it's is from this "The Bookstore on Pickman St. N (door on left under awning) sells skill bonus books" thought i miss the bookstore while playing but i check there only the book store u work for money and H scene but other than that u cant interact with it . Also game has alot of bug like randomly turn into spanish , have 2 of the same party member at once, grace outfit dissapear so cant work at book store and there are no option to save or not save charles ( maybe i do sth wrong)
You are totally right, the game is a mess if you play as a normal person play, exploring. I can't define well where the problem is, maybe would be some variable with the character select, the part in the mainstory you are or even something new.
Saddly I have no a solution for this,I offer you my apologies.
Just in case, I show you where the book store is in the street picture, but to buy books I think you should look for Vixeah, and even with that I think you won't find something with that. My idea was to use the books as some item to level up skills, nothing more, butin the process I saw there was no point in make such a system.
Again, my apologies to you and to everyone for the trouble, I hope you could find more joy in my current games.
Here is the picture as a reference if something can't catch the bookstore:
Thanks for your patience!