Sullenberger Book: $3.2 Million Deal

UPDATE: You can now purchase the book below.

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, hero of the ill-fated flight 1549 that he landed in the Hudson River, has also landed a $3.2 million two-book deal with HarperCollins' William Morrow imprint.

Sullenberger, who just recently returned to the air, will write a memoir that discusses that miraculous U.S. Airways landing and a book of "inspirational poems."

The deal was negotiated by agent Jan Miller. Former Publishers Weekly editor Sara Nelson revealed the news on The Daily Beast.

Earlier this week, Sully used a magazine column as his book proposal.

Here's some snappy commentary from the article:

"Yes, it's official: The book world has gone crazy ... This is the kind of book deal a publisher makes in order both to make a balance sheet work--the $3.2 million goes down on two different lines, for two different titles, and thus each book 'only' has to earn back half of the total--and also to humor a would-be author or, in this case, poet."

Crazy, isn't it?  What's even crazier is that I'll probably read it.

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