noun
- the books that a publisher has kept in print over several years, as distinguished from newly issued titles.
adjective
- Also back·list·ed. placed or maintained on a backlist.
verb (used with object)
- to place on a backlist.
noun
- a publisher’s previously published books that are still availableSee also front list, mid-list
1946, in publishing, from back (adj.) + list (n.). As a verb, “to put on the back list,” from 1983. Related: Backlisted.