Miramax Books was an American publishing company started by

Bob Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Places * Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica People, fictional characters, and named animals *Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surname ...

and

Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films includ ...

Miramax Films Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California. It was initially a lead ...

to publish movie tie-ins. Between 2000 and 2005, while Jonathan Burnham was its president and editor-in-chief, the imprint published the memoirs of many major celebrities, including

David Boies David Boies (; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Boies rose to national prominence for three major cases: leading the U.S. federal government's successful prosecution of Microsof ...

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

, Rudy Giuliani, and

Tim Russert Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's ''Meet the Press''. He was a senior vice president at NBC News, Wa ...

, as well as

Helen DeWitt Helen DeWitt (born 1957 in Takoma Park, Maryland) is an American novelist. She is the author of the novels ''The Last Samurai'' (2000) and ''Lightning Rods'' (2011) and the short story collection ''Some Trick'' (2018) and, in collaboration with t ...

's ''The Last Samurai''. It later published the first three books of the ''

Percy Jackson & the Olympians ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the '' Camp Half-Blood Chronicles''. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st centu ...

'' series before being folded into Hyperion Books in late 2007. Burnham was appointed in December 1998, planning to publish 10 to 15 books a year, both fiction and non-fiction, starting in 2000. Between 2000 and 2002, it was a division of Miramax's Talk Media, known as Talk Miramax Books.

Tina Brown Christina Hambley Brown, Lady Evans (born 21 November 1953), is an English journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host, and author of ''The Diana Chronicles'' (2007) a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, '' The Vanity Fair Diarie ...

, chair of Talk Media, recruited a number of high-profile authors for the imprint, such as historian

Simon Schama Sir Simon Michael Schama (; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. He fi ...

and British novelist Martin Amis. Rudy Giuliani was paid $3 million in advance for his autobiography (prior to 9/11). By April 2002, Talk Miramax had published 30 books, five of which had made national bestseller lists. The unit generated $10 million in revenue in 2001 and was profitable. After Brown left Talk Media in 2002, it was again renamed to Miramax Books. In 2004, Miramax Books won the auction for Riordan's '' The Lightning Thief'' manuscript. When the Weinsteins broke from Disney in 2005, five years before

went for sale by Disney, the book division was still partly owned by the Weinsteins. A joint operation agreement for the company was made ending on September 30, 2007. Weinstein Brothers brought in CEO Rob Weisbach, for Miramax Books while he also ran the Weinstein Books imprint at

The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America pri ...

. Hyperion Books president Robert Miller, and Disney Publishing Worldwide president, Deborah Dugan, would be acquiring new books. Also, a financial stake in any books on the publication schedule from April 2005 to September 2007 would remain with the Weinsteins.

Bestsellers

* Martin Amis: '' Experience'' (2000) *

: ''

The Last Samurai ''The Last Samurai'' is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Ken Watanabe in the ...

'' (2000) * Jerri Nielsen (with

Maryanne Vollers Maryanne Vollers is an American author, journalist and ghostwriter. Her first book, ''Ghosts of Mississippi'', was a finalist in non-fiction for the 1995 National Book Award. She has been the "journalistic facilitator" of two books for famous peopl ...

): ''Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole'' (2001) * Rudy Giuliani: ''Leadership'' (2002) * Queen Noor of Jordan: '' Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life'' (2003) *

: ''Madam Secretary'' (2003) *

Plum Sykes Victoria Rowland (née Sykes; born 4 December 1969), known both professionally and socially as Plum Sykes, is an English-born fashion journalist, novelist, and socialite. Early years and antecedents Victoria Sykes was born in London, one of ...

: ''

Bergdorf Blondes ''Bergdorf Blondes'' is the 2004 chick lit début novel of Plum Sykes, an English-born fashion writer and New York “it girl”. The book was released in hardcover on April 7, 2004 by Miramax Books (USA) and Viking Press (UK) and a paperback e ...

'' (2004) *

: ''Big Russ and Me'' (2004)

References

{{US-publish-company-stub Defunct book publishing companies of the United States Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company Publishing companies disestablished in 2005 Miramax Harvey Weinstein