Variety reports today that Stephen Colbert has signed a seven-figure deal for a Colbert Report-esque book, to be published in September 2007 by Warner. Warner also published the Daily Show's disgustingly successful book America, for which Colbert was a contributor. Unlike America, however, Colbert's book will not have an illustrated component and it will be written mostly by Colbert, who is bravely rejecting the safety of his writing team.

So there's words, but no pictures? Colbert, but no writing staff? And seven figures up front? We've high hopes, but this might be the most dangerous book deal since Washingtonienne.

Colbert Riffs Put to Paper [Variety]