bookworms, this is for you. this is very interesting. it appears real books make a comeback. sales of e-books plunged 20% last year. at the same time, sales of hardback sales are up 4%. and - why? experts believe the trend comes as many people are trying to limit their screen time. publishers admit some generas are better to look at on good old-fashioned paper. >>> a debate going on around the country. homework or no homework are in between, a question you may be asking in your own home. to explain, jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. >> why are we talking about this today? one mom's no homework post online went viral, getting a lot of attention after the mother wrote her daughter's, quote, done with homework and how she's stressed out at 10 years old. there's many schools that have already done away with it, citing stress among students, and educational experts react favorably to the post getting traction because they say the important take away here is the debate surrounding homework is one that needs to happen in our nation's schools because there are merits to both sides.

. >> she had this kind of bookworm side to her. she was very studious and goal-oriented. i mean, she was also just a great person to be around, a fun, happy spirit. and, you know, someone i wanted to spend a lot of time with. >> reporter: lots of people did. and when she chose a college far from home, north carolina state, she was soon surrounded again by an admiring group of women friends, best friends, buddies. fiona childs was her sorority big sister. >> there is this one picture. it came out beautiful. we liked it. because we felt like we kind of looked like charlie's angels, posed, without intentionally doing that. >> reporter: it was sometime in 2001 when friends started hearing about michelle's new guy, jason young, heard how he had grown up in the north carolina mountains, how he loved to camp, how he was the life of tailgate parties. michelle fell hard and fast. >> they seemed like a good couple. he was different from other men she had dated in the past. he wasn't as serious about a career as she was. he was a little bit less sophisticated than michelle was. but