backlist
noun
back·list
ˈbak-ˌlist 
: a list of books kept in print as distinguished from books newly published
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Digital techniques could clean up the scratchy sound of great performances from the nineteen-twenties and thirties, putting record companies sometimes in competition with their own backlists.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
There’s also a four-decade backlist of Shape magazine, the first dedicated to women’s fitness.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
New export licenses Following the Geneva talks, China’s Commerce Ministry removed 28 US firms from its dual-use export control list and pulled 17 American companies from another trade and investment backlist.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
After Evelyn Hugo went viral, suddenly readers were looking for other books by Reid—many of them, according to Barnes & Noble senior director of books Shannon DeVito, arriving in stores to film content and find backlist titles.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 15 May 2025
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David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
There’s also a four-decade backlist of Shape magazine, the first dedicated to women’s fitness.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
New export licenses Following the Geneva talks, China’s Commerce Ministry removed 28 US firms from its dual-use export control list and pulled 17 American companies from another trade and investment backlist.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
After Evelyn Hugo went viral, suddenly readers were looking for other books by Reid—many of them, according to Barnes & Noble senior director of books Shannon DeVito, arriving in stores to film content and find backlist titles.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 15 May 2025
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“Backlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backlist. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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