1989年，誠品由台北仁愛路圓環的小型人文藝術書店開始，堅持人文、藝術、創意、生活的經營理念。20多年來，憑藉著專業、獨到的選書能力，以及多元通路和文化創意活動平台的整合經營能力，豐富讀者閱讀和生活面向，漸次發展為今日以文化創意為核心之複合式經營模式。 1995年，誠品敦南店搬遷至現址，並於1999年成為全球第一家24小時不打烊的書店，開啟民眾零時差的城市閱讀生活。誠品並於2004年獲《時代》雜誌亞洲版評選為「亞洲最佳書店」（Asia's Best)，2011年獲選為經濟部「台灣百大品牌」文創服務類別企業。

In 1989, eslite opened its first store on the Ren'Ai Roundabout in Taipei in pursuit of " Charity, Love and Aesthetics " and the business philosophy of "Humanities, Art, and Creativity into Life". Over the years, with the unique ability of book selection and experience in multi-channel integration and management, eslite has gradually developed into a comprehensive cultural space full of humanistic care focusing on cultural creativity, committed to promoting reading and cultural exchanges. In 1999, the most representative eslite Dunnan bookstore in the Chinese community became a 24-hour bookstore for innovation, where people could read books any time. In 2004, it was selected as Asia's Best by TIME Magazine's Asian Edition. From 2014 to 2015, it was praised by CNN as one of the "coolest bookstores in the world" for two consecutive years.