backlist
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Is backlist a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.Synonyms: back catalog, back catalogueAntonyms: frontlist
2. (publishing, attributively, 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.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."Antonyms: frontlistattributive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.Examples: "I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted."transitive
2. (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary