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I'm using the memoir document class to compose a book. The book will be printed as a hard-cover 6" x 9" (Inch) US trade book. The memoir user guide has a chapter about page layout and provides settings for many different types of book sizes, however, I don't see any size that matches 6" x 9".

How can I configure memoir, to yield 6" x 9" page size?

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You can use the layouts package, as discussed in another answer, to list and depict memoir page sizes, beyond the standard ones on offer.

You will have to manually tune and adjust the layout, to properly typeset a 6" x 9" document, suitable for publication in (publisher-dependent) US Trade Book format.

Guidelines for this process can be found within Section 4, of the layouts User Manual, entitled "The memoir class page layout".

Here is some sample code, adapted from there, to help you get started:

\begin{figure}
    \currentstock

\trystockheight{10in}
\trystockwidth{7in}
\trytrimtop{1in}
\trytrimedge{1in}

\trypaperheight{9in}
\trypaperwidth{6in}

\tryspinemargin{0.75in}
\tryuppermargin{1.0in}
\tryheadheight{12pt}
\tryheadsep{24pt}
\trytextwidth{5in}
\trytextheight{7in}
\tryfootskip{24pt}
\setfootbox{50pt}{50pt}
\trymarginparsep{17pt}
\trymarginparwidth{62pt}
\trymarginparpush{12pt}
\setlabelfont{\small}
\stockdesign

\caption{An experimental US Trade Book \file{memoir} class page layout}\label{fig:pmemudf}



\end{figure}

You can, however, directly use geometry with memoir. So you could just try adding something like the below to your preamble:

\usepackage[paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in, bindingoffset=0.75in]{geometry}

As mentioned in the previously-linked answer, however, it might be better to do this directly with memoir commands, as discussed above.

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