frontlist

== English == === Etymology === From front +‎ list. === Noun === frontlist (plural frontlists) (publishing) A list of the most recent books available from a publisher, as opposed to the backlist of older titles. Antonyms: back catalog, back catalogue, backlist Hypernyms: booklist, stocklist (publishing, attributively, of books being planned) Intended to sell strongly while still recent, and to be profitable on that basis alone, even if predicted to sell poorly after that. Antonym: backlist Coordinate term: midlist