Dave Eggers Is Not A Sellout

Dave Eggers who wrote the very successful book, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" seems to have decided that the only way to keep from being labeled a sellout is to try to keep his next book from having any form of success.

No review copies will be sent out, the advertising budget is zero, and the print run is deliberately small so the book cannot become a bestseller.

While I admire Mr. Eggers' commitment to artistic integrity, is it really necessary to so strenuously avoid any appearance of being a successful author? Is it really true that if an artist achieves mainstream success that his or her work automatically becomes artistically compromised?

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Investing Too Little Into The Future
Robert X. Cringely sounds an alarm that I've heard sounded elsewhere before: American firms are not investing enough in basic research.  I only wish I could remember the other article where I heard this same problem mentioned. 
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Unfortunately, it looks as if Arts and Letters Daily has ceased to be.  What a shame.  One could always count on them to post links to interesting and thought-provoking articles.
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The Declining Sport of Pigeon Racing...
The Detroit Free Press posted this article concerning the decline of the hobby of racing pigeons in the US.  My own experience as a pigeon fancier has mirrored the experience of those folks quoted in this article.  That is, most of the fanciers are aging men and there are fewer and fewer young men willing to replace them.  I understand that the hobby is even starting to decline in Belgium where it was born.
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