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The reader gets the idea that Eggers would have been just as happy if his memoir never got published, and that he was extremely happy to find a house that would let him do it his own way. There are not many houses that would have allowed him to write this on the copyright page. "Published in the United States by Simon & Schuster, a division of a larger and more powerful company called Viacom Inc., which is wealthier and more populous than eighteen of the fifty states of America, all of Central America, and all of the former Soviet Republics combined and tripled" (Eggers). All of this adds up to a very different author, and a very different book. Eggers does want the formality of publishing, he marches to the beat of his own drum, and wants a publisher that does, too, or at least will help keep the beat.
This self-consciousness indicates that Eggers knows more about himself than he lets on in his book. That is one reason he writes it. He knows he...
He just has to do it his own unique way. He has to put his own spin on it. This is common with his generation, they want to be unique, different, and put their own spin on their work and play. This is another reason the publisher may have let him have his way with the front matter. They want to appeal to a wider audience, and do to that with Eggers' generation, they need to step away from the staid business of publishing and create something compelling for new audiences. Eggers is the perfect writer to reach out to a new generation of readers. He is nothing like other authors. He is unique, he is fresh, and he is most of all, self-conscious and extremely conscious at the same time. Reading his book is breath of fresh air, and many readers wish there were more like it from publishers.
References
Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
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