Books.com.tw or Pok'elai (Chinese: 博客來), originally established as an online bookstore, is Taiwan's largest Internet retailer.
History
- 1995: Terry Chang (Chinese: 張天立), who had graduated from National Taiwan University (math) and had had graduate study at Pennsylvania State University (computer) and Rutgers University (business), started the first online bookstore of the Sinophone area, and established Pok'elai Digital Science & Technology Co., Ltd., by the year-end. This was within one year of the establishment of Amazon.com. 1
- 1996: Books.com.tw (博客來網路書店) officially started its business.
- 2000: started "Order to Books.com.tw and receive/pay at Uni-President Enterprises Corporation's 7-Eleven store" service .
- 2001: Uni-President Enterprises invested in Books.com.tw.
- 2004: Simplified Chinese books, published in China, were sold in addition to Traditional Chinese books, published in Taiwan. 2
- 2005: Yamato Transport's Tanwan subsidiary began to be used for delivery to the customers.
- 2013: Listed as one of Taiwan's 100 Largest Companies for the fifth year. Exceeded five million customers (cumulative).
- 2014: In Hong Kong, started "Order to Books.com.tw and receive/pay at Dairy Farm's 7-Eleven store" service.
- 2025: It opened its first 24-hour physical store located in Dream Plaza, Taipei.
Okapi
In 2010, Book.com.tw launched an online magazine Okapi (Chinese: OKAPI閱讀生活誌), which offers news and reviews about books, along with interviews with writers.34 As of December 2022, Okapi featured more than 20,000 reviews, making it the largest book review database in the Sinosphere.5
Competitors
See also
See also
References
References
- About Pok'elai (in Chinese)
- Traditional Chinese books are not, however, permitted to be sold in China. See: Publishing industry laments 'unfair' service pact (Taipei Times, July 15, 2013)
- 楊倩蓉 (14 March 2011). "博客來，不只是書店". Global Views Monthly (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- 林欣誼 (7 August 2014). "博客來19年 今年賣書小成長". Yahoo! News (in Chinese). China Times. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- 邱莉玲 (1 December 2022). "理財、心理勵志超夯 博客來雙11書籍業績漲3倍". Commercial Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 January 2025.