The UK publisher of Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Life of Pi, has capitalized on the author’s success to the tune of a “£1.1m pre-tax profit for 2003”, enough to place the once-struggling Canongate Books firmly back in the black. Canongate, which had twice been in receivership before its current run of good luck, is also the publisher for Booker winner DBC Pierre.