# Books.com.tw

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{{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](/source/online_bookstore), is [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)'s largest [Internet retailer](/source/Internet_retailer).

==History==
* 1995: Terry Chang ({{lang-zh|[張天立](/source/%3Azh%3A%E5%BC%B5%E5%A4%A9%E7%AB%8B)}}), who had graduated from [National Taiwan University](/source/National_Taiwan_University) (math) and had had graduate study at [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University) (computer) and [Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University) (business), started the first online bookstore of the [Sinophone](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Uni-President_Enterprises_Corporation)'s [7-Eleven](/source/7-Eleven) store" service .
* 2001: Uni-President Enterprises invested in Books.com.tw.
* 2004: [Simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese) books, published in China, were sold in addition to [Traditional Chinese](/source/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](/source/Taipei_Times)'', July 15, 2013) </ref> 
* 2005: [Yamato Transport](/source/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](/source/Hong_Kong), started "Order to Books.com.tw and receive/pay at [Dairy Farm](/source/Dairy_Farm_International_Holdings)'s [7-Eleven](/source/7-Eleven) store" service.
* 2025: It opened its first 24-hour physical store located in [Dream Plaza](/source/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](/source/CommonWealth_Magazine_(Taiwan)) |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](/source/Yahoo!_News) |publisher=[China Times](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Uni-President_Enterprises_Corporation)
* [Yamato Transport](/source/Yamato_Transport)'
* [Dairy Farm International Holdings](/source/Dairy_Farm_International_Holdings)

==References==
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==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

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