Soloevent.id – For book lovers in Solo, there was a book bazaar held in front of Cafe Librarie, Setabelan, Banjarsari. Held from 11 May to 10 June 2018, there are various types of Indonesian and foreign books that you can find at this bazaar, from novels, school books, lecture books, biographies, comics, recipes, story books, boy band photo albums, various kinds of magazines to coloring books for kids sold at a friendly price.
This cheap book bazaar was initiated by the owner of Cafe Librarie, Prof. Sutanto. “School as a place for children fed food (science). Well, it’s buffet! Take what you need. That’s the concept that I built. I depart from what the community recognizes. If people know the bazaar, then I make a book bazaar.” said the lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta on Solo.
Sharing knowledge with others is a basic concept built by a man who is familiarly called Prof. Tanto.
Thousands of books from hundreds publishers are sold at a price range of 5 thousand to 80 thousand Rupiah depending on the quality of the book.
If you are lucky, you can get books in English to German at a price of IDR 5,000, or hardcover books with the theme of education and general knowledge at a price of IDR 40,000.
One of the visitors to the cheap book bazaar, Bernita Silvana Christy, admitted that she was very enthusiastic about this event. In fact, this 6th semester student of UNS Surakarta Medical Education was able to get a trilogy book that she had long sought.
“It was only 9 o’clock, it was raining and the book was covered in plastic. Feeling treasure hunting at night and if you want to see everything one by one it doesn’t even finish one year. But the guardian can memorize and know what books there are. Cool, “said the student.
