While Forrester says that slightly more than half of iPad owners say they use the device to read books, many do so on third-party iPad apps like the Kindle app.

WSJ: DOJ Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-Book Price-Fixing

Friends and a great climate, of course, but unexpectedly I had to leave behind a clutch of wonderful bookstores, where I would browse for hours on a Saturday afternoon, buying many more books than I ever had the time to read.

FORBES: Survey: How Do You Discover the Books You Buy?

The evidence for Oxford is strong and I would even call it compelling but it requires looking under the surface of many common myths that are circulating and to read books beyond the Stratfordian biased account of James Shaipro who deals with no evidence mentioned above, but is only content to put down those who do not believe the orthodoxy.

FORBES: Yes, Shakespeare Really Did Write Shakespeare

However, American gamers do play fantasy-based role-playing games, and they have also read many books, seen many movies related to this genre.

FORBES: Connect

Every year there are more and more books written about China, so many that there is no way to read all of them now.

FORBES: Recommended China Books

Kobo chose to tailor its tablet to book readers in response to research showing that users who read on dedicated readers consume five times as many books as those who read on tablets.

FORBES: Beyond Borders: Kobo Moves On With New E-Readers And Indie Bookstores Pact

It is hard not to think that anyone who writes more books (70-plus) than many people have read, as well as numberless articles and essays, must be at the controls of a sausage machine, yet the sausages were usually good.

ECONOMIST: Martin Gardner