Books.com.tw
Books.com.tw or Pok'elai, originally established as an online bookstore, is Taiwan's largest Internet retailer.
History
- 1995: Terry Chang, who had graduated from National [Taiwan University] and had had graduate study at Pennsylvania State University and Rutgers University, 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.
- 1996: Books.com.tw 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.
- 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.
- 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.