Dictionary

backlist en · NOUN

Etymology

From back + list.

Meanings

1. A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
2. (attributive, of books being planned) 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.

Forms

Antonyms

frontlist · frontlist

Coordinates

midlist

Hypernyms

booklist

Synonyms

back catalog · back catalogue

backlist en · VERB

Etymology

From back + list.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
   • I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted.
2. (transitive) To place (a book) on a backlist.

Forms