According to the results of a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022, 54 percent of respondents paid a single fee to download individual e-books via services such as the Amazon Kindle Store, Kobo, Apple Books or Ebooks.com, making this the most popular option. Conversely, three percent used BitTorrent or other file sharing services.
Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022
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Intellectual Property Office (UK). (February 3, 2023). Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
Intellectual Property Office (UK). (2023). Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Sites and Services Used in The past Three Months to Download or Access E-books in The United Kingdom as of May 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022 [Graph], Intellectual Property Office (UK), February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
