Self-distribution for a self-help house.(Self-Examination)(New Harbinger Publications to distribute its own titles)

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND of prescription you might find in a self-help hook a big change aimed at taking control and getting closer to those that matter most. So it's fitting that after years of steady sales growth, New Harbinger Publications, an Oakland, Calif.-based self-help, psychology and health publisher, has ended its long relationship with Publisher's Group West and taken on distribution of its own titles.

Sounding very much like many of the titles he publishes, New Harbinger cofounder and publisher Matthew McKay said, "self-distribution will give us a more direct relationship to the market, and we expect our sales to continue to increase."

Founded 30 …