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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
Hmm... So all the backlist are books that sold only a few copies... and any new book that
a publisher puts out is destined to sell millions of copies, right? There is no risk for even
a totally unknown new book? Weren't a number of the backlisted books quite successful,
in their day? Wouldn't there be some greater interest in the backlisted earlier works of an author who had a few very successful books later in their career? In fact, might there be less risk to bring back a good selling story from the backlist than to tryout a new author?
Luck;
Ken
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If a book was still selling well, it would still be published and not part of a backlist.
And of course not all new books sell well. But they have a chance to. A backlist title has had it's run.
Lee