Meaning of midlist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
   not-comparable
2. Expected to achieve sales performance that blends frontlist performance with backlist performance, being neither a bestseller when new nor a perennial backlist performer but strong enough in each of those categories to be successful overall.
   attributive, not-comparable

Examples

“He scoffs at the lesser-known, midlist and emerging authors […].”

“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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