A total of 191 million e-books were sold in the United States in 2020, according to the most recently available data. E-book unit sales tend to fluctuate, although the sharp increase between 2019 and 2020 could be as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, which saw large increases in media consumption.
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Publishers Weekly. (January 29, 2021). Unit sales of e-books in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/
Publishers Weekly. "Unit sales of e-books in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. January 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/
Publishers Weekly. (2021). Unit sales of e-books in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/
Publishers Weekly. "Unit Sales of E-books in The United States from 2016 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/
Publishers Weekly, Unit sales of e-books in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Unit sales of e-books in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph], Publishers Weekly, January 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/191992/sales-of-e-books-in-the-us-since-2006/