Bookstore POS with ISBN Catalog Lookup HelloBooks POS for bookstores & stationery: ISBN scan onboarding, edition/publisher tracking, exam-season replenishment and reporting. Start free—no card.
ISBN, publisher, edition
ISBN-driven SKU lookup, publisher and edition attributes, exam-season replenishment. Built for bookstores, school-supply retailers, and stationery chains.
Part of HelloBooks POS · Industry verticals
Books are a long-tail category — millions of titles, most with low velocity, occasional bestsellers. HelloBooks lets you onboard by ISBN (auto-pulling metadata where available), tracks editions and publishers, and surfaces exam-season replenishment for your textbook lines.
Every detail, dialled in
Built for the till, validated against the canonical accounting engine — so every POS sale closes the books cleanly.
ISBN-driven onboarding
Scan an ISBN; the system auto-fills title, author, publisher, edition, MRP. Confirm and save. A 10,000-title catalog goes from blank to ready in two days, not two months.
- ISBN scan onboarding
- Auto-fill from public sources
- Publisher + edition tracked
- MRP-locked pricing
Exam-season replenishment
CBSE / ICSE / state-board textbooks spike in May–July. Exam-season replenishment forecasts demand from prior years and auto-suggests transfers across outlets ahead of the spike.
- Per-board forecast
- Auto-transfer suggestions
- Outlet-level demand split
- Stockout alerts
Stationery alongside books
Stationery, art supplies, and exam stationery sell in the same store. The till blends ISBN-driven scanning with regular barcode scanning; the receipt names every item plainly.
- Mixed catalog
- Plain-name receipts
- Per-category promos
- School-list bulk orders
Why teams move off legacy tills
- Manual title entry per book
- No edition tracking
- Exam-season demand by gut feel
- Stationery on a separate till
- ISBN-driven onboarding
- Edition + publisher tracked
- Replenishment forecast
- One till for books + stationery
Questions, answered
Where does ISBN metadata come from?
Public sources where available; manual fill where not. The merchandiser confirms before save; nothing is forced.
Can I sell second-hand books?
Yes — second-hand is a separate inventory class with per-unit price (no MRP). Each second-hand unit can carry its own price and condition.
How do I handle school book lists?
Bulk-order workflow: a parent gives the school + class; the till loads the canonical book list as a pre-filled cart.
Does e-book or audiobook fit here?
Service line items rather than physical inventory; the bill captures the digital delivery reference.
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