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- History
- Competitors
- See also
- References
- External links
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 (Chinese: 張天立), who had graduated from National Taiwan University (math) and had had graduate study at Pennsylvania State University (computer) and Rutger's 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 ({{Lang-zh|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.
Competitors- YesAsia.com
- Sanmin Online Bookstore
See also- Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
- Yamato Transport'
- Dairy Farm International Holdings
References1. ^ About Pok'elai (in Chinese)
2. ^ 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)
External links 2 : Online retailers of Taiwan|Book websites |