[0] based on their actions it sure seems like this is the case.
Because the cost of manufacturing a hardware eReader and keeping it charged doesn't have a corresponding carbon footprint.
"Maybe buy the author a coffee if you ever run into them"
Because that'll keep them solvent.
You know that paper producers own land where they farm trees for pulp, right?
It's not like they're making deserts out there randomly chopping down trees.
They do make deserts out of forests when they clearcut. A lot of land is owned by others (governments, native tribes) and permits are used to extract the pulp
As others have said, you seem shockingly unaware that trees are GROWN specifically for making paper.
NO ONE is cutting down premium "old growth" forests to make paper..
Nice "virtue signal" on your part, too bad you did not spend 5 mins to learn where paper comes from first.