Reading as a whole has been on the decline. What I find interesting was that a study by the National Endowment for the Arts completed that showed the most significant losses in reading were seen among those ages 55 and over! It makes sense in general as we've seen the decline/closing of so many newspapers, book publishers, etc. The older generation of people have turned away from reading sources such as those and moved over to online sources that are less than...reliable :D One can only imagine what the younger generation. Perhaps their rate doesn't show as much decline as they never started!
It's scary man. I have so many conspiracy theories floating in my mind about what happens when all books are digital including the bible. Scary to me.