Book or music stores need to up their game in order to beat downloadable books and music that is available on the internet.

They need to maintain their inventory and grow the list of loyal and returning customers. Manual outlook on thousands of books or music and their organization is very difficult; if not impossible.

When you can manage your store smoothly by installing single software,you should not miss the opportunity. Book/music stores have unique challenges like categorization, bar coding, accounting, management of duplicate items,management of special and regular orders, returns and damage management etc.using software as a service, book/ music stores can efficiently update their inventory, categorize them on the basis of artist/writer, year, popularity etc.If he is selling online too, then either he can manage a single inventory or separate them too. These stores make loyal customers by providing promotional pricing or loyalty programs. The software can manage both of these by tracking orders of each customer.

The store manager can choose a monthly subscription to try out this software at once. Once you realise the ease of access and management, you will never end your subscription.

What should be considered while selecting the best books/music business management software ?

• The software you are looking for should be easy to use and flexible to understand.
• Check the testimonials of the software, and go through what people want to say for that particular software.
• The software should offer a complete business solution for the sale of books or music.

Features:-

• Competition from online retailers and department stores that heavily discount books
• Increased popularity of e-readers like Kindle are further impacting profit margins for book stores
• Extensive range of new and backlist books (print and digital) and music CDs and DVDs, requires ability to search on ISBN no, author, artist, publisher, and category
• Managing your supply chain can be challenging when dealing with different publishers’/distributors’ terms

Benefits:-

• Lets you effectively compete with online retailers.
• Helps you better compete with large department stores and increase sales via targeted and relevant promotions.
• Enables fast and effective customer enquiries via sophisticated search capabilities.
• Allows easy scanning and tracking of book sales at the point of sale.