A niche market perhaps.
So I'll take it as your clue to us, your background is very small business indeed?
“Nobody but nobody uses such terms (tally book) today.”
Still, I was a little surprised you would make such an obvious mistake and not set the record straight when given the opportunity.
About tally books you say, “A niche market perhaps.”
The petroleum, ranching, forestry, mining, and trucking industries have used them and continue to buy them.
You should get out into the real world and get some mud on those Gucci’s.