AI Tech Companies Are Shredding Books, What I Think It Means For The Future of Owning Physical Books ...Including Physical Bibles—And Why I'm Choosing Print Publication for Da'GLOW Magazine

An alarming trend in tech was uncovered: major AI developers are mass-purchasing physical, rare, and out-of-print books, cutting off their spines, running them through scanners, and shredding the physical originals.

The physical knowledge is literally being destroyed to feed algorithm models.

This is a powerful wake-up call about our over-reliance on digital-only formats.When media lives exclusively on the cloud or behind digital subscriptions, we face three distinct risks:

1. Ephemeral Ownership: Words hosted on servers can be edited, or deleted without warning. You don't own digital media; you rent it.

2. Algorithmic Distraction: Digital reading is constantly competing with notifications, pop-ups, and screen fatigue, reducing deep reflection into surface-level scrolling.

3. Loss of Preserved History: Once physical copies are gone, history is mediated entirely by centralized digital platforms.

There is irreplaceable personal value in physical print. A physical page creates an undivided sanctuary for focus. The words are permanent, immutable, and immune to algorithmic manipulation.

This exact philosophy is why I intentionally launched Da'Glow Magazine as a print-only publication.

Da'GLOW Magazine is a Biblically-informed lifestyle print publication that sits at the intersection of Faith, Mental Wellbeing, Workplace Wisdom and Cultivating Healthier Relationships.

Da'Glow Magazine is available On Amazon at the following link: https://www.amazon.com/DaGlow-Magazine-Issue-Shine-Yourself/dp/B0HGKXCSG2/

In an economy obsessed with algorithms, Da'GLOW Magazine provides a tangible space to sit with something physical that you can hold, interact with, wrap and gift to someone else. It is designed to sit on a desk, coffee table or bookshelf having a permanent home for your personal growth library that no server update can alter or erase.

📌 Here's the Link to the original Forbes video discussing this story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAslxexwhOU