Books.com.tw
Books.com.tw or Pok'elai (Chinese: 博客來), originally established as an online bookstore, is Taiwan's largest Internet retailer.
History
[edit]- 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 Taiwan-Mainland China-Hong Kong 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 mainland 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.
Okapi
[edit]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.[3][4] As of December 2022, Okapi featured more than 20,000 reviews, making it the largest book review database in the Sinosphere.[5]
Competitors
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ About Pok'elai (in Chinese)
- ^ Traditional Chinese books are not, however, permitted to be sold in the mainland. 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.