The global number of users in the 'e-books' segment of the digital media market was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2027 by in total 92.9 million users (+9.02 percent). After the fifth consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach 1.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2027.
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An eBook is the digital or electronic version of a book and can be read on various devices such as specific eReaders (e.g. Kindle) as well as on tablets, smartphones or computers. eBooks include fiction, non-fiction and textbooks/academic literature. Paid downloads are offered in online stores such as Amazon or iTunes and also in selected brick-and-mortar bookstores or via online self-publishing platforms. Open access literature is not included.
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Statista. (January 3, 2024). Number of users of eBooks worldwide from 2018 to 2027 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/forecasts/1294239/number-of-ebook-users-global
Statista. "Number of users of eBooks worldwide from 2018 to 2027 (in millions)." Chart. January 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/forecasts/1294239/number-of-ebook-users-global
Statista. (2024). Number of users of eBooks worldwide from 2018 to 2027 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/forecasts/1294239/number-of-ebook-users-global
Statista. "Number of Users of Ebooks Worldwide from 2018 to 2027 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/forecasts/1294239/number-of-ebook-users-global
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Number of users of eBooks worldwide from 2018 to 2027 (in millions) [Graph], Statista, January 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/forecasts/1294239/number-of-ebook-users-global
