{{Short description|E-commerce company based in Taiwan}} thumb|right|200px|The entrance to Books.com.tw's headquarters thumb|right|200px|A package delivered from Books.com.tw. (DHL is used to overseas.)
'''Books.com.tw''' or '''Pok'elai''' ({{Lang-zh|博客來}}), originally established as an online bookstore, is Taiwan's largest Internet retailer.
==History== * 1995: Terry Chang ({{lang-zh|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. <ref> [http://www.books.com.tw/isi/aboutbooks.htm?loc=footer_01_001 About Pok'elai] (in Chinese) </ref> * 1996: Books.com.tw ({{Lang-zh|博客來網路書店|labels=no}}) 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. <ref> Traditional Chinese books are not, however, permitted to be sold in China. See: [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/07/15/2003567146 Publishing industry laments 'unfair' service pact] (''Taipei Times'', July 15, 2013) </ref> * 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'' ({{lang-zh|OKAPI閱讀生活誌}}), which offers news and reviews about books, along with interviews with writers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/48720 |title=博客來，不只是書店 |date=14 March 2011 |website=Global Views Monthly |author=楊倩蓉 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2%E4%BE%8619%E5%B9%B4-%E4%BB%8A%E5%B9%B4%E8%B3%A3%E6%9B%B8%E5%B0%8F%E6%88%90%E9%95%B7-215046240--finance.html |title=博客來19年 今年賣書小成長 |date=7 August 2014 |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=China Times |author=林欣誼 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=zh}}</ref> As of December 2022, ''Okapi'' featured more than 20,000 reviews, making it the largest book review database in the Sinosphere.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20221201700898-439803 |title=理財、心理勵志超夯 博客來雙11書籍業績漲3倍 |date=1 December 2022 |website=Commercial Times |author=邱莉玲 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Competitors== * [http://www.yesasia.com/us/ja/home.html YesAsia.com] * [http://m.sanmin.com.tw/ Sanmin Online Bookstore]
==See also== * Uni-President Enterprises Corporation * Yamato Transport' * Dairy Farm International Holdings
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.books.com.tw/ Official site] * {{Official website|https://okapi.books.com.tw/|Official website of ''Okapi''}}
Category:Uni-President Enterprises Corporation Category:Online retailers of Taiwan Category:Book websites