The statistic presents the sources of books among e-reader owners in the United States as of December 2011. Among e-reader owners, 64 percent purchased the most recent book they read.
From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source?
Characteristic
E-reader owners
Non-owner
Purchase it
64%
46%
Borrow from someone
15%
25%
Borrow from library
11%
15%
Other way
10%
15%
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The source does not provide detailed information regarding the questions and possible answers of the survey. The wording chosen here might therefore differ slightly from the wording of the survey. N for number of those who had read a book in the past 12 months=2,474 among those age 16 and older. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and cells. N for e-book reader owners=676.
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Pew Research Center. (April 10, 2012). From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/
Pew Research Center. "From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source?." Chart. April 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/
Pew Research Center. (2012). From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/
Pew Research Center. "From Where Did You Buy Your Most Recent Book, Do You Prefer Purchasing Your Own Copy, or Borrowing It from a Library or Some Other Source?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/
Pew Research Center, From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/ (last visited May 14, 2025)
From where did you buy your most recent book, do you prefer purchasing your own copy, or borrowing it from a library or some other source? [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223164/where-e-book-reader-owner-got-books-from/
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