Meaning of backlist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
2. Expected to achieve years of adequate sales while on a backlist, and to be profitable on that basis, even if predicted not to sell in huge numbers when new.
   attributive

Examples

“The celebrity tell-all has been proposed as a frontlist title, whereas the cookbook has been proposed as a backlist title and the food history book as a midlist title.”

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