The statistic displays the results of a survey regarding the change in e-book reading in the Netherlands in 2019. The survey results indicate that for the largest share of the respondents there was little to no change in the amount of e-books they read in 2019 compared to the previous year. Approximately 50 percent of respondents reported no change in their e-book reading habits, whereas the number of those who read much more e-books was 13 percent.
Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year?
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The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Leest u nu meer, evenveel of minder e-books dan een jaar geleden?" (English: Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year?)
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Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen. (May 28, 2019). Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-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. "Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year?." Chart. May 28, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Stichting Lezen. (2019). Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-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. "Do You Read More or Less E-books in Comparison to Last Year?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-in-the-netherlands/
Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB) & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek & Koninklijke Bibliotheek & Stichting Lezen, Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Do you read more or less e-books in comparison to last year? [Graph], Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB), & Stichting Marktonderzoek Boekenvak, & Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek , & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, & Stichting Lezen, May 28, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/883883/change-in-e-book-reading-in-the-netherlands/
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