The statistic displays the results of a survey of the first time reading an e-book in the Netherlands in 2019. Respondents who sometimes read e-books were asked when they read an e-book for the first time. In 2019, just under 80 percent of respondents had read their first e-book over one year ago, whereas eight percent had read their first e-book more recently during the previous month.
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The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Wanneer heeft u voor het eerst in een e-book gelezen?" (English: How long ago did you first read an e-book?)
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Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen. (February 1, 2020). When did you first read an e-book? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), und Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, und Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , und Koninklijke Bibliotheek, und Stichting Lezen. "When did you first read an e-book?." Chart. February 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Stichting Lezen. (2020). When did you first read an e-book?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), and Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, and Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, and Stichting Lezen. "When Did You First Read An E-book?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB) & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek & Koninklijke Bibliotheek & Stichting Lezen, When did you first read an e-book? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
When did you first read an e-book? [Graph], Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen, February 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/883845/first-time-reading-an-e-book-in-the-netherlands/
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