Cottage Living - about a Simple Living book

Hey all, decided to ask here first, and did not find much on the forum. Can the Simple Living book be published, and does it recquire a certain level to do so?

My sim finished it, writing skill level 5, and I get a notification as usual to publish it through the mailbox. The problem is, there is no option on the mailbox to publish the book (it is in my Sim's inventory).

Is it supposed to be like this, or I need a higher level, or is it a bug? 😅

Thanks 😄

12 Replies

AppleBlossom3
Rising Adventurer
4 years ago
@EeveeTinn I think I read somewhere that you can't publish it. That it's only supposed to be for family use, like a family cookbook. It's supposed to help raise cooking skill faster or something like that. I wish I could remember where I read it...
EeveeTinn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@AppleBlossom3 Oh! I cannot find it either. I checked the lessons but as far as I see, only says it enables other sims to master cooking quickly.
If it is the case it cannot be published, I think they should remove a message that it can be when finishing the book 😅
AppleBlossom3
Rising Adventurer
4 years ago
@EeveeTinn Oh, you know what? I found it. And I remembered it wrong. What it said was that it wasn't of a high resell value. It didn't mention publishing at all. You can read about it here:
https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/14/the-sims-4-cottage-living-all-about-lot-challenges/
EeveeTinn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@AppleBlossom3 Ah, thanks! I read it, and even though it is not of big selling value, it would be nice to be able to self-publish at least (especially if you want to play a story-mode where a city sim finds the book and gets inspired to move, or something similar). Thanks for the input 😊
I think I will leave the thread open for some time, since the game notification does not make sense if you can't sell it really. Others can give input then, too 😊
AppleBlossom3
Rising Adventurer
4 years ago
@EeveeTinn Yeah, no problem. It does sound weird. Maybe it is a bug...
xochiquetzl_xkvn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Yeah, my Sim has published books before and cannot publish this one, despite it being "bestseller" quality. Also her wife, who is cooking level 6, read it and was 'bored" by reading a low-level skill book.
:-/
But once their child hits teen I'll test it on her.
EeveeTinn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@xochiquetzl_xkvn Good to know, I will test it on younger/lower level sims too
kaiwryplays
4 years ago
Can I ask how do ppl get the ability to make these cookbooks and are there multiple other cookbooks or did this just came with the new pack?
xochiquetzl_xkvn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@kaiwryplays This is the special cookbook that comes with Cottage Living. If you gain level 10 cooking and cook 15 items with the Simple Living lot trait, you can write a cookbook that, according to the description, allows others to gain cooking skill very quickly.
xochiquetzl_xkvn
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
By the way, I tested the book on her kids and sure enough they went from 0-5 level cooking in one sitting. (We did have lot traits and a cooking club on, though.)