midlist
/mid-list/US // ˈmɪdˌlɪst //
中名单,中单,中列表,中表
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the part of a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books consisting of titles that are expected to have average sales or success, as compared to the frontlist.
Examples
He calls these authors who have been dropped by the big publishers midway into their careers the “midlist” writers.
Calculatedly come-lately, mainstream publishing houses soon signed their own midlist gay authors.
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