| Rokomari.com | |
| Type: | E-commerce |
| Language: | Bangla, English |
| Owner: | Onnorokom Group |
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| Key People: | Khairul Anam Ronnie (CEO) |
Rokomari.com is a Bangladeshi e-commerce site. It officially launched on 19 January 2012. Initially, the website sold only physical books, but now sells ebooks[1] and a variety of items from sporting goods to Stationery.[2] [3]
Rokomari.com operates as a marketplace and works with publishers who sell their books on this platform, but does not publish any of the books it sells. Apart from books published in Bangladesh, it also sells foreign books, including several from West Bengal. Rokomari.com primarily sells books written in Bengali and English, however it also sells other foreign language books.[4]
Rokomari.com was founded on January 19, 2012 by Mahmudul Hasan Sohag, Imam Hasan Al-Amin, Abul Hasan Liton, Khairul Anam Ronnie, Ahteshamul Shams Rakib, and Jubair Bin Amin,[5] At this point the website only sold around 100 books. Since then the website has grown, selling 11,00,000 books in 2019.[6]
Rokomari assists publishers on digital marketing services[7] and provides data on their books. Rokomari hosts a number of online and offline events in collaboration with authors.[8]
Every year Rokomari.com honors 50 bestselling books, authors and publishing houses in various categories and subcategories on their leaderboard.
In 2014, Skeptic Avijit Roy's books were removed from Rokomari.com after threats had been made to the office of Rokomari.com if they did not remove his anti-religious book 'Bishwaser Virus' (Virus of faith).[9] [10] [11]
Rokomari.com's policy states it will not to sell books that are illegal, banned by the Government of Bangladesh, attack or hurt the sentiment of Bangladesh Liberation War or the interest of the state of Bangladesh, hurt religious or group sentiment.[12] If the subject of a book violates laws or hurts religious sentiment or an author is found involved in illegal activities, Rokomari.com removes and stops selling that book or books of that author immediately. In the past, it has taken measures against several authors after receiving complaints against them.[13]