Home › Words › F › frontlistfrontlistfrontlist means A list of the most recent books available from a publisher, as opposed to the backlist of older titles.EtymologyFrom front + list.nounA list of the most recent books available from a publisher, as opposed to the backlist of older titles.e.g.“The frontlist is often the top revenue center, but a strong backlist provides another revenue stream that hedges risk.”Intended to sell strongly while still recent, and to be profitable on that basis alone, even if predicted to sell poorly after that.e.g.“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.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.backlist 83% match — A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles. vs frontlist →booklist 56% match — Any list of books. vs frontlist →frontmost 52% match — Located at the front; foremost. vs frontlist →frontline 52% match — Located at a front. vs frontlist →frontispiece 52% match — An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine. vs frontlist →prelist 50% match — A list prepared in advance, for example of dwellings to be visited as part of a census or a marketing campaign. vs frontlist →hotlist 49% match — A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise). vs frontlist →longlist 49% match — An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected. vs frontlist →