Nk’ubushakashatsi buherutse gukorwa muri kaminuza ya kaminuza ya London,itabiyafashije byibuze abanywi 50.000 banywa itabi mu Bwongereza kureka itabi mu 2017. Umwanditsi w’ubushakashatsi Jamie Brown, umushakashatsi muri kaminuza ya kaminuza ya Londere, yerekanye ko Ubwongereza bwabonye uburinganire bwuzuye hagati yo kugenzura itabi no kuzamura itabi.

Ubu bushakashatsi buherutse gusohoka mu kinyamakuru cy’inyigisho kizwi cyane ku rwego mpuzamahanga cy’ubushakashatsi ADDICTION, bwasesenguye ingaruka za e-itabi ku bikorwa byo guhagarika itabi mu Bwongereza kuva mu 2006 kugeza 2017, hashingiwe ku bushakashatsi bwakorewe ku banywa itabi 50.498.Ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi byagaragaje ko kuva mu 2011, hamwe no kwiyongera kw'ikoreshwa ryaitabi, e intsinzi yo guhagarika itabi yiyongereye uko umwaka utashye.Muri 2015, igihe ikoreshwa rya e-itabi mu Bwongereza ryatangiye kuringaniza, kureka intsinzi nabyo byatangiye kugabanuka.Muri 2017, abanywa itabi bari hagati ya 50.700 na 69.930 bafashijwe na e-itabi guhagararakunywa itabi.

Ubwongereza bwifuza kuba sosiyete itagira umwotsi bitarenze 2030, kandi abashinzwe ubuzima rusange n’abanyapolitiki bifuza ko e-itabi ryabaho.Deborah Robson, umushakashatsi mukuru w’iposita mu bijyanye no kunywa itabi muri King's College London, yagize ati: “Ubwongereza bufite amateka maremare yo gukoresha uburyo bwo kugabanya ingaruka mbi mu kuzamura ubuzima bw’abaturage.Dushingiye kumyaka yuburambe bwubushakashatsi, twasanze ibyonikotinentabwo aribintu byangiza cyane mu itabi, amamiriyoni yimyuka yubumara nuduce twinshi ibyoitabiyaka, yica rwose itabi. ”

Vuba aha, ibitangazamakuru bizwi cyane byo muri Amerika VICE byasohoye ibisobanuro, byerekana ko Ubwongereza bwateje itabi rya elegitoronike muburyo bwizaitabiuburyo bwo kugenzura binyuze mu ntambwe ku yindi sisitemu yo kugenzura itabi.