WeRead allows members to browse sections of many new titles and read entire books in electronic format through a partnership with Project Gutenberg. In 2010, Indian online retailer Flipkart acquired weRead for an undisclosed amount. Flipkart, originally an online book store and now India's largest e-commerce company bought weRead to leverage advanced recommendation technologies and social graph information to enhance customer experience. WeRead weRead, formerly iRead, was an online community of book enthusiasts. weRead started out as a social cataloging application on Facebook in June 2007 and had expanded to over 3.1 million active members across Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Hi5, and
Books and publishing in Pakistan through new books at a store and discovering exciting new books. Popular online bookstores include Liberty Books and Readings. Liberty Books was established in 1961, and now has eight stores in the country. They deliver to 350 cities in Pakistan. Readings was established in 2006, and now claims to be the "largest ever and ever expanding e-bookshop in Pakistan." It also boasts "the largest distribution network of imported books in Pakistan." Both online bookstores offer Cash On Delivery for items purchased. Readings also offers same-day delivery (before 1PM) in Lahore, employing a method that has been popular with global e-commerce