And he knows it. It's simply information without any tweaking. His position is why you probably will not read any interviews with Eggers by me. I don't like e-mail interviews. They are indications of personality.
Eggers prefers direct exchange of information, period.
Eggers' victim was the author, David Kirkpatrick, who covers publishing for the Times. His weapon was Kirkpatrick's e-mails, which he reproduced along with his replies on the McSweeney's Web site. He didn't have to say that the publicity value was enormous. Eggers at first refused, then relented after Kirkpatrick praised his book. If we can't use it, we're not interested.