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IDEA: Buyable books written by our Sims
androide3
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Personally it's one of the things I love the most from TS3. I love to write and sell my books to buy them later. Since you can't buy your own books on TS4, What do you think about adding this option in future expansion packs or patches? We want to buy our own books Creators!
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Yes please! Other sims should be able to buy them, and the authors should be able to request more copies for free.
Signed books should also have a higher value.
And I have this weird need to have my authors hold book signings at the library or something, and to be able to actually own a book shop where I can sell the books written by my sims.
Yes, great ideas! One of my sims is a writer, and I feel like there's no payoff for all the books she's written. We need more to this career! Love the idea of book signings, meet and greets, editorial meetings, etc. Maybe best sellers could be optioned to film companies if the author chooses? Perhaps the author might get to adapt his/her book into a screenplay if the rights are sold? Just some thoughts off the top of my head; a lot could be done to expand on writers, as well as other professions. Not much to any of them, unfortunately.
I hope they continue to add additional features to all the base game skills.
That's also why I always had photos on my walls of previous generations. Now they take selfies but you can't get the photos to place in an album or on the wall.
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Now I have a mod that retains my author's copy of the book, so at least I can publish them and still have them in my Sim's personal bookcase. It would be really cool though, if they would be added to the list of buyable books. Here's hoping!
Plays would be great! I really hope as well that they continue to add additional features to all the existing skills.
Yes, little independent bookshops are adorable! Books should appear at the library too (I'm assuming they don't already? I need to check).
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Honestly, I could go for a full books revamp, I'd even maybe be willing to buy some kind of "library pack" centered around improving books, reading, writing, and libraries.
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I LOVE the ideas about making small independent bookstores and book signings! I really wish those were things in the game now.
There may be one bug, though. Books that are bought in that store can't be read if they are placed on the floor or a surface, only from the bookshelf menu. But maybe that's just because I saved the lot (including all written books) and used it in another game, haven't confirmed that yet.
I think what this thread is talking about is not just having one copy of a book you write, which effectively disappears when you publish or sell it away, but rather having a book that, once published, is simply able to be purchased from a computer or bookshelf like any other book.
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You are right about not being able to purchase them via Simazon, but I could live with supporting my local book store, in terms of storytelling. The books do not disappear, you can restock them indefinitely.
EDIT: Also, these wouldn't be the only books not available from a computer or bookshelf, it's pretty much the same as buying books from the Strangerville shop.