Bookseller

Books are not completely new to Stardew Valley. Prior to the 1.6 update, you could find lost books that gave some background details about Pelican Town but didn’t give you any in-game benefit. Now, there is a new collection of books that grant your character some nice buffs or abilities. You can find a few of these new books hidden in the world, like the new Powdermelon seeds, but there are some exclusive ones you need to buy from a new bookseller NPC. Despite not making any business sense, they are only open for…

Books in Stardew Valley are a fantastic resource for increasing skill EXP and gaining permanent character buffs. However, finding them requires digging artifact spots for books or purchasing them from a bookseller. Here’s how to find a bookseller in Stardew Valley. Where is the Bookseller in Stardew Valley? The bookseller is an NPC in Stardew Valley located on the northeast side of town, just north of the museum and JojaMart. Upon reaching JojaMart, you’ll find a stairway leading directly to the bookseller. However, you…

Lessons in Chemistry.We’ll start with an easy one that’s featured prominently on the sites: Bonnie Garmus’ celebrated novel Lessons in Chemistry. The paperback has an RRP of $23.Book Depository: $19.41Amazon: $12Booktopia: $13.50This book is emblematic of a few recurring factors we’ll see. Book Depository isn’t able to offer as steep a discount as its rivals because the shipping is in the price, but it still comes out ahead of Booktopia when you take the extra $10 shipping costs into account.Also, if you’re just buying…

A former bookseller at London’s largest Arabic bookshop, which closed at the end of 2022, has set up a crowdfunding appeal to launch a new bookshop and community space.Al Saqi Books in Bayswater opened in 1978, and sold books on the Middle East and north Africa in English, and on all subjects in Arabic. It closed on 31 December, with bookshop director Salwa Gaspard saying it was a “difficult decision that had to be made because of recent economic challenges, such as the sharp increases in Arabic-language book prices”.The…

Europe’s largest specialist bookseller for Middle Eastern books, based in London, has been forced to close because of the hike in prices of Arabic-language books and because Brexit has been “detrimental” to its business.Al Saqi Books in Bayswater opened in 1978, and sells books on the Middle East and north Africa in English, and on all subjects in Arabic.Its recent top selling titles, according to its website, included the cookbook Bread and Salt by Asmahan Barwani, in Kurdish and English, and Classical Poems by Arab…

When Lucy Yu was 7 years old, she told her mom she wanted to retire and open a bookstore one day. She'd always loved reading and, as the only child raised primarily by her single mother who immigrated from China, turned to books as a source of comfort.Now, at age 27, Yu is living that retirement dream as her full-time job. In December, she opened Yu and Me Books in Manhattan's Chinatown, New York City's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore that centers works from authors of color, immigrants and people from…