Global reach of e-book and audiobook piracy in selected countries worldwide 2017

Published by
Amy Watson,
Sep 21, 2020
This statistic shows the share of consumers who access e-books or audiobooks through illegal channels worldwide in 2017, by country. During the survey, 10 percent of respondents from the United Kingdom stated that they had accessed e-books or audiobooks through an illegal channel in the last year.

Share of consumers who access e-books or audiobooks through illegal channels worldwide in 2017, by country

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Release date

July 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

35,000 respondents

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

illegal channels includes file sharing sites or cyberlockers such as The Pirate Bay, bookzz, bookfi, etc., or from Usenet providers such as Giganews

Supplementary notes

The source does not state the date of survey or the type of survey used.

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