Save your soul, acquire print books (Sonnet 2434) ― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

I once wrote, save trees, buy ebooks;
since then a couple of things have come to light.
You can lose access to the ebooks you purchase,
anytime the platform decides to remove them.

However, the most heinous case of all is that,
it’s only a matter of time that platforms
quietly start altering existing literature,
like they are already doing to streaming.

Nature will endure the loss of a few trees
in the sacred cause of mind expansion,
but no amount of energy conservation
can make up for doctored consciousness.

The minor dent on nature for literature
is nothing compared to the species level
damage that looms, once existing literature
starts getting doctored by crooks.
Ebooks, audiobooks, the choice is yours, but
always acquire print copies of your cherished books.