Two of Britain's leading independent publishers are to join forces, following the acquisition by Profile Books of the imprint Serpent's Tail, writes Nick Tanner of the Guardian.

Profile was voted the small publisher of the year at the British Book Awards in 2006, and has notched up a string of recent successes including Lynne Truss' Eats Shoots and Leaves, and two collections of idiosyncratic queries sent in to new Scientist magazine, Does Anything Eat Wasps? and Why Don't Penguin's Feet Freeze? An impressive roster of international talent at Serpent's Tail includes Lionel Shriver, whose We Need To Talk About Kevin won the Orange prize in 2005, and the 2004 Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek...

Pete Ayrton, who founded Serpent's Tail in 1986, is clearly delighted by the deal. "The acquisition of Serpent's Tail by Profile ... guarantees that Serpent's Tail remains within the independent sector," he said. "It also means I can devote myself to publishing and editing—a dream come true."

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