Ghost Cities jumped back into the top spot this month with 1,827 sales – up 1,278 from last month. An Inside Job enter this month’s bestseller in second place with 1,023 sales. The Let Them Theory slipped to third with 990 sales – down 148 from last month.
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July System Updates – at a Glance
New Features
• Checkout: Updated review step for mobile-friendly, accurate order detail display.
• Mobile POS: Built iOS version with feature parity to Android.
• Multiple Taxes: Enabled API updates/deletes of tax schema for complex tax rules.
• General Ledger: Removed outdated v1 voucher logic; cleaned up ledger processing.
• Design System: Created reusable button component with consistent visual styles.
Improvements
• Checkout: Required loyalty survey completion before proceeding.
• Data Export: Optimized export APIs for speed and efficiency.
• SEO: Auto-assigned domains for new sites and ensured proper redirects.
• Generate Credit Note Drafts: Redirected users to Draft Invoices/CNs after returns.
• POS > Stripe: Made post-payment wait time configurable and reduced to zero.
• Gift Card: Removed legacy Redeem page; restricted access to admins in test.
• Deadlocks: Reduced database deadlocks with Redis cache invalidation.
• Website > Business Account: Displayed “Business Account” option only for approved customers.
• Website > Click & Collect: Removed “Add to Cart” button for pickup items.
Bestsellers in July: The Let Them Theory jumped back into top spot this month with 2,054 sales – up 681 from last month. A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir slipped to second spot with 1,113 sales – 2,673. The Emperor of Gladness came in third (up from 12th spot) with 1101 sales – up 395 sales.
June System Updates – at a Glance
New Features
• Enhanced General Ledger: Improved sales recording and alert messaging; Faster setup and more accurate, cleaner accounting data; Handling for expired loyalty values to prevent report errors
• Expanded Multiple Taxes functionality: Secure API actions to manage store-specific tax schemas; Support for deeply nested, flexible tax rule models
• Refactored Google Tag Manager integration to improve event tracking and follow industry best practices
Improvements
• Click & Collect Interface: Removed “Add to Cart” button to streamline the pickup process
• Single Product/Editing Page: Renamed “Change” column to “Changed From” for better clarity
• BackOffice – Product & Invoice Pages: Improved layout and messaging for GST-exempt settings to reduce user errors
June Bestsellers: A Different Kind of Power tops the list. New entries include Hard New World and The Let Them Theory holds strong at No. 2.
May System Updates – at a Glance
New Features
• Added automated testing and support for non-book items in Mobile POS.
• Enabled favourite product management in Mobile POS.
• Introduced automatic retry for failed critical ledger jobs.
• Fixed permission issues in Data Export API for secure integration.
• Enabled fast access to daily book sales by ISBN via Data Export.
Improvements
• Added tracking for sign-ups, product views, and promotions in Google Tag Manager.
• Automated draft credit notes for returns.
• Improved clarity in the Invoice tab for returns.
• Introduced one-time use limit for discount codes.
Bestsellers in May: A Shake-Up at the Top
May brought a fresh shift to the charts, with The Unquiet Grave claiming the top spot at 2,625 copies sold—knocking The Let Them Theory into second place after a notable dip of 1,010 sales. Meanwhile, fans flocked to the long-awaited fourth installment in the Nevermoor series, Silverborn, securing a strong third with 1,800 sales.
Huxley and Hiro is an independent bookstore in Wilmington, Delaware. Named after the owners’ Maine Coon cat Huxley and Shiba Inu dog Hiro.
The move to CirclePOS came after using a modified version of Lightspeed for some time. There were quite a few reasons for our move: Lightspeed is similar to Square: fantastic interface, easy to learn, etc but not intended for books and therefore cannot pull information by ISBN for example. We were wasting massive amounts of time modifying spreadsheets from Edelweiss, trying to get as much data as possible, and if a price increased over time (happening a lot now with inflation), the system wouldn’t know.
Moving from Square + Basil to CirclePOS