SO SAD.
In a 2012 survey, almost a fifth of children said they would be "embarrassed" if a friend saw them with a book....
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...and 54% of those questioned said they preferred watching TV to reading.
Here's the study from the National Literary Trust.
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Fifty Shades of Grey is now the best-selling book of all time in Britain.
...topping all the print sales of the Harry Potter series.
Source: jamesaltucher.com
Snooki is a New York Times best-selling author.
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