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Book piracy drivers in the United States 2017

Reasons for downloading illegal e-books from torrent sites in the United States in 2017

The data describes data on the reasons for downloading illegal e-books from torrent sites in the U.S. in 2017. During the survey, 51% of respondents stated that they used illegal torrent sites for e-books because it is free/cheap.

Convenient/easy	58
Free/cheap	51
e-books are not available from online retailers	38
This is how I prefer to acquire e-books	33
I do not think I should have to pay for content	17

Book piracy drivers in the United States 2017

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