Month: February 2025

See the Twins at Booth P11 & Get Your FREE AI Bookstore Guide!

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The CPE Winter Show kicks off Monday, and we can’t wait to see you there! Before the show floor even opens, we want to personally invite you to our Bookstore Manager Training on Sunday and remind you to stop by Booth P11 when the show begins.

📢 For BSM Users: Don’t miss Sunday’s training! We’ll cover new features like quick and easy consignment, multiple inventory locations, and more. It’s the perfect way to maximize your software and streamline your store.

🤖 For Everyone: We’ve put together a FREE AI Starter Guide for Bookstores! This one-sheet guide will show you:
✅ How to start using AI in your bookstore
✅ The best questions to ask AI
✅ Practical ways to use AI for marketing, inventory, and more

💡 No gimmicks—just real, helpful information that you can start using right away.

Come see the twins at Booth P11! Whether you’re a BSM user or just looking to explore new tools for your store, we’d love to chat and help you future-proof your bookstore with AI and new technology.

See you at the show!

Steven & Jon Ammons
📍 Booth P11
📧 steven@bsmgr.com
📞 (800) 997-6724

New Features Unveiled – Visit BSM at Booth P11!

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Exciting news! We’ve added powerful new features to Bookstore Manager Software (BSM) to make managing your store easier than ever:

✅ Multiple Inventory Locations – Track stock across multiple locations with seamless transfers between them.
✅ Fully Automated Consignments – With just one click, close out all consignments, cut checks, and generate detailed reports.

📍 Stop by Booth P11 to see these features in action!

  • For our BSM stores attending – Don’t miss our User Training with Jon Ammons, where he’ll cover these new features and more. It’s on Sunday morning starting bright and early at 8:00 AM!
  • For those not yet using BSM – Visit us to discover how BSM can transform your store, while taking advantage of our $1,000 Show Special. Plus, let’s chat about how you can utilize AI and Canva to boost your marketing!

Jon and I look forward to seeing you at the show!

In His Service,

Steven Ammons

Munce 2025 Easter Sale Catalog

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If you are sending the Munce 2025 Easter Sale Catalog, please download and process the data file that will prepare your inventory.

  1. Get the current Munce catalog files…
    • Version 8.11 (and earlier) –
      1. Download the Zipped catalog data files by clicking here.
      2. When the download completes, open the Zip file and extract/copy the files to your BOOK folder.
    • Version 9.00 –
      • You should receive the files as part of the automatic cloud update routine.
      • If you want to get them now, you can manually trigger the cloud update routine.
        1. Make sure all stations are out of BSMGR.
        2. At “Enter Program Name”, enter “SCHEDULE”.
        3. Click the “Check for Regular Updates Now” button.
        4. Make sure “BOOK-DIR” is checked. (All should be checked, but the BOOK portion of the update includes the Munce catalog files.)
        5. Click the “Start” button and wait for the routine to finish.
        6. All stations can now get back into BSMGR.
  2. In BSMGR, run “IVPROMO” at the “Enter Program Name” prompt.
  3. At the “Enter File Name” prompt, type the file name that matches the one you are sending out (see below), then click the OK button.
  4. If you enter a flexible date file name, you will be prompted for the start and end dates of the sale.
  5. Any products in the catalog and not in your inventory will open the IVM “Add” screen. Add the missing product(s) to your inventory. The catalog’s promo code, start date, end date, and sale price will be set for all the products in the catalog.
  6. NOTE: If IVPROMO doesn’t do anything, make sure you copied/extracted the files from the current MunceCatalog.zip file to your BOOK folder.

Current file names to choose from for the IVPROMO program…

  • M-MAR-R.TXT = Easter Sale Catalog
    (3-Mar-2024 thru 19-Apr-2025)
  • M-MAR-RF.TXT = Easter Sale Catalog (Flexible)
    (Flexible dates – you set them when running IVPROMO)
  • M-JAN-R.TXT = New Beginnings Catalog
    (13-Jan-2025 thru 1-Mar-2025)
  • M-JAN-RF.TXT = New Beginnings Catalog (Flexible)
    (Flexible dates – you set them when running IVPROMO)

If you have any problems downloading the file or getting the file to process from within IVPROMO, please let us know.

Your BSM Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)