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📚 Older books for sale 📖 Not new releases ↩️ To move to old list
to backlist

to backlist

6.8
To move a book into a publisher's list of older titles and stop promoting it
  • verb
  • /ˈbækˌlɪst/
  • Jargon
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  • The company will backlist older titles to focus on new releases.

Examples

  • The publisher decided to backlist the novel.

  • Once sales dropped, the book was quietly backlisted but remained available online.

  • After several years, the publisher decided to backlist the author's first novel.

  • She backlisted her first book last year.

  • The publisher decided to backlist the novel after its sales dropped dramatically.

  • Once the book went out of print, the author chose to backlist it to maintain its availability.

  • After a few years, many titles are automatically backlisted to make room for new releases.

Antonyms

to promote
252 3.5

Tell people about a product to increase sales

Surface Forms

backlist infinitive
backlisted past
backlisted past participle
backlisting present participle
backlists third person singular

Etymology

Backlist as a verb comes from putting a title on the back ('behind' or 'older') of the list ('list of titles'). It means to move a book into a publisher's backlist, like putting it on the back shelf, so it stays available but is no longer pushed as a new release.