Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A publisher's list of new or current titles.
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- noun publishing A list of the most recent books available from a publisher, as opposed to the
backlist of older titles.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Which is the * really* long way of saying that publicists look at review copy requests for backlist (and frontlist) titles on a case by case basis!
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The range of titles chosen for the promotion includes a mix of frontlist and backlist, from both new and established authors, and we will be monitoring the performance of every title very closely.
January 2009 2009
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Even though the Bobby Fisher movie doesn't strike me as all that alluring, I'm sure there's something there to frontlist Fincher in the making. dagreenman18
David Fincher Attached to Pawn Sacrifice, Circling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | /Film 2010
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Following the launch, a rolling programme will introduce all future frontlist titles to the libraries that have signed up - The Bookseller
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Viner's strategy for building frontlist titles is to go after people who are already household names because of controversies in the news.
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For the first time, Del Rey is giving away a free electronic version of a frontlist book: The Patriot Witch by Charles Coleman Finlay (writing as C.C. Finlay), available as a DRM-free PDF.
February 2009 2009
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The range of titles chosen for the promotion includes a mix of frontlist and backlist, from both new and established authors, and we will be monitoring the performance of every title very closely.
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For the first time, Del Rey is giving away a free electronic version of a frontlist book: The Patriot Witch by Charles Coleman Finlay (writing as C.C. Finlay), available as a DRM-free PDF.
Free eBook: The Patriot Witch by Charles Coleman Finlay 2009
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Viner's strategy for building frontlist titles is to go after people who are already household names because of controversies in the news.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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We really view what we're doing here as the creation of not just a first year, frontlist publication, but an author's body of work that's going to remain in print and still be active two, three, five years down the line.
reesetee commented on the word frontlist
In bookselling, a list of newly released books. See backlist and midlist.
October 23, 2007