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Miramax Books

Logo: beIN Media Group, Paramount Global, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American publishing company

Miramax Books is an American publishing company started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films 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 Farah Pahlavi, David Boies, Madeleine Albright, Rudy Giuliani, and Tim Russert, as well as Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai. It later published the first three books of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded1

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Miramax Books is an American publishing company started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films 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 Farah Pahlavi, David Boies, Madeleine Albright, Rudy Giuliani, and Tim Russert, as well as Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai. It later published the first three books of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.2

The story

Founded by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein in 1979.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1993Acquired Acquired by The Walt Disney Company1
  2. 1979Founded Founded1

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