The Facebook generation is reading strong according to a recent survey, and a local bookseller said he has observed part of the trend in a Memphis bookstore.

"I've been a bookseller for 35 years. Publishers have been speaking directly to that demographic recently and that's nothing but good," said The Booksellers at Laurelwood manager Eddie Burton.

According to the report from Pew Research Center, 8 in 10 Americans between the ages of 16 and 30 have read a book in the past year. That's compared to about 7 in 10 adults in general.

Of the the younger adults surveyed some 75 percent read a print book, 19 percent read an e-book and 11 percent listened to an audiobook.

Among Americans who read e-books, those under the age of 30 are more likely to read their e-books on a cell phone or computer than on an e-book reader.

Fantasy football is typically played online and allows players to virtually manage a team of real life players.  The better a player does in real life, the more points for their fantasy teams.

According to ask.com, nearly 50 million people play fantasy football.  To some, this “sport” has become more popular than the actual game itself. 

So when some of those participants were unable to “manage” their teams this past Sunday, the outcry of frustrated fans was well documented on social media.

One of the largest providers of fantasy football, Yahoo! Sports, experienced technical difficulties with their computer servers. 

Preventing those who participate in their fantasy football leagues from making changes to their rosters before the noon NFL games began. 

Prime time, for many “owners” who chose to wait until the last minute to set their team lineups to account for injuries or last minute news that might affect game play.