dez-31}{Water of Life}
\lipsum[2]
\end{loggentry}
\end{document}

Result

For layout experiments, option showframe for geometry is useful:

Result with option showframe

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