Hyperion, Disney's trade publishing division, had several best-selling books in 2001, including George Carlin's Napalm and Silly Putty, Yogi Berra's When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It, Kristine Carlson's Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Women, Caroline Kennedy's The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the business fable Fish! by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul and John Christensen. This year also saw the launch of Theia, Hyperion's critically acclaimed literary imprint. Hyperion has several particularly noteworthy books planned for the coming year, including Michael J. Fox's Lucky Man and Peter Jennings' and Todd Brewster's book about America.

Talk/Miramax had another great year with several books making The New York Times best-seller list. They include Ice Bound, by Dr. Jerri Neilsen (with Maryanne Vollers); Malika Oufkir's Stolen Lives, which also was an Oprah Book Club selection; Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl; and Iris Krasnow's Surrendering to Marriage. National Enquirer: 30 Years of Unforgettable Images was recently released. Two books by Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an autobiography and a book on leadership, are upcoming, as is The Snow Garden, Christopher Rice's follow-up to his best-seller, A Density of Souls.