Backlist
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:19 pts8 letters
Definition of Backlist
Noun
- A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
- 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.
"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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