Print book purchasing from store/online by U.S. consumers 2017

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Alexander Kunst,
Dec 20, 2019
The statistic shows the distribution of print books consumers purchased in stores and online in the United States in 2017. During the survey, 24 percent of respondents stated that they purchased an equal amount of print books in stores and online.

How many of your print books do you purchase in stores and how many online?

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Release date

April 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 4 to April 12, 2017

Number of respondents

932 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

English-speaking residential population, who spent money on a print book within the last year

Method of interview

Online survey

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