Best Sellers May

Two new titles took first and second place this month. "The Murder Rule" by Dervla McTiernan took number one spot with 2,137 sales and "The World's Worst Pets" came second with 1,397 sales.

Third spot went to "Lessons in Chemistry which was down one position from April with 1132 sales (-225).

See the complete Top 50

It's a wrap

It was great to catch up with so many of you at the recent ABA conference. Many conversations were begun and there is much food for thought - for all attending.

One takeaway from the panel session on the business of bookselling from Anna at Potts Point was, "Happy healthy book-loving staff is the key to my business". 

I think we all know there is no substitute for quality human interaction; this was evident over the weekend event, with so much was gained from discussions and the exchange of ideas. 

Lucky for us we get to do it all over again next month in Auckland with the NZ Booksellers.

Ticket Giveaway

Thanks to everyone that entered our ticket giveaway. Megan Lindsay from Books for Kids was the lucky recipient. It was great to offer a NZ bookstore the chance to enjoy this diverse conference and we are sure Megan will share her experience with other kiwi bookstore owners. 

Join us on Social Media

Keep up to date with the Top 50 and more on our Instagram page. Follow us here.

The Circle User Group on Facebook now has over 100 members and is where we discuss new ideas and changes that we would like feedback on.

It has also developed a self help dimension with stores answering each others questions and sometimes even finding difficult to secure books.  Join the Circle Facebook group. 

KPI's

May is only slightly down compared to last year for AU, but more significant for NZ. Year To Date figures now tracking at -8.49% for AU and -7.6% for NZ.

Sales compared to last year April / May

• Australia:  -0.19 / -0.13%
• New Zealand: -4.39 / -12.94%

You can see the full year in Reports > Monthly Sales

Kia ora new stores

A very warm welcome to all new (and seasoned) bookshop owners. 

The Book Room Collective
Byron Bay  | Lennox Head, NSW, AU
www.thebookroomatbyron.com

The Little Book Nook
Palmwoods, QLD, AU
www.thelittlebooknook.com.au

Blarney Books & Art
Port Fairy, VIC, AU
www.blarneybooks.com.au

Updates Last Month

In May we continued work on the Circle Gift Card System. This is now ready for beta testing so do get in touch with us if you would like to test.

This is a major new feature. See the youtube support videos on it here for more information. 

We're happy to announce (long awaited) credit notes can now be applied to invoices. It is featured flagged for safety so if you would like to try it ask support to turn in on for you. (We'll be preparing and tweeting links to videos on this also).

This month we have been prioritising spam and security. We would like everyone to consider using more secure passwords as soon we will be enforcing this. Good passwords should be long, unique and contain alphanumerical characters. (Rule #1 do not reuse passwords)!

There are many password manager apps available to help. These are vital.  Bitwarden and Lastpass are just a couple to consider.

See all improvements in detail here.

Booksellers NZ conference

The 99th Booksellers Aotearoa NZ conference will be held at the Park Hyatt in Auckland on 30 & 31 July.

We look forward to catching up with our New Zealand customers over the weekend. 

If you have colleagues that would also like to get this news letter, click here to sign up.

To get system updates in realtime follow us on Twitter and to have your say on future changes and additions join the Circle Facebook group.