Midlist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Midlist is an adjective meaning (publishing, of a book or author) Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
Meaning
(publishing, of a book or author) Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
More Meanings
- (publishing, attributively, of books being planned) Expected to achieve sales performance that blends frontlist performance with backlist performance, being neither a bestseller when new nor a perennial backlist performer but strong enough in each of those categories to be successful overall.
Example Sentences
He scoffs at the lesser-known, midlist and emerging authors […].
The celebrity tell-all has been proposed as a frontlist title, whereas the cookbook has been proposed as a backlist title and the food history book as a midlist title.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underpublished, midranking, unpublished, second-line, underknown, minor-league.
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