backlistn.

Forms: Also back list.

Etymology: back adj. 3b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbacklist.

(A catalogue of) books still available for sale by a publisher or bookseller, but no longer classified by him as ‘current’ or ‘new’. Cf. back number n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > book list > [noun] > list of non-recent books for sale

backlist1946

1946 S. Unwin Truth about Publishing (ed. 4) 14 The most stable firms are usually those which have a strong back list of publications with a continuous and profitable sale.

1947 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 22 Feb. 5/1 ‘Ferdinand the Bull’..now in its twentieth edition, is still very much on the active backlists.

1957 Economist 21 Sept. 939/1 Its sales usually consist of filling small orders for a large number of individual titles, many of them from the backlist.

1959 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 10/2 Those [publishers]..with well-stocked back lists have been able to go on selling..Bibles, dictionaries, classics.

Draft additions March 2006

attributive or as adj. Of or relating to a backlist; placed on a backlist; = backlisted adj.

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1949 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. 25/5 The department stores, he said, ‘are interested in quick and frequent turnover, not in accumulated stock or backlist material’.

1977 M. Perry et al. Introd. Bk. Publishing (1984) iii. 23 The production controller..must plan..the replenishment of backlist stocks.

1993 Bookseller (BNC) 30 Apr. 7 He saw a bookshop that would stock ‘a full range of publishers' books both new and backlist’.

2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 15/3 Harvey saw his film go on to be an enduring backlist title and valuable remake property without much in the way of profit filtering back.

Draft additions March 2006

With reference to items other than books.

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1979 Chicago Tribune 21 Oct. e15 The majority of its pop backlist of more than 300 albums has been reduced to a suggested $5.98 list.

1984 Guardian 6 Dec. 17/6 A software backlist that represents five years work in the world's biggest, richest computer games market.

1999 R. Altman Film/Genre v. 78 Universal's substantial creature-feature backlist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

backlistv.

Brit.

/ˈbaklɪst/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌlɪst/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: backlist n.

Etymology: < backlist n. Compare slightly earlier backlisted adj.

Originally and chiefly Publishing.

1. transitive. To place (a book or other publication or release) on a backlist.

ΚΠ

1979 Chicago Tribune 12 Aug. vii. 2/2 Tradition..will keep some books in print although they fail to meet the minimum. Knopf backlists all of Camus, Mann, and Updike.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 7 Jan. (Eastern ed.) 814 In addition to the highlighted Wildfire title, another one is ‘backlisted’.

2004 P. E. Orbanes Game Makers ii. 48 [The game's] disappearance from the Parker Brothers line was notable considering George's custom of backlisting all inventory.

2. intransitive. Of a book, etc.: to continue to sell well when placed on a backlist.

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1980 Times 24 Mar. 14/8 Was it the way to build up a backlist? ‘Commercial books do backlist,’ he countered.

1994 Publishers Weekly (Nexis) 21 Mar. 33 We will sell 100,000 Callahart units [sc. cartoon strips] this year, and everything's backlisting very nicely.

1999 D. J. Enright Play Resumed 178 I'm afraid your book isn't likely to backlist.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	backlist
释义	backlistn. Forms: Also back list. Etymology: back adj. 3b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbacklist. (A catalogue of) books still available for sale by a publisher or bookseller, but no longer classified by him as ‘current’ or ‘new’. Cf. back number n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > book list > [noun] > list of non-recent books for sale backlist1946 1946 S. Unwin Truth about Publishing (ed. 4) 14 The most stable firms are usually those which have a strong back list of publications with a continuous and profitable sale. 1947 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 22 Feb. 5/1 ‘Ferdinand the Bull’..now in its twentieth edition, is still very much on the active backlists. 1957 Economist 21 Sept. 939/1 Its sales usually consist of filling small orders for a large number of individual titles, many of them from the backlist. 1959 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 10/2 Those [publishers]..with well-stocked back lists have been able to go on selling..Bibles, dictionaries, classics. Draft additions March 2006 attributive or as adj. Of or relating to a backlist; placed on a backlist; = backlisted adj. ΚΠ 1949 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. 25/5 The department stores, he said, ‘are interested in quick and frequent turnover, not in accumulated stock or backlist material’. 1977 M. Perry et al. Introd. Bk. Publishing (1984) iii. 23 The production controller..must plan..the replenishment of backlist stocks. 1993 Bookseller (BNC) 30 Apr. 7 He saw a bookshop that would stock ‘a full range of publishers' books both new and backlist’. 2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 15/3 Harvey saw his film go on to be an enduring backlist title and valuable remake property without much in the way of profit filtering back. Draft additions March 2006 With reference to items other than books. ΚΠ 1979 Chicago Tribune 21 Oct. e15 The majority of its pop backlist of more than 300 albums has been reduced to a suggested $5.98 list. 1984 Guardian 6 Dec. 17/6 A software backlist that represents five years work in the world's biggest, richest computer games market. 1999 R. Altman Film/Genre v. 78 Universal's substantial creature-feature backlist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021). backlistv. Brit. /ˈbaklɪst/, U.S. /ˈbækˌlɪst/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: backlist n. Etymology: < backlist n. Compare slightly earlier backlisted adj. Originally and chiefly Publishing. 1. transitive. To place (a book or other publication or release) on a backlist. ΚΠ 1979 Chicago Tribune 12 Aug. vii. 2/2 Tradition..will keep some books in print although they fail to meet the minimum. Knopf backlists all of Camus, Mann, and Updike. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 7 Jan. (Eastern ed.) 814 In addition to the highlighted Wildfire title, another one is ‘backlisted’. 2004 P. E. Orbanes Game Makers ii. 48 [The game's] disappearance from the Parker Brothers line was notable considering George's custom of backlisting all inventory. 2. intransitive. Of a book, etc.: to continue to sell well when placed on a backlist. ΚΠ 1980 Times 24 Mar. 14/8 Was it the way to build up a backlist? ‘Commercial books do backlist,’ he countered. 1994 Publishers Weekly (Nexis) 21 Mar. 33 We will sell 100,000 Callahart units [sc. cartoon strips] this year, and everything's backlisting very nicely. 1999 D. J. Enright Play Resumed 178 I'm afraid your book isn't likely to backlist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1946v.1979
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