According to the results of a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022, ** 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, percent used BitTorrent or other file sharing services.
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Intellectual Property Office (UK). (February 3, 2023). Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Sites and services used in the past three months to download or access e-books in the United Kingdom as of May 2022." Chart. February 3, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 25, 2026. /statistics/291817/leading-services-used-for-e-book-consumption-in-the-uk/
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