backlist

plural backlists

1. mediaA list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

   Synonyms: back catalog, back catalogue · Antonyms: frontlist

2. attributivemediaExpected 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.

   Antonyms: frontlist

present singular third person backlists · participle present backlisting · participle past backlisted · past backlisted

1. transitiveTo 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. transitivemediaTo place (a book) on a backlist.