noun
- books that a publisher keeps in print and continues to sell, typically older titles that maintain steady sales
Usage: publishing
verb
- to include a book in a publisher’s backlist; to keep a title in print for continued sales
Usage: publishing
Examples
- The publisher’s backlists include many classic novels that sell consistently year after year.
- Strong backlists provide publishers with reliable revenue streams.
- The company decided to expand their backlists by acquiring rights to out-of-print titles.
- Academic publishers often maintain extensive backlists of scholarly works.
- The editor backlists successful titles to ensure continued availability.
- Many bestsellers eventually become part of the publisher’s valuable backlists.