SFGATE: Publisher glories in readers' soul-searching
April 11, 2008
A witch blessed the offices of HarperOne when the publishing house moved to San Francisco's Financial District a decade ago.
In the '90s, it made sense. The publisher had just scored an international bestseller with "How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend Into a Toad," a self-help book masquerading as a collection of magic spells.