The statistic provides information on where U.S. e-reader and tablet owners started their search for an e-book in 2011. During the Pew survey, 84 percent of tablet and e-reader owners stated they stated their search at an online bookstore or website.
When you want to read a particular e-book, where do you look first?
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. Results are from a survey of 2,986 people age 16 and older conducted November 16-December 21, 2011. N for number of owners of either an e-book reader or a tablet device=1,132.
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Pew Research Center. (April 10, 2012). When you want to read a particular e-book, where do you look first? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223201/where-do-e-reader-and-tablet-owner-start-their-search/
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Pew Research Center. (2012). When you want to read a particular e-book, where do you look first?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223201/where-do-e-reader-and-tablet-owner-start-their-search/
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