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 ** percent saying that they had done so in the three months leading up to the survey compared to ** percent of men. Purchasing e-books was the most common method of accessing them, followed by downloading and streaming.
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Intellectual Property Office (UK). (February 3, 2023). Methods of accessing e-books in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2022, by gender [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/291796/gender-distribution-of-e-book-downloaders-and-accessers-in-the-uk/
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