backlist

noun

back·​list ˈbak-ˌlist How to pronounce backlist (audio)
: a list of books kept in print as distinguished from books newly published

Examples of backlist in a Sentence

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My backlist buyer and I have been very intrigued by it. The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024 Long a smaller concern of publishers, interest in backlists accelerated as Amazon and social media scrambled the way books are sold and discovered. Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024 Of the top 10 audiobooks on Spotify currently, nine are backlist titles, per Spotify's internal data. Sara Fischer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024 Developing a backlist is one of the ways publishers can afford to take gambles on big advances. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for backlist 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of backlist was in 1946

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“Backlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backlist. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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