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> destroying books is in itself a morally repugnant act

It's a routine act in any publisher stock management.

Easy claim to make when you’re not responsible for storing those books.

Well, there's a difference between destroying books to erase knowledge and control people, and destroying books because it's cheaper.

Is it destruction or format shift? Technically the books still exist; just that they're now digital. There's no content loss (what I imagine comprises a "book") unless any digitization is then deleted.