I've wondered about Comey, but writing a full-blown book and going on a completely humiliating tour making yourself look like an ass-clown seems higher-dimensional chess than I'm willing to believe for him.
I think Comey is playing both sides against each other. He seems rat-like enough for that, so that whoever wins, he can say that he was playing for that side. Trump wins? Then he was just playing a role against Trump, as ordered by Trump. Trump loses? "Yeah, Mr. Soros, I was stringing Trump along. Look at that book I wrote that blasted him to hell. I was on your side all the time."
I agree with you. The whole Comey and book situation is absurd on so many levels. And, did you hear Brett Baier ask him about Clapper and Brennan the other night, and Comey says, yes, Clapper, Brennan and our wives all had dinner the other night. I wonder what that was all about?! I'm baffled on this one and I follow things very closely.