According to the results of a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2021 revealed that the 61 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 2021
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GOV.UK. (December 6, 2021). Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2021." Chart. December 6, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. (2021). Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Sites and Services Used in The past Three Months to Download or Access E-books in The United Kingdom as of May 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/ (last visited July 07, 2022)