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Number of individual e-books U.S. consumers purchased April 2017
Number of individual e-books purchased in the last 12 months by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
by Alexander Kunst,
last edited
Sep 3, 2019
The statistic shows the number of individual e-books consumers purchased within the last 12 months in the United States as of April 2017. During the survey, 32 percent of respondents stated that they purchased up to five books within the last 12 months.
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by Alexander Kunst,
last edited
Sep 3, 2019
The statistic shows the number of individual e-books consumers purchased within the last 12 months in the United States as of April 2017. During the survey, 32 percent of respondents stated that they purchased up to five books within the last 12 months.
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- Release date
- April 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- April 4 to April 12, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,020 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- April 4 to April 12, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,020 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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