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Ways of accessing e-books in the UK 2022, by gender
A survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022 showed that female respondents were more likely than men to purchase physical copies of e-books, with 30 percent saying that they had done so in the three months leading up to the survey compared to 24 percent of men. Purchasing e-books was the most common method of accessing them, followed by downloading and streaming.