Free SWIL e-books: practical guides for retail, distribution & pharmacy

This page lists the free e-books and quick reference guides SWIL has published for retail, distribution, and pharmacy businesses in India. Each guide is short, practical, and written for owners and operators who do not have time for academic ERP literature.

Available e-books

• GST e-invoicing field guide (PDF, 18 pages). A practical walkthrough of who must e-invoice, what the IRN is, common error codes, and how to integrate the IRP with your billing software. See the long-form post GST e-invoicing in India for the web version.
• Multi-store playbook (PDF, 24 pages). How to roll out a chain across 2, 5, or 25 outlets without losing visibility — store-wise pricing, inter-branch transfer, consolidated MIS, and the rollout sequence that works in practice.
• Pharmacy compliance handbook (PDF, 20 pages). Schedule H / H1 / X drug registers, expiry FIFO, narcotic schedule reporting, and the GST slabs that apply to medicines in India.
• Migrating from Tally or Marg (PDF, 16 pages). The cutover playbook — what data to extract from your current software, how to reconcile opening balances, and the 30-day plan that keeps billing running through the switch.

How to get them

Use the form on the SWIL contact page to request the e-books you want. Mention which titles in the message field; the team will email the PDFs back within one business day. No paywall, no marketing drip — just the guides.

Looking for something specific?

If you need a guide we have not written yet — e-way bill quirks for inter-state textile trade, FSSAI compliance for grocery chains, IMEI tracking for mobile retail — tell us via the contact form. We add the most-requested topics to the next batch of e-books.

Related reading on the SWIL blog

• Counter sale entry for fast retail billing
• GST e-invoicing in India
• SWIL e-books for retailers and distributors