TAMPA, Fla. -- David Wells won't waive the no-trade clause in his contract if the New York Yankees attempt to deal him.

Not so fast

It's not clear whether David Wells' autobiography, "Perfect I'm Not!", will become a best-seller after it is released in the coming weeks. What is clear is that there has been much confusion in the media concerning the nuances of the publishing world. Excerpts of Wells' book published last week in the New York Post were gleaned from an uncorrected galley copy, essentially a proof that was to be edited before it advanced to the book's final printing. On the cover it states that "reviewers are reminded that changes may be made in this proof copy before books are printed. If any material from the book is to be quoted in the book, the quotation should be checked against the final bound book." That never happened as the Post published samplings from the embargoed copy before the book ever went to press. And, according to a sports book publishing insider, the coverage of the Wells story might not work in book publisher Harper Collins' favor. "(Readers) might feel they have no reason to buy the book," the source said. Michael Morrison, publisher of Wells' book, disagrees: "The potential drug use and his condition while pitching the perfect game are two very small parts of this 400-page book." Over the past few days, Wells book has been ranked in the top 110 in sales rankings on Amazon and Barnes & Noble's Web sites. Morrison said the online book rankings "is a very good indicator of pre-publication sales." -- Darren Rovell, ESPN

"I can say yes, but I'm not a fool. I'm not waiving it," the 39-year-old left-hander said Tuesday at the Yankees' spring training camp before the team left to play Boston at Fort Myers.

Wells has a complete no-trade clause in the $7 million, two-year contract he agreed to with the Yankees before the 2002 season. The New York Post had reported Tuesday that Wells, after details of his book became known, had told the team he would waive the no-trade clause if the team wanted to get rid of him.

Wells could be punished by the team for writing an autobiography that general manager Brian Cashman said "tarnishes the Yankees' image." Wells apologized to Cashman on Saturday and addressed his teammates Sunday.

Wells wishes he would have kept the issue of steroids out of his book, scheduled for publication March 14. In galleys of the book distributed by publisher William Morrow, Wells said 25 to 40 percent of major leaguers used steroids.

The figure in the actual book is 10 to 25 percent.

"All I can do is apologize for the pain it caused to the organization, my teammates and whoever," Wells said. "It was probably the biggest mistake I ever did putting something in there.

"I wish I didn't, but I can't do anything about it. It was a bad choice putting it in there."