Definition of "backlist" []

• A publisher's list of older titles kept in print. (noun)
• To place (a title) on a backlist. (verb-transitive)

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• "New fans hooked by this one will be happy to know that his backlist is even richer."
• "It's great that my backlist is still available, and I'm glad it still perks along, but the Spanish edition of TWO BOYS IN LOVE came out in 2001, so it's been 7 years since I had a book of adult fiction out here."
• "The backlist is likely to have a resurgence of popularity in the light of Sue Grafton's recent, deserved winning of the 2008 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger."