![]() 2 on the New York Times bestsellers list, is excerpted in this month’s issue. Jerri Nielsen‘s Icebound, for example, which is No. Talk is also a publisher with a built-in publicity arm, in the form of its monthly magazine, which has run an excerpt from every nonfiction book the house has published so far. We’re a small publisher with big muscle.” ![]() ![]() ”These books,” says Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of Talk Miramax Books, ”don’t define the list but announce that we’re in the business of doing major nonfiction books. That and some fodder for its much-vaunted synergy. What Talk seems to be after - and seems to be getting - is a lot of buzz. Whether these high-priced books will earn out - something other publishers doubt - hardly seems to matter. ![]() Today, Talk executives are holding what will probably be the final meeting with Madeleine Albright, to convince the former Secretary of State that she should take their $1 million instead of Scribner‘s. Last month the house bought super-lawyer David Boies‘s memoirs, and last week it paid $3 million for a memoir and a business advice title from New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. It’s been a dramatic couple of weeks for Talk Miramax Books, which, after a shaky start, seems to be finding itself as a nonfiction publisher of high-profile books. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT INSIDE.COM (2/6/01) ![]()
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