midlist
adjEtymology From mid- + list.
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Media, Publishing Of a book or author Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
- He scoffs at the lesser-known, midlist and emerging authors […].2007 June 4, Celia Mcgee, “A Way to Give Authors a Lucrative Second Platform”, in New York Times:
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Media, Publishing 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.
- 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.