Trusted by booksellers since 1995
Our clients
From independents to chains to library suppliers.
Bargain Books
Multi-store retailerSouth Africa's leading discount book retailer, with 87 stores across all nine provinces. Our largest and longest-standing client.
Red Pepper Online
DistributorA book supplier to libraries, schools, companies, and individuals across Southern Africa. High-volume distribution managed through Papyrus.
Hargraves Library Services
Library supplierOne of the leading library suppliers in the country, based in Observatory, Cape Town. Winner of the Library Supplier of the Year award multiple times.
Clarke's Bookshop
Independent retailerOn Long Street in Cape Town since 1957. One of the oldest and most respected independent bookshops in South Africa.
Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
Antiquarian dealerFounded in 1958. Antiquarian books, prints, maps, and ephemera with a focus on Africa south of the Sahara. Based in Constantia, Cape Town.
Kalk Bay Books
Independent retailerAn independent bookstore in Cape Town's seaside village of Kalk Bay, with a strong selection of contemporary fiction and non-fiction. Founded in 2006.
The Bookmark Hermanus
Independent retailerA beautifully designed shop on Main Road in Hermanus, known for its distinctive beach-hut shelving and a hand-picked range of titles.
The Book Cottage
Independent retailerA comprehensive range of books, cards, maps, and diaries in the heart of Hermanus, with an extensive selection of South African authors.
Die Boekspens
Secondhand retailerA secondhand bookshop in Secunda, Mpumalanga, run from a warmly converted house. Proof that Papyrus works as well for a small-town indie as for an 87-store chain.
Little Venice Trading
Textbook supplierA textbook supplier using Papyrus's full retail and point-of-sale workflows.
In their words
From our clients
Papyrus is a well-supported, adaptable, robust, and reliable inventory management system. It feeds sales and stock data from our 87 stores to head office seamlessly.
Our business model has changed over the years, but Papyrus has adapted with us, fulfilling all of our business needs.
We have received exceptional service from Papyrus over the years that Kalk Bay Books has been in business.
The move was seamless and their service outstanding. They have not faltered in accommodating our needs. I cannot think of any other system or service provider that I would recommend as highly.
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