NYT reporter close to a book deal

The New York Observer reports that an auction is underway for a book on the financial crisis from The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin. The report says that Sorkin is, "inches away from a book deal with Viking."
From the report:

Mr. Sorkin's book is just one of many spawned by the ongoing economic turmoil. The guy who sits next to him at The New York Times, Joe Nocera, is writing one of them, with Smartest Guys in the Room author Bethany McLean. That book was at auction as of yesterday. Whether it has sold at this point or not we don't yet know, but expect an update soon.

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